2022 PFN Player Profile: Peyton Faulkner – Avonworth

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Billy Splain | July 29, 2022

Peyton Faulkner
Avonworth
Class Of 2023
Tight end wide receiver, outside backer defensive end
Jersey #4
HT/WT 6’4 – 230
3rd best Tight end in all of PA
Other sports Basketball
Scholar athlete and all conference tight end
Twitter @Peyton4faulkner

Why do you play football?
Because I was raised in a football family, and it teaches lessons I will carry with me for years, and the game has given me so much opportunity for the future, but most importantly I love the game!

Who is your favorite sports star and why?
Najee Harris – Pittsburgh Steelers because he’s a young talented star on my favorite team.

Do you have a favorite play you remember the most? Explain:
My favorite play has to be the Stiff arm on my highlight reel against Apollo Ridge, I love the reaction from my sideline and the overall play!

What are your goals for this coming season?
Championship

What is your favorite Pro team, any sport?
Steelers!

What game, yours, college or pro, was your favorite game and why?
My favorite was my sophomore year against hopewell, I loved how tough the game was and how it came down to the little things that my guys executed!

What sports movie would you watch every day if you had to pick one and why?
The 5 quarter, it gives a sort of realism and helps you appreciate what you have at every moment.

What cartoon character do you think your head coach most resembles.
My head coach most resembles coach Klein from water boy, haha

If your mom and dad are screaming at you from the stands, what is it they usually yell?
My parents aren’t the loud type, but sometimes my dad has some words for me that are always along the lines of “catch the ball” haha.

Name one thing that you’d love to do in football that may never happen?
I would love to throw the game winning touchdown but it seems like we have a guy for that so it’s pretty unlikely.

Who is your mentor, the person you want to be like? WHY?
My father, he’s a hard worker and he’s always been like that and it’s really a great thing to have as a role model, I don’t mean to knock anyones dad, but mine is hard to compete with! He has been working since he was 14 to provide for the people around him and to learn and watch someone do that gives you a motivation or want to be like them some day!

Name a sport you’d love to play but can’t:
Hockey has always looked fun, too bad I can’t skate.

What is your most embarrassing sports moment?
Most embarrassing sports moment would be losing to Southern Columbia in the state championship.

Is there anyone in your family, besides your parents, you could consider your biggest fan? Who, Why?
My brother, he’s hard on me like no other but he wants to see me succeed. He’s always telling me what to work on or telling me how to go about certain plays since he played the same position for the same Avonworth offense a few years ago.

When you aren’t playing, practicing or training for sports, what is your go to activity and why?
I’ve picked up on golfing, it’s a fun thing to go out with your boys and do.

What is your favorite football memory to date?
Winning the WPIAL championship my freshman year.

What is your favorite play to run?
Verts!!!

What scares you the most?
Spiders

Music of choice:
Rap/hip hop

What was your favorite gift as a little boy? Why?
Me and my brothers play station 3, because we spent all night in our shared room playing games!

What restaurant is your go to when you need a big meal?
Hibachi

Which one? Sheetz or Wawa
Sheetz, Wawa is the wrong answer

What is your favorite vacation destination?
Anywhere in the Carolina’s

Do you remember what the first football game you saw was?
First one I sat and watched was packers vs Steelers in the super bowl.

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