#91

Wilfried Pene

Former defensive lineman at Virginia Tech. 2024: 2.5 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

DL · Virginia Tech · Sr. · #91

6′3″ · 285 lb

CFB Index 42 · #260 of 426 edge rushersLow confidenceVirginia Tech 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 3 nationally · Joined Virginia Tech

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Virginia Tech. 2024: 2.5 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Virginia Tech in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Virginia Tech, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2020

Signed with Virginia Tech3-star out of St. Thomas More (Prep)

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#3 national

CFB

College

Virginia Tech

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021

J.C. Price

Virginia Tech

2022–2024

Brent Pry

Virginia Tech

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: J.C. Price → Brent Pry. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Virginia Tech6-7HC: J.C. Price · Run-heavy

2022Virginia Tech3-8HC: Brent Pry · Balanced

2023Virginia Tech7-6HC: Brent Pry · Run-leaning

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

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

42Rotational starter #260 of 426?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (89th percentile). Strength: sacks (84th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#255 / 2892 · 89th pct

Sacks#412 / 2892 · 84th pct

2.5

Tackles for loss#571 / 2892 · 78th pct

5.0

Tackles#1219 / 2892 · 57th pct

Solo tackles#1430 / 2892 · 49th pct

Passes defended#1155 / 2892 · 49th 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.3	0.4	0.3	0.2
Road6g	2.2	0.4	0.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.2	0.6	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.3	0.2	0.2	0.2

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

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

42 · #260 of 426 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #260 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Virginia Tech	33	15	5.0	2.5	1	--	--
2023	Virginia Tech	10	2	1.5	1.0	--	--	--
2022	Virginia Tech	14	3	2.0	0.5	--	--	--
2021	Virginia Tech	18	7	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		75	27	8.5	4.0	1	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 27-34@ Vanderbilt	3	1	1.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 3	W 37-17@ Old Dominion	2	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 23-26vs Rutgers	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 34-38@ Miami	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 31-7@ Stanford	4	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 42-21vs Boston College	4	2	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 21-6vs Georgia Tech	5	5	1.0	1.0	—	1	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 10	L 31-38@ Syracuse	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 14-24vs Clemson	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 28-31@ Duke	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 37-17vs Virginia	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 10-24vs Minnesota	5	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Total		33	15	5.0	2.5	—	1

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

Wilfried Pene

2020

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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