#16
Peebles_Aeneas_24FB_HEAD_jan_46

Aeneas Peebles Season 2024

DLPosition
290 lbsWeight
6-1Height
Graduate StudentClass
Raleigh, N.C.Hometown
DukePrevious School

2023 at Duke:  Chosen to the 2023 Pro Football Focus All-ACC First Team … Selected to the 2023 All-ACC Third Team at defensive tackle … Played in 12 games, making his lone start against No. 11 Notre Dame (Sept. 30) … Co-led Duke in TFLs (8.5) and ranked second on the Blue Devils in sacks (4.0) … Registered 40 tackles (11 solo), four quarterback hurries, two pass breakups, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery … Finished with four or more tackles during six games, reaching his season high (five tackles) three times … Forced a fumble on a 12-yard strip sack against Pitt (Nov. 25) … Recovered a fumble and made five tackles against Wake Forest (Nov. 2) … Set season highs in both TFLs (2.5, 18 yards) and sacks (1.5, 14 yards) at Connecticut (Sept. 23).
 
2022 at Duke:  Played in all 13 games … Registered 15 tackles (eight solo), 2.0 TFLs (10 yards), 1.5 sacks (9 yards), six quarterback hurries, one pass breakup and one forced fumble … Played 434 snaps … Broke up a pass during Duke’s 2022 Military Bowl victory against UCF (Dec. 28) … Set a season high with four tackles against Virginia Tech (Nov. 12) … Forced a fumble against North Carolina A&T (Sept. 2) … Opened the season with three quarterback hurries against Temple (Sept. 2).
 
2021 at Duke:  Played in all 12 games, making two starts at Charlotte (Sept. 3) and against North Carolina A&T (Sept. 10) … Recorded 26 tackles (six solo), 3.0 TFLs (13 yards), 2.0 sacks (12 yards) and two quarterback hurries … Played 319 snaps … Assisted on four tackles against Louisville (Nov. 18) … Registered a 10-yard solo sack of Sam Howell at North Carolina (Oct. 2) … Tallied two quarterback hurries against Northwestern (Sept. 18) … Set a career high in tackles (six) against North Carolina A&T (Sept. 10).
 
2020 at Duke:  Played in 10 games … Totaled three tackles (one solo) … Played 88 snaps … Recorded his first career tackle against Charlotte (Oct. 31) … Made his collegiate debut at No. 10 Notre Dame (Sept. 10).
 
High School:  Four-year letterwinner at Knightdale High School in Knightdale, North Carolina, under coach Anthony Timmons … Compiled 195 tackles, 27 sacks, 20 quarterback hurries and two blocked field goals during his final two seasons with the Knights … Named the 2019 Northern Athletic 4A Defensive Player of the Year … Co-led Knightdale to consecutive state playoff appearances in 2018 and 2019 … Also lettered two years in baseball … Consensus three-star prospect by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals … Ranked as the nation’s No. 48 defensive tackle by Rivals … Ranked as the No. 15 overall recruit from the state of North Carolina by Rivals.