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2021 Football

4 Peyton Nigro

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 195
  • Class Junior
  • Position LB
  • Major Criminal Justice
  • Hometown Mokena, Ill.
  • Prev School Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.)/Lincoln-Way Centra

Biography

  • 2x MSFA All-Academic Team (2019 & 2020)
  • All-MSFA Midwest League Second Team (2020)

2020

NAIA Rankings

  • Total Interceptions - T-9th (4)
  • Interceptions per game - T-10th (0.6)

MSFA Rankings

  • Interceptions per Game - 2nd (0.6)
  • Total Interceptions - T-2nd (4)
  • Passes Defended per game - T-7th (1.1)

Played in and started seven of the team's eight games ... made 35 tackles, with 10 solos ... had a season-high 10 stops vs. St. Ambrose (Iowa) on March 27, 2021 ... recorded 2.0 tackles for loss for five yards ... tied for the team lead with four interceptions, including two take aways at Trinity International (Ill.) on Feb. 28, 2021 ... tallied four pass break-ups and had a pair of quarterback hurries ... came away with two fumble recoveries.

2019

NAIA Rankings

• Forced Fumbles per Game - 33rd (0.2)

MSFA Rankings

• Forced Fumbles per Game - T-5th (0.2)
• Passes Defended per Game - T-7th (0.8)
• Interceptions per Game - T-15th (0.2)
• Interceptions - T-15th (2)

Played in all 12 games in his first season at Saint Xavier, starting four times ... finished with 54 tackles and four tackles for loss ... recorded two interceptions, and seven pass breakups ... made four tackles and two pass breakups in the season-opening win at Lawrence Tech on Sept. 7 ... forced and recovered a fumble against No. 3 Wisconsin-Whitewater on Sept. 21, finishing with four tackles and a tackle for loss ... made a season-high seven tackles against No. 5 Concordia on Sept. 28 ... had six tackles and an interception in the win over Trinity International on Oct. 5 ... made a tackle for loss and four tackles overall in the win over St. Francis (Ill.) on Oct. 26 ... finished with five tackles in back-to-back wins, over Olivet Nazarene on Nov. 9, and at St. Francis (Ill.) on Nov. 16 ... had five tackles and an interception in the NAIA Football Championship Series First Round win at No. 8 Northwestern (Iowa) on Nov. 23 ... finished with five tackles in the NAIA FCS Quarterfinal at No. 1 Morningside (Iowa) on Nov. 30.

Career Defensive Stats
Year GP Solo Ast. Tackles TFL-Yds Sacks-Yds Int-Yds Breakup PD QBH FR-Yds FF Blks Safety Def. TD
2019 12 25 29 54 4-10 0-0 2-4 7 9 2 1-0 1 0 0 0
2020 7 10 25 35 2-5 0-0 4-15 4 8 2 2-0 0 0 0 0
Career 19 35 54 89 6-15 0-0 6-19 11 17 4 3-0 1 0 0 0

Statistics

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