Avien Peah: DL · Massachusetts.
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Avien Peah
Wins the gap play after play. The three seasons at Massachusetts span three head coaches: Mark Whipple, Walt Bell and Alex Miller. A game that shows it: 7 tackles against Eastern Michigan — Week 3, 2021.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
52 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 3 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Massachusetts | 52 | 17 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Massachusetts | 19 | 6 | 6.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Massachusetts | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 |
| Career | 72 | 23 | 9.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-51@ Pittsburgh | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 28-45vs Boston College | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 28-42vs Eastern Michigan | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 3-53@ No. 17 Coastal Carolina | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-45vs Toledo | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-13vs UConn | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 3-59@ Florida State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-62@ Liberty | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 22-35vs Rhode Island | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-35vs Maine | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-33@ Army | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-44@ New Mexico State | 5 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 52 | 17 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
6%3 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
4%2 hurries52 tackles · 3 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 4.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Alex Miller
Pass share
44.7%
331 pass / 409 run
Plays / game
61.7
12 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
351 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2021
52 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #240 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Massachusetts, 1 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mark Whipple, Walt Bell, and Alex Miller. Multi-era developmental context.
