A Spring 2023 transfer from FAU, who played a season under current USF DC Todd Orlando at the school.
2024: Saw action in all 13 games recording 56 total tackles, 25 solo and 31 assisted…added 6.5 TFL, two sacks, a fumble recovery, two quarterback hurries and two pass break-ups…recorded a season-high seven tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss vs. UAB (10/19)...followed with another seven-tackle game and 1.5 tackles for loss at Florida Atlantic (11/01)...recorded his first sack of the year, six tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Memphis (10/12)...had a sack and two tackles at Charlotte (11/16)...tallied two PBUs, one at Tulane (09/28) and one at Florida Atlantic (11/01)....posted six tackles and two quarterback hurries at Alabama (9/7)...had six tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss vs. Miami (9/21)...had six tackles and 1.0 tackles for loss vs. Tulsa (11/23).
2023: Saw action in all 13 games...Finished season with 19 tackles (10 solo), 2.5 TFL, and one sack...Set season-high with five tackles (two solo) vs. FAU (10/14)...Recorded his first sack of season vs. Charlotte (11/25) and tied season-high with five tackles (three solo)..posted two tackles in the Boca Raton Bowl (12/21).
2022 (FAU): Saw action in 10 games…made 51 tackles (21 solo)…one sack (vs. Rice 10/15)…season-high 11 tackles (vs. WKU 11/26).
2021 (MISSOURI): Saw action in games…made 10 total tackles (six solo).
2020 (MISSOURI): Saw action in nine games…totaled two tackles (two solo).
2019 (MISSOURI): Redshirt season...did not appear in any games.
WESTOVER HS: Totaled 182 total tackles, 5.5 sacks and three INT in four seasons…posted 76 tackles, two sacks, and two INT (one of which went for a 25-yard score) his senior year…named by league coaches as All-Region 1-AAA and the region’s Defensive Player of the Year... A four-star prospect at linebacker according to 247Sports.com and listed as the nation’s No. 26 inside linebacker…Rivals.com rates him as a three-star prospect and the nation’s No. 21 inside linebacker…ESPN.com rated him as a three-star prospect…also played basketball and competed in track & field at Westover.
PERSONAL: Named to the Athletics Honor Roll in the Spring of 2024.
PETTWAY’s CAREER HIGHS:
Tackles 11, vs. WKU (11/26/22) TFL 1.5, (3x) last at FAU (11/1/24)
Sacks 1.0, (4x) last at Charlotte (11/16/24)
FF 1, vs. Florida A&M (9/9/23)
PETTWAY'S GAME-BY-GAME STATSÂ
2024 Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
B-CU (4-1-3); Alabama (6-2-4); Southern Miss (5-3-2) Miami (FL) (6-2-4); Tulane (2-1-1); Memphis (6-3-3); UAB (7-1-6); Florida Atlantic (7-3-4); Navy (3-1-2); Charlotte (2-2-0); Tulsa (6-5-1); Rice (1-1-0); San Jose State (0-1-1)
2023 Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
WKU (0-0-0); FAMU (2-2-0); Alabama (1-0-1); Rice (1-0-1); Navy (0-0-0); UAB (2-1-1); FAU (5-2-3); UCONN (0-0-0); Memphis (0-0-0); Temple (1-0-1); UTSA (0-0-0); Charlotte (5-3-2); Syracuse (2-2-0).
2022 Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
Southeastern La. (2-0-2); UCF (8-3-5); Purdue (3-3-0); North Texas (1-1-0); Rice (8-2-6); UTEP (5-2-0); UAB (9-2-7); FIU (1-1-0); Midd. Tenn. (4-3-1); WKU (11-5-6).
2021 Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
Central Mich. (0-0-0); Kentucky (0-0-0); Southeast Mo. St. (3-1-2); Boston College (0-0-0); Tennessee (1-0-1); North Texas (3-3-0); Texas A&M (3-2-1).
2020 Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
Tennessee (0-0-0); LSU (0-0-0); Kentucky (0-0-0); Florida (0-0-0); South Carolina (0-0-0); Vanderbilt (1-1-0); Arkansas (1-1-0); Georgia (0-0-0); Mississippi St. (0-0-0).
