Peyton Ramsey (born October 31, 1997) is an

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. He played for the

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and

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in his college football career.

Early years

Ramsey grew up in

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and attended

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, where he played football and basketball. His father, Doug Ramsey, is Elder's head football coach. He was named the

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South Player of the Year after he threw for 2,062 yards and 13 touchdowns and rushed for 908 yards and 12 touchdowns in his junior season. As a senior, Ramsey passed for 2,689 yards passing and 26 touchdowns and rushed for 1,232 yards and 16 touchdowns and repeated as the conference player of the year.

College career

Indiana

Ramsey redshirted his true freshman season. He played in nine games with four starts as a redshirt freshman and was named the

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All-Freshman team after passing for 1,252 yards with 10 touchdowns and five interceptions and rushing for 226 and two touchdowns. Ramsey started all 12 of the Hoosiers games as a redshirt sophomore and threw for 2,875 yards and 19 touchdowns while running for 354 yards and five touchdowns. Ramsey lost his starting job as a redshirt junior to

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, but returned as the starter after Penix suffered a season ending injury and was named honorable mention All-Big Ten after passing for 2,454 yards and 13 touchdowns. After the season, Ramsey announced that he would be leaving the program.

Northwestern

Ramsey joined the Northwestern Wildcats as a graduate transfer for the 2020 season. Ramsey was named the Wildcats' starting quarterback and was named third-team all Big Ten after completing 172-of-282 passes for 1,733 yards with 12 touchdowns and 8 interceptions in nine games in a shortened season. Ramsey was named the Most Valuable Player of the

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after completing 24-of-35 passes for 291 yards and three touchdowns and running for 50 yards in a 35-19 win over the

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. Ramsey declared for the 2021 NFL draft, but went undrafted.

Personal life

Ramsey is named after Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning.

References

External links

Indiana Hoosiers bioNorthwestern Wildcats bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramsey, Peyton 1997 births Living people American football quarterbacks Elder High School alumni Indiana Hoosiers football players Northwestern Wildcats football players Players of American football from Cincinnati