Overview
- Wright’s leaping pick in the end zone — his fourth of the season — erased a likely Vikings touchdown and helped Chicago secure a 19-17 win in Minneapolis.
- The 27-year-old cornerback dropped to one knee and appeared in tears, later saying, “He was with me today,” about Beam, whom he called a father figure.
- Wright said Beam supported him after his father was killed in 2017 and that they spoke weekly, adding he plans to deliver the interception ball to Beam’s family.
- Beam died Nov. 14 after being shot on the Laney College campus a day earlier; Oakland police say the attack was targeted and have arrested 27-year-old Cedric Irving Jr., with an arraignment scheduled Tuesday.
- Beam was a longtime Laney coach turned athletic director who was featured on Netflix’s Last Chance U and mentored numerous players who reached the NFL, including Nahshon and Rejzohn Wright.