TCU has stayed right in the middle of the chase for Trey Wright, one of the more eye-catching quarterback names in the 2028 class.
The Frisco Lone Star standout picked up an offer from the Horned Frogs after a sophomore year that put him on the map across Texas and beyond. Wright turned in a huge season, completing 67% of his passes for 4,062 yards, 38 touchdowns and seven interceptions over 16 games.
He added plenty as a runner, too, and helped Lone Star go 15-1 and reach the Class 5A Division I state championship game. By the end of the year, Wright had piled up more than 5,800 total yards and 59 touchdowns.
That kind of production naturally brought plenty of attention. Wright has now trimmed his list to 12 schools: TCU, Clemson, Oregon, Michigan, Kentucky, SMU, Florida State, Houston, Missouri, Kansas State, Arizona and North Carolina.
For TCU, the pitch is not just about the offer. Wright told a KillerFrogs insider that he talks with the Horned Frogs every week and plans to be at a TCU game early this season.
He has also already been around the program plenty, with three unofficial visits to Fort Worth on his resume. During the Horned Frogs’ spring game, he got time with Sonny Dykes and offensive coordinator Kendal Briles.
That connection to the offense matters to Wright. “I really liked what they do on offense,” Wright said. “Their system makes a lot of sense to me since it’s similar to what we run at Lone Star.”
He is also a Frisco native, which gives TCU another edge in a recruitment that has some other nearby programs involved as well. SMU has offered Wright, too, and gives him another close-to-home option.
Some recruiting services have Clemson out front, but TCU is still very much in the picture. Wright is rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports, where he sits at No. 29 among quarterbacks and No. 53 in Texas.
The Horned Frogs know how important it is to stay active in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and across Texas as a whole. Sonny Dykes has continued to stress that point, and TCU has leaned on that in-state presence for years. Wright, who is developing less than an hour from campus, fits that mold perfectly.
TCU also has recent recruiting momentum to point to. The Horned Frogs’ 2025 class finished No. 24 nationally and among the top three in the Big 12, according to the program’s recruiting rankings.
That group included 31 high school and JUCO enrollees along with 12 transfer additions. TCU signed six four-star prospects and 25 three-star recruits, with an average player rating of 87.62.
Among the headliners in that class were four-star EDGE Chad Woodfork, quarterback Adam Schobel, wide receiver Terry Shelton and cornerback Micah Strickland, while three-star offensive lineman Kilian Registe also stood out among the high school signees.
An official visit to TCU for Wright has not been announced yet, but the Horned Frogs have done enough to keep themselves firmly in the race. Weekly contact, repeated visits and a system that already feels familiar have given TCU a real shot to stay involved as the recruitment moves forward.
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