2018: Appeared in six games at quarterback and completed 13 of 22 passes (59.1 percent) for 186 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions … Was a combined 10 of 10 passing for 113 yards with two touchdown throws and no interceptions in his first three appearances as the team’s No. 2 quarterback … On his first career play, in a fourth-and-2 situation during the fourth quarter at Penn State, stepped in for a shaken-up Zac Thomas and completed a 22-yard pass to Dominique Heath to the 2-yard line to set up a rally-igniting touchdown in the overtime loss … Against Gardner-Webb, completed all seven of his passes for 68 yards (with a 19-yard touchdown to Heath) and rushed for a 3-yard touchdown … Also had a 3-yard touchdown pass to Collin Reed against South Alabama … Finished the season with eight rushes for 41 yards.

2017: Redshirted

High School: Rated a two-star quarterback by both 247Sports and Scout.com...Named the SC Region 6-5A Offensive Player of the Year as a senior after passing for 2,865 yards and 29 touchdowns at Conway High School … Named all-state as a senior and also named to the North-South All-Star Game … Finished his career with 8,666 passing yards, 9,544 yards of total offense, 77 passing touchdowns and 16 rushing TDs.

Personal: Full name is Peyton Michael Derrick … Son of Dirk and Michelle Derrick …  Enjoys hunting and fishing … Father played tight end at Wofford, while his brother played quarterback at Furman … His grandfather, Julius Derrick, played at South Carolina and was drafted by the New York Giants.