#52

Joey Petersen

Former defensive end at Iowa State. 2024: 2 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 46 tackles.

DE · Iowa State · Sr. · #52

6′4″ · 260 lb · Long Grove, IA

CFB Index 56 · #175 of 426 edge rushersMedium confidenceIowa State 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

OT recruit

No. 949 nationally · Signed with Iowa State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive end at Iowa State. 2024: 2 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 46 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Iowa State in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Iowa State, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2020

Signed with Iowa State3-star out of Ankeny Centennial

2021

Signed with Iowa State3-star out of North Scott

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#949 national

CFB

College

Iowa State

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Matt Campbell

Iowa State

Played his entire career under Matt Campbell.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Matt Campbell — 29-23 over that span.

2021Iowa State7-6HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Iowa State4-8HC: Matt Campbell · Pass-leaning

2023Iowa State7-6HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced, slow tempo

2024Iowa State11-3HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

56Quality starter #175 of 426?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (99th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (84th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#22 / 2892 · 99th pct

Tackles for loss#419 / 2892 · 84th pct

6.0

Sacks#502 / 2892 · 79th pct

2.0

Tackles#713 / 2892 · 75th pct

Solo tackles#1430 / 2892 · 49th 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
Home7g	2.7	0.5	0.3	0.0
Road6g	4.5	0.4	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.5	0.6	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+7g	4.4	0.4	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jimmy Rogers

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Impact starter

Tackle volume for the position among the most productive regulars.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

56 · #175 of 426 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #175 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Iowa State	46	15	6.0	2.0	--	--	--
2023	Iowa State	39	16	7.0	2.5	1	--	--
2022	Iowa State	15	5	1.5	1.0	--	--	--
2021	Iowa State	3	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		103	38	14.5	5.5	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2024

W 42–41

at Miami

6 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 QB HUR

Edged out Miami on the road in a shootout.

With R. Becht — 270 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 77.2 · 23 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD · J. Noel — 16 rush yds (2 car)

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 21-3vs North Dakota	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 20-19@ Iowa	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 52-7vs Arkansas State	2	2	2.0	1.0	—
Wk 6	W 43-21vs Baylor	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 28-16@ West Virginia	5	2	1.5	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 38-35vs UCF	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 22-23vs Texas Tech	7	3	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 11	L 36-45@ Kansas	9	3	0.5	0.0	—	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 12	W 34-17vs Cincinnati	4	1	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 31-28@ Utah	3	1	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 29-21vs Kansas State	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 15	L 19-45@ Arizona State	3	2	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	W 42-41@ Miami	6	1	0.0	0.0	—
Total		46	15	6.0	2.0	—

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