#89

J.J. Pegues

Former defensive tackle at Ole Miss. 2024: 3.5 sacks, 13.5 tackles for loss, 42 tackles.

DT · Ole Miss · Sr. · #89

6′2″ · 315 lb · Oxford, MS

CFB Index 89 · #11 of 285 interior linemenLow confidenceLas Vegas — drafted 2025, Rd 6, Pick 4, #180 overall

Recruiting

4★

ATH recruit

No. 232 nationally · Signed with Auburn

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive tackle at Ole Miss. 2024: 3.5 sacks, 13.5 tackles for loss, 42 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Auburn in 2020.
Transferred from Auburn to Ole Miss in 2022.
Drafted round 6 by the Las Vegas in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Ole Miss, 125 tackles — drafted at #180 overall by Las Vegas.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20205 games

Signed with Auburn4-star out of Oxford

202210 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

2025

Drafted by Las Vegasround 6, pick 180

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#232 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #180

Las Vegas · 2025

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

1 coach

2020–2024

Lane Kiffin

Ole Miss

Played his entire career under Lane Kiffin.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Las VegasEntering 2nd NFL season

#180Rd 6 · Pick 4

Las VegasEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Auburn6-5HC: Kevin Steele · Balanced

2021Auburn6-7HC: Bryan Harsin · Balanced

2022Ole Miss8-5HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2023Ole Miss11-2HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning

2024Ole Miss10-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

89All-Conference level #11 of 285?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (99th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (93rd percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#36 / 2892 · 99th pct

13.5

QB hurries#160 / 2892 · 93rd pct

Sacks#243 / 2892 · 90th pct

3.5

Tackles#852 / 2892 · 70th pct

Solo tackles#1194 / 2892 · 58th pct

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th pct

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th 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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	3.2	1.2	0.3	0.0
Road5g	3.2	0.7	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	2.8	0.9	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	4.0	1.2	0.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pete Golding

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

89 · #11 of 285 interior linemen

Former four-star. Now #11 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Ole Miss	42	18	13.5	3.5	--	--	--
2023	Ole Miss	42	18	8.0	3.5	3	--	--
2022	Ole Miss	25	14	4.0	3.0	1	--	--
2021	Auburn	16	11	2.0	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Auburn	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		125	61	27.5	10.0	4	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2024

W 28–10

vs Georgia

9 rush yds (1 car)

With J. Dart — 199 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 89.6 · 50 rush yds (8 car) · F. Masin — 54 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 65 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 76-0vs Furman	4	3	2.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 52-3vs Middle Tennessee	1	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 40-6@ Wake Forest	3	0	1.0	0.5	—
Wk 4	W 52-13vs Georgia Southern	3	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 17-20vs Kentucky	4	1	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 27-3@ South Carolina	2	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 26-29@ LSU	4	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 26-14vs Oklahoma	6	4	3.0	2.0	—	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 10	W 63-31@ Arkansas	5	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 28-10vs Georgia	1	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 17-24@ Florida	2	0	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 14	W 26-14vs Mississippi State	6	1	1.5	0.5	—
Bowl	W 52-20vs Duke	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Total		42	18	13.5	3.5	—

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