Rontrell Peyton

Position:
Safety
Height:
5-11
Weight:
184
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Alexandria, Va.
High School:
West Potomac

2015 (Jr.): Played in 11 games as a reserve defensive back and on special teams … registered a tackle in five games … totaled 13 tackles on the season … finished with five stops and a forced fumble at Texas A&M on Sept. 12 … his third quarter fumble recovery on a kickoff in the opener against VMI led to a Ball State touchdown … added four stops at Western Michigan on Nov. 5.

JUNIOR COLLEGE: Spent the 2013 and 2014 seasons as a defensive back at Lackawanna College in Pennsylvania under the guidance of coach Mark Duda … team captain in second season … played in nine games and tallied 61 total tackles with 10 tackles for loss, one sack, two interceptions, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and three pass break-ups in his second season … All-Northeast Football Conference first team in his second season … helped Lackawanna to a 5-5 overall record in 2014.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2012 graduate of West Potomac High in Virginia … played for coach Eric Henderson at West Potomac … helped the team to an 8-4 record as a senior … earned honorable mention on the All-Metropolitan Conference team in final campaign.

PERSONAL: Son of Cheryl Peyton … born March 4, 1993, in Alexandria, Virginia … full name is Rontrell Graffton Peyton.