University of Wyoming Athletics

UW This Season: Peasley will once again be a veteran under center for the Cowboys. He owns the top spot on the depth chart at the quarterback position.
 
2022: Peasley played in 12 games with 12 starts. He earned Honorable Mention All-Mountain West honors last season. Peasley was named the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week for his performance vs. Tulsa, throwing for 256 yards and 2 TDs and rushing for 45 yards to account for 301 yards of total offense. The junior guided the Cowboys to five come-from-behind victories this season.  He also led the Pokes to four wins decided by seven points or less this season. He was 144-of-275 passing on the season for 1,574 yards with 10 touchdowns and nine interceptions. He completed 52 percent of his passes. He also rushed for 339 yards on 81 carries with two touchdowns. He earned academic All-Mountain West honors.

Before Wyoming: Andrew Peasley is an experienced quarterback who previously played at Utah State.  A veteran addition to the Cowboy roster, Peasley has already completed his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology at USU and has two years of eligibility remaining.

Peasley’s top performance of the 2021 season was at Air Force.  With Utah State trailing the Falcons 24-20 in the third quarter, Peasley rallied the Aggies to a 49-45 road win.  He threw three second-half touchdown passes of 5 yards, 37 yards and 72 yards to three different receivers to fuel the comeback.  Peasley completed 10 of 15 passes (.667) on the day for 195 yards.  He added 29 rushing yards on five carries to tally 224 yards of total offense.  He also scored a two-point conversion, scrambling into the end zone for the successful PAT. 

In the 2021 season-opening win at Washington State, Peasley completed 6 of 12 passes (.500) for 76 yards and ran four times for 43 yards to account for 119 yards of total offense in a 26-23 road victory.

In 2020, Peasley earned Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week honors with an outstanding performance against New Mexico in a 41-27 home victory.  Peasley completed 14 of 21 pass attempts (.667) for 239 yards and threw three TD passes versus the Lobos.  He also ran for 118 yards on 11 carries against UNM, including a 62-yard touchdown run, and accounted for 357 yards of total offense.  That performance also earned him recognition as a Manning Award Star of the Week.

During his college career, Peasley has completed 70 of 127 passes (.551) for 830 yards, seven touchdowns and five interceptions.  He has also rushed for 515 yards on 57 carries, averaging 9.0 yards per carry and scoring three rushing touchdowns.

At La Grande High School in La Grande, Ore., Peasley was a three-year starter at quarterback and twice earned Honorable Mention All-State honors.  He threw for 4,318 yards and 45 touchdowns and rushed for 931 yards and 23 TDs.  As a senior, he led La Grande High to the quarterfinals of the state playoffs.  Peasely also played basketball and baseball in high school.  He was twice named his conference’s Offensive Player of the Year in football, was named the conference Player of the Year in basketball once and helped La Grande High to the state championship in baseball as a junior.  He is the son of Joelene and Arnie Peasley.  He earned his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from Utah State in the fall of 2021 and is a former Academic All-Mountain West honoree.