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Buddha Peleti

Senior defensive end for Washington State. 2025: 4 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 22 tackles.

DE · Washington State · Sr. · #10

6′2″ · 250 lb · Adelanto, CA

CFB Index 57 · #166 of 420 edge rushersMedium confidenceReturning to Washington State for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 3:30 pm ETvs DuquesneGesa Field

The numbers

sacks · 2025

7 TFL · 22 tackles · 5 hurries

Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 2 tackles, vs Washington

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive end for Washington State. 2025: 4 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 22 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to New Mexico State in 2022.
Transferred from New Mexico State to Washington State in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Wins the corner before the tackle can set.

Sacks: 93rd percentile.

The full scouting read

Buddha Peleti

DE · Washington State · Sr · #10

Wins the corner before the tackle can set. Buddha Peleti has played for three head coaches across four seasons and two programs. The receipt: 5 tackles, 2 TFL against Oregon State — Week 10, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022New Mexico State7-6HC: Jerry Kill · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023New Mexico State10-5HC: Jerry Kill · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2024New Mexico State3-9HC: Tony Sanchez · Run-heavy

2025Washington State7-6HC: Jimmy Rogers · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

57Quality starter #166 of 420?

Medium confidenceBounce-Back6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (93rd percentile). Strength: qb hurries (92nd percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#169 / 2975 · 93rd pct

4.0

QB hurries#188 / 2975 · 92nd pct

Tackles for loss#277 / 2975 · 90th pct

7.0

Tackles#1869 / 2975 · 36th pct

Solo tackles#1996 / 2975 · 31st pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th 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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	1.7	0.6	0.5	0.0
Road5g	2.4	0.7	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.0	0.6	0.5	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.0	0.7	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirby Moore

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

57 · #166 of 420 edge rushers

Two-star recruit. Now #166 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Washington State	22	10	7.0	4.0	--	--	--
2024	New Mexico State	20	12	5.5	4.0	1	--	--
2023	New Mexico State	34	12	6.5	4.5	--	--	--
2022	New Mexico State	4	2	1.5	0.5	--	--	--
Career		80	36	20.5	13.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 36–13

vs San Diego State

2 QB HUR · 0 TFL · 0 SACKS

Dominant 23-point win at home against San Diego State.

With R. Harris — 40 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 60 LONG · J. Potter — 257 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 51.5 · 6 rush yds (3 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 13-10vs Idaho	3	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 36-13vs San Diego State	1	0	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 3	L 10-59@ North Texas	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 24-59vs Washington	2	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 8	L 20-22@ Virginia	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 28-7vs Toledo	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 7-10@ Oregon State	5	3	2.0	0.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 12	W 28-3vs Louisiana Tech	2	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 13	L 20-24@ James Madison	1	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 32-8vs Oregon State	1	0	0.5	0.5	—
Bowl	W 34-21@ Utah State	2	2	1.0	1.0	—
Total		22	10	7.0	4.0	—

How he plays

Play style

Bends the edge and wins with first-step quickness. Lighter frame, relentless motor.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

22Tackles

10Solo

7TFL

4Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

22 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7 TFL.

Week 11 sack
Week 20.5 sacks
Week 41 sack
Week 121 sack
Week 140.5 sacks

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.

2026 Outlook

Washington State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive end · Washington State

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -13 net (28 in / 41 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Washington State · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #81 · 2026 recruiting class #128

DNA match

Player DNA

Speed Rusher

Bends the edge and wins with first-step quickness. Lighter frame, relentless motor.

EDGE

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Bryton Thompson’s 2022 season.

Bryton Thompson

90%match

UTEP · 2022

Joe Evans

Iowa · 2023

All-AAC

84%

D'Andre Ragin

Toledo · 2021

82%

Christopher Eaton Jr.

Sam Houston · 2025

80%

Jaheim Lawson

Clemson · 2025

80%

Matches Bryton on

Weight

Sack rate

TFL rate

Differs from Bryton on

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to De'Jon Benton's senior season at Hawai'i (2025).

De'Jon Benton

87%match

Hawai'i · 2025

All-Mountain West

Prince Dorbah

Arizona State · 2023

87%

Joe Evans

Iowa · 2023

All-AAC

86%

Trumane Bell

UTSA · 2023

83%

Trey Moore

Texas · 2024

All-AACNFL Rd 4

80%

Matches De'Jon on

Pressure-to-sack conversion

TFL rate

Sack rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Buddha Peleti

D'Andre Ragin

Toledo · 2023

85%

Quinn Roff

Washington State · 2024

82%

Christopher Eaton Jr.

Sam Houston · 2025

80%

Jaheim Lawson

Clemson · 2025

80%

Jamil Muhammad

USC · 2023

76%

The defensive line · Washington State

#10Buddha PeletiDE · Sr.7 tackles for loss · 2025
#99Paul Hutson IIIDT · Sr.6 tackles for loss · 2025
#6Linus ZunkDE · Sr.3.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#53Soni FinauDT · Sr.3.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#92Darrion DaltonDT · Sr.2 tackles for loss · 2025

22 more on the roster · Washington State team page

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

Buddha Peleti

20224 games

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Speed Rusher

Players who play like Buddha Peleti

The defensive line · Washington State