2025 Football Roster
Jersey Number 12
Trey Petty
- Position:
- QB
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 205
- Major:
- Exploratory Studies
- Hometown:
- Starkville, Miss.
- High School:
- Starkville
2025 Redshirt Freshman
- Did not play in a game
2024 Freshman
- Did not play in a game and redshirted the season
High School
- Three-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN, On3, and Rivals
- Quarterback ranks: #27 (Rivals), #35 (ESPN), #39 (On3), #73 (247Sports)
- State of Mississippi ranks: #16 (On3), #19 (Rivals), #24 (ESPN), #31 (247Sports)
- Played for head coach Chris Jones at Starkville
- Three-year starter
- Totaled nearly 7,000 passing yards, over 3,000 rushing yards, and over 100 total touchdowns during high school career
- 2023 Mississippi Class 7A Mr. Football
- 2023 Mississippi Offensive Player of the Year
- 2022 and 2023 all-state first team and 2021 all-state second team
- Led Starkville to the Mississippi 6A state title as a junior
- 2022 6A state championship game MVP
- Mississippi MVP during the 2023 Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Classic
- All-area basketball player
- National Honor Society
- Offers included Georgia Tech, Indiana, Mississippi, Mississippi State, San Diego State, Southern Miss, Troy, and West Virginia
Personal
- Born September 24, 2005
- Son of Billy Petty and Carrie Carter
- Four older brothers, Cam, Blake, Brandon, and Yadarious, two older sisters, Amber and Bri, and one younger sister, Khloe
- Chose Illinois because, “I have a lot of trust in the community and coaches and staff I will be around for the next 4+ years of my life.”
- Majoring in exploratory studies
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