Arkiyus Wright prepares for fall camp with Phoenix Greene County graduate and former Tigers’ football captain Arkiyus Wright strapped up the pads earlier this past Tuesday for the first day of Cumberland University’s fall camp. The 5-foot-10 defensive back had to stand out and compete with more than 125 other players for recognition from the coaching staff.

After a successful track-and-field season for both programs, Greene County sent 15 boys and nine girls to the GHSA Class A Division II state meet last Saturday in Columbus.

On the first day of February, Greene County’s Arkiyus Wright signed his letter of intent to play football at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee.

The Greene County football program has produced multiple star athletes that went on to play the sport for years after high school. Arkiyus Wright is one of the newest Tigers trying to make it to the next level and has been making a great case to do so.

After missing the playoffs the last three seasons, the Greene County Tigers are ready to get back to winning ways. Since the program began back in 1966, the Tigers have won seven region championships and the state championship once in 1993.

Greene County High School has seen multiple players advance from its football program to play at the next level, and Arkiyus Wright and Malik West hope to be the next pair of Tigers to do so.