As a high school senior at Ball High School, Petteway was signed by Pat Knight, however Knight was fired on March 7, 2011, from his role as head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team before Petteway even suited up for the Red Raiders.

[1] Petteway elected to maintain his commitment to Texas Tech after Billy Gillispie was hired as the Red Raiders new head coach on March 20, 2011.

[2] Sources: As a true freshman at Texas Tech, Petteway saw action in 28 games and 10 of his 11 starts during the season came during Big 12 Conference play.

[6] Prior to the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Petteway was named Preseason All-American first team selection by Bleacher Report.

[15] On October 29, he was acquired by the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA Development League as an affiliate player of the Pacers.

[18] Petteway spent the 2017–18 season with the French club Nanterre 92 and also had a brief stint in Greece with PAOK Thessaloniki, before returning to Italy for Dinamo Sassari in 2018.