Peyton Witcher

Height:
5-9
Weight:
180
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Nipomo, CA
High School:
Nipomo HS

Expected to back up the field cornerbacks this fall.

2018 -- Played in final nine games of his junior season, recording three tackles ... made two stops against Northern Arizona and one more versus Sacramento State ... played in 2019 Spring Game.

2017 -- Played in three games as a backup cornerback, all in the second half of the season ... recorded no tackles ... no tackles in 2018 Spring Game.

2016 -- Played in five games, all in the second half of the season, as a backup defensive back ... one tackle in Sacramento State game ... notched a tackle in 2017 Spring Game.

2015 -- Redshirt ... two tackles in 2016 Spring Game.

High School -- Witcher intercepted nine passes, returning two for touchdowns, and made 142 total tackles (48 solo) as a senior under head coach Russ Edwards at Nipomo High School ... returned interception 35 yards for a score against Carpinteria and 40 yards for another touchdown against Bishop Montgomery ... career-high 19 tackles against Templeton, one of his eight double-digit tackle games in 2014 ... also broke up two passes and forced a pair of fumbles, leading Nipomo to 10-4 overall record, a share of the Northern League title and a CIF-Southern Section Northwest Division championship ... earned All-Pac 5, All-San Luis Obispo County, All-Area and All-State honors and also was named CIF-Southern Section Northwest Division Player of the Year ... selected to play in 2015 FCA All-Star Game at Santa Ynez High School ... as a junior earned all-league honors as a cornerback ... also lettered in baseball as a center fielder ... hit .263 as a senior and .245 as a junior ... made school's Honor Roll in 2013 and 2014 ... member of Leo Club ... chose to become a Mustang "because of its academic reputation, area and I want to continue to play football."

Personal -- Son of Matthew and Gina Witcher ... both parents are Fresno State graduates ... two sisters, Taylor and Madelyn ... Peyton and Taylor are twins ... grandfather Dick Witcher played football at UCLA and for the San Francisco 49ers ... wants to be an orthopedic surgeon or pediatrician ... served an internship with Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) in Orange County during the summer of 2019 ... born in Fresno, Calif. ... majoring in business administration with a concentration in accounting.