2026 Football Roster
Jersey Number 32
Peyton Wing
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 229
- Position:
- LB
- Hometown:
- Sumner, Wash.
- High School:
- Sumner HS
- Prev School:
- Portland St.
2026 (Sr. – Montana)
Wing is Montana’s leading returning tackler and the No. 2 leading returner in the Big Sky in interceptions in 2026… Expected to be one of the top linebackers in the league after earning all-conference honors for a third-straight season.
2025 (Jr. – Montana)
• Sports Illustrated/FCS Football Central second team All-American
• Associated Press All-America honorable mention
• First team All-Big Sky Linebacker
• Named team Defensive MVP by the coaching staff
• Big Sky Defensive Player of the Week (10/24)
• CSC Academic All-District
• Academic All-Big Sky
• Stats Perform Preseason All-America 3rd Team
• Preseason All-Big Sky
• Named to the Buck Buchanan Award Watch List
Led by Wing with four picks, Montana finished the year at +14 in the all-important turnover differential thanks to an FCS top three total of 25 takeaways, paced by 21 interceptions - the most for the Griz since 2009…. The junior was Montana's third-leading tackler with 78 stops and logged the second-most tackles for loss on the team with 8.5. He was named a second team All-American by Sports Illustrated and earned an All-America honorable mention by the Associated Press. He was a first team All-Big Sky pick at linebacker and was named Big Sky Player of the Week after logging three sacks at Sac State… He also earned Academic All-District honors… Transferred to Montana in time for summer workouts.
2024 (So. – PSU)
• 2nd team All-Big Sky Conference
• CSC Academic All-District
Came on strong as a starting linebacker in his second season... Led the team with 93 tackles and 7.5 tackles for loss... Had four 10-tackle games... Led the team in tackles in five games... Named second team All-Big Sky Conference... Had 13 tackles with two for losses at Weber State (9/7)... made 10 tackles at Chattanooga (9/28) with one for a loss... Had 13 tackles, including a sack against top-10 Idaho (11/9)... 10 tackles with one for a loss at Montana (11/16)... Earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District honors.
2023 (Fr. – PSU)
• Academic All-Big Sky Conference
Had a strong freshman season, playing in all 11 games... Did not start but saw significant time at linebacker and on special teams... Opened the season with six tackles at Oregon (9/2)... Had four stops, including one for a loss in the win over Cal Poly (9/23)... Earned Academic All-Big Sky Conference honors.
High School: Lettered in football three times and basketball twice at Sumner High School… a first team All-League running back as a senior… also team captain… All-Area Linebacker and League MVP as a junior… an Honor Roll student for three years.
Personal: Son of Barry and Alex Wing… Has one sister, Kylie… Majoring in Business… Hobbies are lifting weights, outdoor activities, skiing and surfing… Also involved in community service at a local food bank in Oregon.
Montana Single-Game Career Highs
Tackles: 7 (vs Cal Poly, 2025)
TFL: 1 (at Idaho State, 2025)
Sacks: 0.5 (vs Indiana State, 2025)
INT: 1 (vs North Dakota, 2025, and Indiana State, 2025)
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