On August 26, 1983, he was traded to the Baltimore Colts in exchange for a sixth round draft choice (#144-Kurt Ploeger).[4] In his first year with the Baltimore Colts he started ten games at right guard. He missed 3 games with an ankle injury. In 1984, when the team moved to Indianapolis, he replaced an injured Chris Hinton at left tackle and started nine games.[5]
Oakland Invaders (USFL)
In December 1984, he signed with the Michigan Panthers of the United States Football League. Before the start of the next season, the Panthers merged with the Oakland Invaders. The team would reach the USFL Championship Game, losing to the Baltimore Stars. Wright, who wore #70 with the Invaders, scored a touchdown in a May game against the Denver Gold when Invaders quarterback Bobby Hebert completed a two-yard pass to Wright, who was tackle eligible on the play.
Los Angeles Raiders
In 1987, he signed with the Los Angeles Raiders. After the players went on a strike on the third week of the season, those games were canceled (reducing the 16 game season to 15) and the NFL decided that the games would be played with replacement players. Wright was part of the Raiders replacement team, that was given the mock name "Masqueraiders" by the media.[6] He ended up playing well in those games as the starter at right tackle and was kept for the rest of the season playing mainly as a backup.
In 1991 was awarded the Ed Block Courage Award. 1992, he missed nine games with a right shoulder injury. On August, 23, 1993, he was placed on the injured reserve list.[8] He retired from professional football in June 1994 at the age of 35.[9]
Personal life
Wright founded Cloudburst, a company that was the first to provide NFL sideline mist cooling. Cloudburst was contracted to cool the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics. Steve's other mist cooling company Mist & Cool, was in over 1,500 Home Depots, Lowes, Costco and Targets. He sold the business in 2000. He is married to author Lizzy Wright and lives in Malibu, California.[citation needed]
In August, 2010, Wright appeared as a contestant on the 22nd season of the American competitive reality television series Survivor. On Day 30, he was the 13th person voted out of the main game and was sent to Redemption Island.[10] He was eliminated on Day 31. He's best remembered for his disagreements with Phillip Sheppard, where Phillip claimed their rivalry was racially motivated which he retracted and apologized for on the Final Reunion show.
10/4/2022 Wright was awarded a Patent for his rearward facing toilet the Courtesy 180 [citation needed]
11/2023 Wright authored his memoir, Aggressively Human, that won both the PenCraft and the Fire Bird Literary Awards.[citation needed]