From 2A All-Idaho player of the year to SEC football. ‘How is this possible?’
When an Alabama football recruiting specialist first reached out to Peter Knudson, he thought he was getting catfished.
But this was no joke.
The 2020 graduate of McCall-Donnelly High School recently committed to the Crimson Tide as a preferred walk-on. Knudson, a 6-foot-5, 240-pound tight end, will be a graduate transfer from Weber State and will have one year of eligibility remaining.
“There was kind of a second of doubt in my head, like, ‘How is this possible?’” Knudson told the Idaho Statesman in a phone interview Tuesday. “But then you get down there and talk to the coaches, and they instill the idea that you can play at this level.”
Knudson was the 2019 2A All-Idaho Player of the Year, leading the Vandals to a state runner-up finish while starting at quarterback. He threw for 2,485 yards and 38 touchdowns with just six interceptions, and added 978 rushing yards and nine more TDs. He also played basketball, baseball and ran track in high school.
He initially joined the Weber State program as a quarterback, but converted to linebacker his first year on campus and then transitioned to tight end before the start of the 2022 season. Knudson played in all 12 games for the Wildcats in 2024, grabbing nine receptions for 63 yards and one touchdown. He played in 24 career games at Weber State.
Knudson said he plans to enroll at Alabama immediately and compete in spring practices.
“I was in the area already visiting some other schools, and (Alabama) asked me to visit,” said Knudson, who graduated from Weber State with a degree in exercise and sport science. “So I drove down there, talked to the coaches and looked at their facilities. It’s kind of an impossible place to say no to.”
Alabama, a member of the SEC, is one of the best programs in all of college football. The Crimson Tide have 16 national championships.
According to Alabama’s online archive, the Tide have just one former letterman from Idaho on their rosters: Richard Rogers, a Borah graduate who lettered as an offensive lineman in 1973.
