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Shiyazh Pete - Football - University of Kentucky Athletics 73

ShiyazhPete

  • position Offensive Lineman
  • height 6-8
  • Weight 321
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Navajo Nation
  • High school Shiprock
  • Previous School New Mexico State
BIO

2025 – Senior
• Transferred to Kentucky after four seasons at New Mexico State
• Played in 33 total games with 30 starts

2024 – Junior (New Mexico State)
• Missed the first six games of the season with injury but started the final six games at left tackle
• Allowed just five QB pressures on 193 pass-blocking plays and just two sacks and three hurries and PFF listed him with an overall grade of 72.2
• Named to the Outland Trophy Watch List and the Lombardi Award Watch List
• Served as the Aggies’ blindside protector on an offensive line that led the nation in sacks allowed per game (.42)

2023 – Sophomore (New Mexico State)
• Started in all 15 games, helping the Aggies to a 10-5 overall record, their first double-digit win season since 1960
• Helped the Aggies earn a spot in the Conference USA Championship Game and the Isleta New Mexico Bowl
• Marked the Aggies’ first back-to-back bowl appearances since the 1959 and 1960 seasons
• Earned First Team All-CUSA honors

2022 – r-Freshman
• Played in 12 games with nine starts
• Helped pave the way for three consecutive 200-plus yard rushing games to close the season
• Helped the Aggies defeat Bowling Green in the Quick Lane Bowl and run for a program-record 25 touchdowns

2021 – Freshman
• Redshirt season

High School
• Two-way player on the offensive and defensive lines at Shiprock High School
• Earned first-team All-District on defense as a senior and was a second-team selection on offense
• Named to the honor roll and earned a pair of leadership awards at Shiprock

Personal
• Born in Ronan, Montana
• Son of Natani Pete and Geraldine Pete
• Siblings are Naomi Begay-Kayonnie, Hastiin Pete and April Hicks
• Father, Natani, is a captain in the United States Army and is of the Salish/Navajo tribe … Mother, Geraldine, is full-blooded Navajo
• On track to graduate from NMSU in May of ’25 with a degree in communication studies … Currently working on a graduate certificate in public administration from UK

Shiyazh Says
• His nickname is “Pete”
• One thing most people don’t know about him is that he can solve a Rubix Cube within one minute
• He can speak basic Navajo and knows basic American Sign Language
• His favorite food is roast mutton and fry bread and his favorite family recipe to make is blue corn mush
• Hobbies include hiking, chess, video games, reading history and flying drones

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