#16

Aeneas Peebles

Former defensive lineman at Virginia Tech. 2024: 3 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.

DL · Virginia Tech · Sr. · #16

6′1″ · 290 lb · Raleigh, NC

CFB Index 59 · #157 of 426 edge rushersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamBaltimore — drafted 2025, Rd 6, Pick 34, #210 overall

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 780 nationally · Signed with Knightdale

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Virginia Tech. 2024: 3 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Knightdale in 2020.
Transferred from Duke to Virginia Tech in 2024.
Drafted round 6 by the Baltimore in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Virginia Tech, 12 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2024) — drafted at #210 overall by Baltimore.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2020

Recruited3-star out of Knightdale

202313 games

The role got bigger.

All-ACCthird

202411 games

Entered the portal
All-ACCfirst

2025

Drafted by Baltimoreround 6, pick 210

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#780 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #210

Baltimore · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM

All-ACC 1st team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

3 coaches

2020

Justin Fuente

Virginia Tech

2021

J.C. Price

Virginia Tech

era →

2022–2024

Brent Pry

Virginia Tech

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Justin Fuente, J.C. Price, and Brent Pry. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

BaltimoreEntering 2nd NFL season

#210Rd 6 · Pick 34

BaltimoreEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Duke2-9HC: David Cutcliffe · Balanced

2021Duke3-9HC: David Cutcliffe · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Duke9-4HC: Mike Elko · Run-leaning

2023Duke8-5HC: Trooper Taylor · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2024Virginia Tech6-7HC: Brent Pry · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

59Quality starter #157 of 426?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (88th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (83rd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#309 / 2892 · 88th pct

3.0

QB hurries#397 / 2892 · 83rd pct

Tackles for loss#484 / 2892 · 82nd pct

5.5

Passes defended#504 / 2892 · 78th pct

Tackles#1432 / 2892 · 49th pct

Solo tackles#1877 / 2892 · 33rd pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.5	0.6	0.2	0.2
Road5g	2.8	0.4	0.4	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.8	0.7	0.5	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.4	0.3	0.0	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

James Franklin

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

59 · #157 of 426 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #157 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Virginia Tech	29	11	5.5	3.0	3	--	--
2023	Duke	42	13	8.5	5.0	2	--	--
2022	Duke	13	8	2.5	2.0	--	--	--
2021	Duke	26	6	3.0	2.0	--	--	--
2020	Duke	3	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		113	39	19.5	12.0	5	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 31–14

vs Marshall

1 TOT

With P. Moore — 42 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 46 LONG · J. Lane — 4 rec · 41 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 27-34@ Vanderbilt	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 2	W 31-14vs Marshall	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 37-17@ Old Dominion	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 23-26vs Rutgers	5	3	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 34-38@ Miami	2	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 31-7@ Stanford	2	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 42-21vs Boston College	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 21-6vs Georgia Tech	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	L 31-38@ Syracuse	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 11	L 14-24vs Clemson	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 37-17vs Virginia	3	1	1.5	0.0	—	0
Total		29	11	5.5	3.0	—	3

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Aeneas Peebles

2020

202313 games

202411 games

2025

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

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