Eastern Michigan University Athletics

EMU: 2024: Earned 2024 Preseason Athlon Sports All-MAC First Team All-Defense and 2024 Preseason Phil Steele’s All-MAC Second Team All-Defense… 2023: Appeared in all 13 games and started in 12… Selected to wear the 0 jersey for the Minnesota game (Sept. 9)… Set career highs in every major category, finishing with 47 tackles, including 12 solo and 35 assisted… Added 4.5 TFLs for 29 yards lost and 4.0 sacks for 28 yards… Tallied seven quarterback hurries and one fumble recovery as well… … Recorded at least one tackle in all 13 games and added a TFL in six… Opened the year with six tackles and 1.0 sacks against Howard (Sept. 1)… Posted a season-high seven stops twice, including against Kent State (Oct. 14) and Western Michigan (Oct. 28)… Added one fumble forced in the KSU game… 2022: Corralled 33 total tackles while adding 3.5 tackles-for-loss and tallying 1.5 sacks with one quarterback hurry… Tabbed multiple tackles in nine of the team’s 13 contests… Registered his first solo sack against San Jose State (Dec. 20)… Hurried the opposing QB for the first time in his college career versus Louisiana Lafayette (Sept. 10)… 2021: Made an immediate impact on the defensive line, where he saw action in 11 games... Finished the season with 14 total tackles (5 solo, 9 assisted)... Ended his first campaign tied for third on the team with three pass breakups... Registered five multiple-tackle games, including a pair of career-best three-stop efforts in back-to-back weeks against Western Michigan (Nov. 16) and Central Michigan (Nov. 26)... Earned his first collegiate stop against Northern Illinois (Oct. 2)... HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Lafayette’s Jefferson High School where he played under Head Coach Pat Shanely as a Broncho... Rated as a three-star recruit in 247Sports’ composite ranking system... Considered the No 33/39 overall player in the Hoosier State according to 247Sports and 247Sports’ composite ratings, respectively... Helped anchor the defense that propelled Jefferson to a 10-1 record during his senior season... Racked up 90 tackles, including 54 solo stops, on the season... Contributed 6.5 sacks and three forced fumbles in his senior season... Earned Journal & Courier Big School Defensive Player of the Year in 2020... Selected 2020 LJHS Defensive POY, 2020 All-North Central Conference, and Lafayette Journal & Courier Big School All-Area... Was a four-time letterwinner for the Bronchos, and finished his prep career with four North Central Conference titles... Finished his career with 124 total tackles, with more than 30 for loss... Was 39-5 in his career with only one regular season loss... Also played basketball in high school... PERSONAL: Full Name: Peyton Ware Price... Son of Lisa Ware... Has one brother, Brian Price, who played Division I football at Texas-San Antonio under former EMU Defensive Coordinator Neal Neathery before a career in the NFL, where he spent time with the Green Bay Packers, Oakland Raiders, Dallas Cowboys, Cleveland Browns and currently the Jacksonville Jaguars... Criminology major.