Cougar Athletics
28 NAIA National Championships
93 GSAC Championships
...and counting

THIS YEAR: An outstanding running back, junior Alex Peltier returns to the Cougars at full strength ready to lead what should be a potent Cougar ground game … Strong and powerful … Runs very well between the tackles and is quite physical ... Needs 660 rushing yards to crack the program’s all-time top 10 in rushing.

2006: Missed the entire season with an injury.

2005: Was hampered much of the season by injury and appeared in 6 games as a 2005 true-sophomore, starting 4 before an injury ended his campaign with 5 games remaining … Rushed for 145 yards on 30 carries … Had 8 receptions for 57 yards … Scored 3 TDs … Best game of the season came in a win over Willamette when he tallied 47 rushing yards on 9 carries to go along with a reception for 5 yards.

2004: As a mere true freshman, made a quite a splash during 2-a-days and earned a spot as the back-up to All-American Ben Buys … Moved into the starting line-up when Buys went down with an injury after the fifth game and responded by becoming the Cougars’ top running back, rushing for a school freshman record 743 yards in 14 games, which included a team-high 9 TDs … In his first collegiate start rushed for a career-high 211 yards (eighth best single-game in program history and the best ever by a Cougar freshman) in the Cougars’ 30-3 victory at Chapman … In the comeback victory at Western New Mexico, tallied 97 yards on 24 carries with a career-high 3 TDs, including a 23-yard jaunt that knotted the score at 21-21 in the third quarter … Averaged 77 rushing yards a game and 4.5 yards a carry over the final 9 games of the season … His 17 receptions were tops among all Cougar backs … First collegiate TD came on a 23-yard screen pass in the second game of the season at Olivet Nazarene.

HIGH SCHOOL: Was a 2-time team MVP at Santa Fe Christian High where he played for former NFL great Brian Sipe … Was a 3-year varsity member for the Eagles who went 34-4 and won a pair of CIF championships (2001 and 2003) … As a 2003 senior named all-state first team (small school), All-CIF first team and All-North County (San Diego) as a running back after rushing for 1,325 yards and 22 touchdowns in 13 games … Celebrated his 18th birthday by rushing for 127 yards and 4 TDs and scored 31 points in Santa Fe Christian's 61-7 CIF championship game victory over Francis Parker High, a team that had defeated SFCHS, 28-7, earlier in the season when Peltier was out with an injury … Scored 162 points … Named by San Diego Union-Tribune to the All-San Diego team as a linebacker … Was a 3-time All-Coastal League honoree, earning league offensive MVP honors as a junior and senior … As a 2002 junior, selected All-North County as a running back … Also lettered 4 seasons in varsity soccer (forward), earning All-CIF Division V first team honors as a senior.

PERSONAL: Born Dec. 17, 1985, in Oceanside, Calif., to Douglas (mechanical designer) and Sally (secretary) Peltier … Has 1 brother (Adam) ... Majoring in business ... Enjoys swimming, skateboarding and cars … Has made mission trips to Mexico.

YEAR   G-GS   C   Yds   Avg   TD   LG   REC  YDS   AVG   TD   LG
2004   14-5  181  743   4.1   9    31   17   137   8.1   1    25
2005    6-4  30   145   4.8   2    21   8    57    7.1   1    15
2006                      injured--did not play                 
Career 20-6  211  888   4.2   11   31   25   194   7.8   2    25