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2022 Football Roster

8 Matthew Peters

  • Class Junior
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 176
  • Hometown Florala, Ala.
  • High School Cairo (Ga.)

Biography

•    At Navy: Enters the fall third on the depth chart at corner ... has earned 1 varsity letter.

•    2022: Appeared in each of the last 9 contests, including making his collegiate debut as a member of special teams at Air Force ... Navy’s defense held Army, the second-leading rushing team in the country (304.4 yds/gm), to just 125 yards on the ground and 153 yards of total offense (avg 385.5 yds/gm) for the entire game ... Navy held the Black Knights without an offensive touchdown until overtime ... recorded a pair of tackles against Army, including a tackle for a loss of 25 yards after the ball was snapped over the QB’s head and bobbled around by multiple players on both sides ... also recorded his first-career pass breakup ... part of a defensive unit that did not surrender a point in the second half against Notre Dame, marking the first time it has held a team scoreless in the second half since the 2021 Army game ... Notre Dame mustered just 66 yards rushing, the fewest by the Irish in the series since they rushed for 60 yards on Nov. 7, 2009 ... Navy held the Irish to just 12 yards in the second half (-23 R, 35 P) ... the Mids recorded a season-high tying 5 sacks against Notre Dame ... recorded the first 2 tackles of his career in the Mids’ win over Tulsa.

• 2021: Did not see any varsity action.

• 2020: Did not see any varsity action.

• High School / Personal: A 2020 graduate of Cairo High School in Cairo, Ga., Peters was a two-sport athlete who earned letters in football (3) and track & field (2) ... 2019 Honorable Mention All-State (Ga.) and First-Team 1AAAA football selection ... 2019 Semper Fidelis All-American ... named the 2018 1AAAA Athlete of the Year ... named the 2019-20 Cairo High School Senior Class Athlete of the Year ... recipient of the 2019 Wayne Tootle Award for athletic achievement and student leadership ... served as football team captain his senior year ... Cairo HS won the 2018 region title, while finishing as the runner-up in 2017 and ‘19 ... served as Senior Class President and was a member of the Cairo HS Youth Council ... member of the National Honor Society and Key Club ... recipient of the George Certificate of Merit Award ... honored his Florala youth football teammate Jade “Bubba” Jones who was shot and killed in 2016 by wearing Jones’ number during spring ball throughout high school ... after attending Crestview High School in Crestview, Florida the fall semester of his freshman year, he and his mother moved to Georgia so he could play football at Cairo HS ... also received offers from Army and Air Force ... cousin, Tyler Hughes, a graduate of The Citadel, is a Lt. Col. in the Air Force ... son of Robert and Quanz Peters ... majoring in English.

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2020Freshman

    QB
    6'2" 185 lbs
    4
  • 22

    2021Sophomore

    CB
    6'2" 185 lbs
    22
  • 8

    2022Junior

    CB
    6'2" 176 lbs
    8