The Duke Blue Devils play their last home game of the 2024 college football season on Saturday, and a former member of the program will be on the visitor’s sideline.
Defensive tackle Aeneas Peebles spent four seasons in Durham, totaling 14.5 tackles for loss and 8.5 sacks between his 48 games in a Duke uniform. However, once former head coach Mike Elko left to helm the Texas A&M Aggies, he entered the transfer portal and ended up in Blacksburg.
Through his first 10 games of the 2024 season, Peebles has three sacks, but he hasn’t added to that total since a road game against Stanford on October 5. He’s amassed 28 total tackles, including 5.0 for a loss, and he had his best game against Rutgers back in Week 4. He ended that performance with five tackles and 1.5 TFLs.
While Peebles has found success along a defensive front that sits third among ACC teams with 31 total sacks, the Blue Devils didn’t exactly lose the split. Duke’s 28 sacks are fifth in the conference, and under first-year coordinator Jonathan Patke, the team has 85 TFLs in 10 games.
Duke fans can watch the Blue Devils try to beat their former teammate on ACC Network at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time.