Gabe Peterson
New Mexico State Aggies
73
Average

Gabe Peterson

New Mexico State AggiesRebuilding
LDEDefenseAverage
Projected Starter

Is Gabe Peterson starting?

Gabe Peterson is the projected starter at LDE for New Mexico State Aggies.

Redshirt senior · #16 · 6'2", 255 lbs

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Depth at LDE · New Mexico State Aggies

  1. 11673Gabe PetersonStarter
  2. 22154Zhakius Thomas

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Blue Valley Northwest, ranked #2,343 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 32 tackles, 0.5 TFL, 0.5 sacks. That's 4% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 73 overall (Average tier).

Recruit3★ · #2,343 Natl2-Yr Total87 tackles · 4 sacksTeam Share4%
Overland Park, KS
Jersey
#16
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'2"
Weight
255 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
2025320.50.5
20235593.5

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8017
National Rank
#2343
High School
Blue Valley Northwest
Hometown
Overland Park, KS

Why this rating?

On a 70-rated defense; 67th-percentile production (×0.78 for competition level) put them +3 vs unit starters → 73.

Team defense (SP+)
70
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 67% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.78)
Depth-chart adjustment
+3 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 8LFIUTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
4
SACK
2
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 22-3

Oct 2WWKUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 34-13

Sep 26LUNMTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 42-18

Sep 13LHAWTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 29-19

Sep 6WMERCTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 51-14

Aug 29LFSUTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
0
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 34-17

Gabe Peterson's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

32 tkl · 0.5 TFL · 0.5 sacks
Usage / Involvement100%
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