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2021 Football Roster

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15 Payton McAlister

  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 185
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Decatur, TX
  • Highschool Decatur

Biography

2020: Finished the 2021 spring campaign second on the team with 385 yards rushing and five touchdowns, while also leading S&T with 13 receptions for 104 yards...rushed for 190 yards and two touchdowns against Southwest Baptist, matching the ninth-highest single game rushing total in program history...also ran for 131 yards against William Jewell...finished the season with 497 all-purpose yards...named to the GLVC All-Academic team...selected to the CoSIDA Academic All-America squad.

2019: Earned first-team All-GLVC honors as an offensive utility player...led the Miners with 1,204 all-purpose yards during the season, which included 435 yards rushing and 477 yards receiving on 40 catches...scored nine touchdowns (three rushing, six receiving) which ranked second on the team...recorded 330 all-purpose yards, the third-most by a Miner in school history, in the season-ending win over McKendree...scored the go-ahead touchdown with 3:47 to play on a 47-yard scoring catch...five of his nine touchdowns covered at least 30 yards, including a 65-yard run against Southwest Baptist and a 62-yard scoring reception against Truman State...was the only Miner to record a 100-yard rushing game (season-high 101 vs. Azusa Pacific) and a 100-yard receiving game (130 vs. McKendree).

2018: Finished third on the team with 726 all-purpose yards...ran for 335 and also caught 28 passes for 381 yards and four touchdowns...was second on the team in rushing, which included a season-high 133 yards in the win at McKendree...had five receptions for 45 yards in that contest as well...his season-long 51-yard reception resulted in the first touchdown scored by the Miners in the second half in their Mineral Water Bowl victory over MSU Moorhead.

At Florida Tech: Was redshirted in the 2017 season…participated in spring practice with the Miners.

High School: Rushed for 1,693 yards and 27 touchdowns as a high school senior…was selected as the Texas Class 4-4A Division I offensive player of the year on his way to earning all-state laurels….ran for 7,293 yards and 85 touchdowns during a prep career that saw him win all-state honors on two occasions.

Personal: Attended Decatur High School, where his coach was Mike Fuller…son of James and Melissa McAlister…majoring in civil engineering at Missouri S&T.

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2018Redshirt Freshman

    RB
    5'9" 185 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2019Sophomore

    RB
    5'9" 185 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2020Junior

    RB
    5'9" 185 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2021Senior

    RB
    5'8" 185 lbs
    15