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2022 Football

4 Peyton Nigro

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 195
  • Class Senior
  • Position LB
  • Major Criminal Justice
  • Hometown Mokena, Ill.
  • Prev School Concordia-St. Paul/Lincoln-Way Central

Biography

  • 2x MSFA All-Academic Team (2019 & 2020)
  • All-MSFA Midwest League First Team (2021)
  • All-MSFA Midwest League Second Team (2020)
  • MSFA Midwest League Defensive Player of the Week (9/20/21)

2021

?NAIA Rankings

  • Fumble Recoveries - T-3rd (3)
  • Returns for Touchdown - T-7th (1)

MSFA Rankings

  • Returns for Touchdown - T-1st (1)
  • Fumble Recoveries - T-1st (3)
  • Tackles per game - T-6th (7.2)
  • Assisted Tackles - T-7th (38)
  • Tackles - T-8th (72)
  • Pass Breakups - T-8th (6)

Played in and started all 10 of the team's games ... finished tied for second on the team with 72 tackles (34 solos) ... recorded 8.0 tackles for loss (TFL) for 32 yards ... had 3.0 sacks for 24 yards ... broke up six passes and had one interception returned for 24 yards ... recovered three fumbles and had a pair of quarterback hurries ... posted a season-high 14 tackles (six solos) at No. 8 Concordia University (Mich.) on Nov. 20 in the NAIA Football Championship Series First Round with 2.5 TFL for four yards, one pass-breakup and a QB hurry ... posted 10 tackles (five solos) with 2.0 TFL and 2.0 sacks for 20 yards, along with two pass-breakups at Siena Heights University (Mich.) on Sept. 18 ... made 10 stops (four solos) with a fumble recovery and a pass-breakup at No. 20 University of St. Francis on Nov. 13 ... Returned an interception 24 yards for a touchdown, along with a pair of tackles (one solo) and a fumble recovery vs. Trinity International University (Ill.) on Oct. 23. 

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
2021 10 34 38 72 8-32 3-24 1-24 6 7 2 3-0 0 0 0 1
Career 29 69 92 161 14-47 3-24 7-43 17 24 6 6-0 1 0 0 1

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