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Wilfried Pene Season 2024

PositionDL
Weight285 lbs
Height6-3
ClassRedshirt Senior
HometownTours, France
High SchoolSt. Thomas More School

2023: Played in all 13 games ... recorded 10 tackles (2 solo) ... registered 1.5 TFL and one sack ... tallied 2 quarterback hurries.

2022: Played in 11 games ... Recorded 12 tackles (three solo), 2.0 TFL (5 yards), 0.5 sacks (3 yards) and one quarterback hurry ... Assisted on a tackle at Duke (Nov. 12) ... Helped make a tackle and recorded his first career quarterback hurry against Georgia Tech (Nov. 5) ... Assisted on a tackle at No. 24 NC State (Oct. 27) ... Recorded a 2-yard solo TFL against Miami (Oct. 15) ... Made two tackles (0.5 TFL) at Pitt (Oct. 8) ... Assisted on a tackle against West Virginia (Sept. 22) ... Made two solo tackles against Wofford (Sept. 17) ... Registered his first career sack (3-yard assist), making two total tackles against Boston College (Sept. 10) ... Assisted on a tackle at Old Dominion (Sept. 2).
 
2021: Appeared in 10 games ... Saw his first collegiate action vs. Middle Tennessee State (9/11) and made a tackle ... Recorded four tackles at Boston College (11/5) ... Registered a career-high five tackles vs. Duke (11/13) ... Recorded three tackles at Miami (11/20) ... Made four tackles at Virginia (11/27) ... Recorded a tackle vs. Maryland (12/29).

2020: Did not see game action for the Hokies.
 
High School: A two-time All-New England selection was part of an offensive unit that helped guide the Chancellors to a 7-1 record in 2019 … Played both tight end and defensive end, catching eight passes for 183 yards with four TDs on offense, while racking up 47 tackles, 15.5 sacks, 11.0 TFL and three forced fumbles … Also blocked a punt … Worked with head coach Ryan Roddy on the wrestling squad and finished seventh in New England in his first season competing in that sport.
 
Personal: Talented tight end and wrestler is the only foreign-born player on the Hokies’ roster … According to Tech’s coaching staff, Pene developed a passion for football in his native France and subsequently enrolled at St. Thomas More Prep in Oakdale, Connecticut, where he played for head coach Jason Manson … Majoring in consumer studies … Name pronounced: will-uh-fred PEN-aye.