THE OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA LIONS

UNA 2025: Phil Steele Preseason All-UAC Second Team Kick Returner and Third Team All-Purpose Player.

PRIOR TO UNA: Played one season at Bowling Green in 2024 and two seasons at Tennessee Tech in 2022 and 2023.

BOWLING GREEN: CFN All-Mac Honorable Mention at kick returner … Appeared in all 13 games as a return specialist and running back … Totaled 263 kickoff return yards, 88 punt return yards, 44 receiving yards and 51 rushing yards on the season … Named MAC Special Teams Player of the Week on Sept. 2 for his performance in the season opener against Fordham … Set a BGSU record with a 100-yard kick return for a touchdown on the first play of the 2024 season against the Rams (previous record was 96 yards in 2014) … Notched a 23-yard punt return that set up a BGSU touchdown drive in the victory at Ball State.

TENNESSEE TECH: Appeared in 20 career games over the 2022 and 2023 seasons at Tennessee Tech … Notched 111 career rushes for 482 yards and three touchdowns … Also caught 33 career passes for 259 yards and three scores.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played running back, wide receiver, full back and return specialist for head coach Mark Freeman at Thompson High School ... Helped lead Thompson to its third-straight AHSAA Class 7A state championship, hauling in a 26-yard receiving touchdown in the contest in 2021 ... Named to the ASWA All-State team in his senior campaign after rushing for 625 yards and five touchdowns ... Also totaled 629 receiving yards and eight touchdown catches as a senior ... Added 424 return yards and three touchdowns ... Also was named first team All-Region ... Graduated in 2022.

PERSONAL: Birthday is Feb. 6 ... From Birmingham, Ala. ... Son of Jafari Pegues ... Has seven siblings ... Majoring in Sport Management.