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Career Accolades

  • All-Pac-12 first team kick returner - Phil Steele (2021)
  • All-Pac-12 second team special teams - Phil Steele (2020)
  • All-Pac-12 honorable mention - PFF, special teams (2021)
  • All-Pac-12 honorable mention - Coaches (2020)
  • Two-time Phil Moffatt Award (2020, 2021)

As a Junior (2021)

  • All-Pac-12 first team kick returner - Phil Steele
  • All-Pac-12 honorable mention - PFF, special teams 
  • Phil Moffat Award
  • Stanford Special Teams Player of the Game (Week 2, USC)
  • Stanford Offensive Player of the Game (Week 3, Vanderbilt)
  • Stanford's leading rusher with 404 yards and three touchdowns, averaging 5.1 yards a carry
  • Led the Pac-12 with 663 kickoff return yards, averaging 24.6 yards a return
  • Broke off a career long 87-yard touchdown run against No. 14 USC -- the fifth longest rushing play in program history -- finishing the day with 115 yards on six carries . . . added 50 yards on kickoff returns (Sept. 11)
  • Had 51 yards on five carries, including a 21-yard touchdown run at Vanderbilt (Sept. 18)
  • Led the team with 75 rushing yards on a career high 15 carries against No. 3 Oregon (Oct. 2)
  • Had an 18-yard touchdown run at Oregon State, rushing for 35 yards on four carries (Nov. 13)

As a Sophomore (2020)

  • All-Pac-12 second team special teams (Phil Steele)
  • All-Pac-12 honorable mention (Coaches)
  • Phil Moffatt Award, given to most outstanding special teams player
  • Played in all six games
  • Rushed 29 times for 204 yards and one touchdown
  • Returned 16 kicks for 398 yards and an average of 24.9 yards per return
  • Rushed six times for a career-best 93 yards, including a career-long 73-yard rush, at No. 12 Oregon (Nov. 7)
  • Added 98 kickoff return yards to finish with 191 all-purpose yards against the Ducks
  • Rushed six times for 24 yards at California in the 123rd Big Game (Nov. 27)
  • Rushed a career-high seven times for 44 yards and his first career touchdown at No. 23 Washington (Dec. 5) ... finished with 160 all-purpose yards (44 rushing, 116 kickoff return)

As a Freshman (2019)

  • Played in all 12 games
  • 9 rushes for 57 yards
  • 5 catches for 43 yards
  • 3 kick returns for 65 yards

Prior to Stanford

  • Prepped at Rock Bridge (Mo.) under head coach Van Vanatta
  • Nation’s fifth-best running back by 247Sports, ninth by Rivals, 22nd by PrepStar, 48th by ESPN
  • Missouri’s ninth-best recruit by PrepStar, 11th by 247Sports, 14th by Rivals, 18th by ESPN
  • 2018 all-state first team
  • 2017 all-state second team
  • Two-time all-conference (2016-17)
  • Three-time all-district (2016-18)
  • Left high school as program's all-time leading rusher (4,448)
  • 1,582 yards and 16 touchdowns on 229 rushes (6.9 yards per carry) as a junior
  • Set school records with 2,529 rushing yards and 24 touchdowns on 267 rushes (9.5 yards per carry), plus one receiving touchdown as a senior
  • Posted a school-record 379 rushing yards in a game
  • Also competed in track
  • Three-time all-state in track (2016-18)
  • 2018 state champion in the 100 meters
  • 2017 academic all-state

Personal

  • Son of Nicole and Arnulfo Peat
  • Both parents ran track at University of Wisconsin
  • Has an older brother, Elisha, and younger sister, Valerie
  • Built houses on mission trip to Harmon, Jamaica
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2020
Running Back
5-10 / 197 lbs
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2021
Running Back
5-10 / 195 lbs