Peyton Ramsey (born October 31, 1997) is an American football quarterback. He played for the Indiana Hoosiers and Northwestern Wildcats in his college football career.
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Born: | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | October 31, 1997
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight: | 220 lb (100 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Elder (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
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Position: | Quarterback |
Undrafted: | 2021 |
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Early years
editRamsey grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio and attended Elder High School, where he played football and basketball. His father, Doug Ramsey, is Elder's head football coach.[1] He was named the Greater Catholic League 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.[2] 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.[3] At Elder, Ramsay set records for passing yardage, total touchdowns, completions and attempts, and held single-game records for the latter three.[4]
College career
editIndiana
editRamsey redshirted his true freshman season.[5] He played in nine games with four starts as a redshirt freshman and was named the Big Ten Conference All-Freshman team after passing for 1,252 yards with 10 touchdowns and five interceptions and rushing for 226 and two touchdowns.[6] 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.[7] Ramsey lost his starting job as a redshirt junior to Michael Penix Jr., 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.[8] After the season, Ramsey announced that he would be leaving the program.[9]
Northwestern
editRamsey joined the Northwestern Wildcats as a graduate transfer for the 2020 season.[10] 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.[11] Ramsey was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2021 Citrus Bowl after completing 24-of-35 passes for 291 yards and three touchdowns and running for 50 yards in a 35-19 win over the Auburn Tigers.[12] Ramsey declared for the 2021 NFL draft,[13] but went undrafted.[14] He signed with the Carolina Panthers and took part in minicamp activities later that year.[15][16]
Personal life
editRamsey is named after Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning.[17]
References
edit- ^ Osterman, Zach (November 29, 2019). "Indiana football QB Peyton Ramsey tunes into Cincinnati Elder every week". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ Dyer, Mike (March 19, 2015). "Ohio University offers Elder 2016 QB Peyton Ramsey". Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ "Signing Day: Indiana football's 2016 recruiting class". Indianapolis Star. February 3, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ Springer, Scott (April 5, 2019). "Elder's Peyton Ramsey continues his prolific passing, leadership with Indiana football". Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ Osterman, Zach (October 6, 2017). "New IU football quarterback Peyton Ramsey has been here before". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ Miller, Mike (August 24, 2018). "Peyton Ramsey gets the nod as Indiana's starting quarterback". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ Smits, Garry (December 28, 2019). "TaxSlayer Gator Bowl: IU's Peyton Ramsey bounced back strong after losing his job in the preseason". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ "Former IU football quarterback transfers to Northwestern". Indianapolis Star. March 9, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ "Indiana football QB Peyton Ramsey enters transfer portal". Indianapolis Star. January 27, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ Sallee, Barrett (May 26, 2020). "Ex-Indiana starting quarterback Peyton Ramsey heading to Northwestern as graduate transfer". CBS Sports. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ Rittenberg, Adam (January 8, 2021). "Northwestern Wildcats QB Peyton Ramsey won't return for 2021 college football season". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ "Peyton Ramsey leads No. 14 Northwestern past Auburn in Citrus Bowl". Chattanooga Times Free Press. January 1, 2021. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ Goldsmith, Charlie (January 8, 2021). "Elder grad Peyton Ramsey explains his decision to leave Northwestern for the NFL Draft". Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- ^ Clark, Dave (May 2, 2021). "Peyton Ramsey, Northwestern quarterback from Elder HS, signs with Carolina Panthers". Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- ^ Gantt, Darin (May 14, 2021). "Panthers minicamp notes: Jaycee Horn and Keith Taylor bring new look". Carolina Panthers. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- ^ Getzenberg, Alaina (May 3, 2021). "Carolina Panthers' undrafted free agent signing tracker: Team adds guard, linebacker". Charlotte Observer. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- ^ "IU's Ramsey ready to face namesake's alma mater". The Herald Bulletin. January 1, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2021.