Brian Keith Peavy (born May 14, 1996)[1] is a college American football defensive back for the Iowa State Cyclones. His accolades during his college career include but are not limited to 2017 Second-team All-Big 12[2] as well as 2016 and 2015 Honorable Mention All-Big 12.[3][4]
 Peavy at 2017 Big 12 Media Days | |
| Iowa State Cyclones – No. 10 | |
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| Position | Defensive back |
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| Major | Marketing |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | April 14, 1996 Houston, Texas |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| Career history | |
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| Bowl games | |
| High school | Westfield |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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High school career
editAt Westfield High School in Houston, Peavy was a three sport star. In addition to football he was the starting point guard in basketball[5] and a District 13-5A champion in long jump in 2013.[6] His junior season he tallied 49 tackles and two interceptions on his way to a 12–1 record. His senior season he posted nine interceptions, 38 tackles and three touchdowns finishing with a 13–1 record. He was named First-team All-district 13-5A in both his junior and senior seasons.[7]
Recruiting
editA three star recruit, Peavy's only two offers were Texas Tech[8] and Iowa State. On December 16, 2014, he committed to the Cyclones.[9]
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Brian Peavy DB |
Houston, Texas | Westfield | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | Dec 16, 2014 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: 74
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| Overall recruiting rankings: 247Sports: 1,292, 176 (TX), 99 (DB) ESPN: 189 (TX), 61 (DB) | ||||||
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College career
edit2015 season
editAfter redshirting his initial college season Peavy made his debut in 2015. He led the team in tackles, passes defended, and interceptions with 82, 10, and two respectively.[10] His 82 tackles were second most among Big 12 freshman.[11] In his Cyclone debut against UNI Peavy had seven tackles, including a tackle for loss, and he defended two passes.[12] Against Toledo he had his first career interception on top of six tackles and three pass breakups.[13] He had 10, nine, and 12 tackles against Kansas,[14] TCU,[15] and Oklahoma State[16] respectively.
He was named to the Honorable Mention All-Big 12 team[4] as well as the ESPN.com Big 12 All-Underclassman team.[17]
2016 season
editIn 2016 Peavy built upon the success of his freshman campaign. He once again led the team in passes defended with 11 and was fourth on the team in tackles with 62. His 12 pass breakups were good enough for fourth in the Big 12. Peavy had another strong outing against UNI with five tackles and a forced fumble.[18] Had got his third career interception and defended two passes against San Jose State.[19] His season-high in tackles was eight against Oklahoma.[20]
Following the season he was once again named to the Honorable Mention All-Big 12 team[3] as well as the ESPN.com Big 12 All-Underclassman team.[21]
2017 season
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Peavy continued his success on the field in 2017. He was first on the team in pass breakups with seven and third in tackles as well as second in interceptions with 81 and two respectively. Against UNI he 10 tackles, one for a loss, an interception and a pass breakup.[22] He had seven tackles and a 70 interception against TCU.[23] In his strongest outing of the season against Baylor Peavy made nine solo tackles, two for a loss, broke up a pass, and both forced and recovered a fumble.[24] He earned Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors for the feat.[25]
He was named Second-team All-Big 12 by both the coaches[26] and AP.[27]
College statistics
edit| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
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| G | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | TFL | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | TD | FF | FR | |||
| 2015 | Iowa State | 12 | 11 | 82 | 54 | 28 | 3.5 | 10 | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2016 | Iowa State | 12 | 10 | 62 | 41 | 21 | 1.5 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017 | Iowa State | 13 | 13 | 88 | 49 | 39 | 6.0 | 9 | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| College Totals | 37 | 34 | 232 | 144 | 88 | 11.0 | 30 | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
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References
edit- ^ "Iowa State Athletics". www.cyclones.com.
- ^ @BrianMozey, Brian Mozey, brian.mozey@iowastatedaily.com. "Matt Campbell and Iowa State players named to AP All-Big 12 Team".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "2016 All-Big 12 Football Awards Announced". December 7, 2016.
- ^ a b "2015 All-Big 12 Football Awards Announced". December 9, 2015.
- ^ "Brian Peavy's High School Timeline". MaxPreps.com.
- ^ "Brian Peavy". Athletic.net.
- ^ "Brian Peavy, Cornerback, Westfield - Irish Sports Daily". Irish Sports Daily.
- ^ "Houston Westfield cornerback Brian Peavy could decide soon".
- ^ "Peavy commits to ISU".
- ^ "2015 Iowa State Cyclones Stats - College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ "2015 Big 12 Conference Year Summary - College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ "Northern Iowa vs. Iowa State - Game Summary - September 5, 2015 - ESPN". ESPN.com.
- ^ "Iowa State vs. Toledo - Game Summary - September 19, 2015 - ESPN". ESPN.com.
- ^ "Kansas vs. Iowa State - Game Summary - October 3, 2015 - ESPN". ESPN.com.
- ^ "TCU vs. Iowa State - Game Summary - October 17, 2015 - ESPN". ESPN.com.
- ^ "Oklahoma State vs. Iowa State - Game Summary - November 14, 2015 - ESPN". ESPN.com.
- ^ "2015 All-Big 12 underclassman team". December 11, 2015.
- ^ "Northern Iowa vs. Iowa State - Game Summary - September 3, 2016 - ESPN". ESPN.com.
- ^ "San Jose State vs. Iowa State - Game Summary - September 24, 2016 - ESPN". ESPN.com.
- ^ "Oklahoma vs. Iowa State - Game Summary - November 3, 2016 - ESPN". ESPN.com.
- ^ "2016 All-Big 12 underclassman team". December 8, 2016.
- ^ "Northern Iowa vs. Iowa State - Game Recap - September 2, 2017 - ESPN". ESPN.com.
- ^ "TCU vs. Iowa State - Game Recap - October 28, 2017 - ESPN". ESPN.com.
- ^ "Iowa State vs. Baylor - Game Recap - November 18, 2017 - ESPN". ESPN.com.
- ^ "Cyclones Brian Peavy, Garrett Owens pick up weekly Big 12 awards". The Des Moines Register.
- ^ Big 12 Sports
- ^ "Playoff QB Mayfield top Big 12 offensive player for 2nd time". Archived from the original on December 9, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
- ^ "Brian Peavy College Stats - College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.