By SAM LANCE
Class of 2025 three-star point guard Peyton Wiggins is mainly hearing from five schools — Troy, Louisiana Tech, Jacksonville State, Murray State and Western Kentucky — he told ZAGSBLOG.
Wiggins, the 6-foot-2, 175-pound guard from Huffman High School (AL) and the Pro One Under Armour AAU program, has taken one unnofficial visit to Troy this past September. He plans on taking some official visits in August and during the upcoming football season. Here’s Wiggins breakdown of each program recruiting him:
Troy: “It’s a good program. From a basketball standpoint when I went up there, it’s a loving [environment]. It’s a family. They work hard. The coach tells me that nothing is free. You have to work for everything. I talk to the assistant coach. I talk to the whole staff. The whole staff is good people. You can tell they’re genuine.” Particularly close with assistants Brandon Gilbert and Mike Worley.
LA Tech: “I like LA Tech. Coach [Winston] Hines, he offered me this summer. Really good dude. I’m going to try and plan a visit up there so I can learn some more about the program, but what I know so far is coach Hines is a great guy. Real respectful guy.
Jacksonville State: “They offered me first. I don’t really hear from them as much as I do from the other two. But it’s a good school. I just don’t really hear from them as much so I can’t speak on that.”
Western Kentucky: “They have been on me since this AAU has started. And then coach Martin Cross, coach [Josh] Newman, they are reaching out to me everyday, telling me what the love about my game and that they’ll stay in touch. The assistant, he said up in Georgia the whole staff will be coming to see me including the head coach. So I’m really liking them. They are showing a lot of love right now.”
Murray State: “Coach [Steve] Prohm, he’s a great coach. You have coach Prohm, coach [Antwon] Jackson. They’ve been in touch for a minute now as well. Murray State, that’s a basketball school. They tell me a lot about that. They’re checking up on me, seeing how everything is going.”
Troy, LA Tech and Jacksonville State are the three Division I schools that have offered Wiggins.
This summer on the UAA circuit, Wiggins has averaged 8.8 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.3 assists per contest. One of his better games this summer came vs. West Coast Elite, where Wiggins poured in 18 points and dished out three dimes in a one-point loss.
Wiggins has played in two sessions and has two sessions left with Pro One this summer. The next tournament will be in Georgia from July 11-14. The final two sessions will both be live periods with college coaches in attendance. Wiggins said he’s looking forward to showing coaches he can be a true point guard.
“I can be a leader on and off the court, show them my vocal skills, defense,” Wiggins said. “Really just the small things.”
Wiggins is ranked the No. 227 overall prospect in the 2025 class by 247Sports and the No. 30 overall point guard. Wiggins describes himself as a three level-scorer and said he’s one of the quickest players in his class. Right now, he mainly wants to improve his 3-point shooting. Wiggins has shot just 2-of-9 from deep this summer.
“It’s nice, but I want it to be way better than what it is,” Wiggins said.
On the court, everyone calls Wiggins “Pnut.” This nickname was given to him by his parents and stems from the day he was born.
“My dad and my mom said I was so small, and they thought I was the size of a little peanut,” Wiggins said. “It just really kept with me.”
Wiggins’ father, Jerone Wiggins, is a school administrator and has been teaching for years. He’s currently the principal at Hayes K-8 School in Birmingham (AL). Wiggins mother is a nurse and he has a little sister who is entering the eighth grade.
“I come from a great home,” Wiggins said. “I couldn’t have it any better.”
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