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JJ Pegues, DS #999 DT, Mississippi 
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Name: JJ Pegues (Transfer from Auburn)
College: Mississippi Number: 89
Height: 6-2 Weight: 315
Position: DT Pos2: FB/OG
Class/Draft Year: rSr/2025
40 Low: 4.76 40 Time: 4.86 40 High: 4.95
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Data Scout Notes: 2023: NAC...2022: NAC...Transfer from Auburn...2021: NAC...2020: NAC...Announced transfer from Auburn to Ole Miss on Jan 22 '22. Entered transfer portal to leave Auburn on Jan 17 '22. Backup w/17 TT, 2 TFL, FF in 13 gms in '21. Moved from TE to DT in spr ing for '21. Was 300 in '20. Backup w/7-57-8.1-0 rec, 5-14-2.8-0 rush in 11 gms in '20.
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JJ Pegues, Mississippi, Player News
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JJ Pegues and safety Ladarius Tennison are two former Auburn players who transferred to Ole Miss this offseason. Pegues is an Oxford native getting to come home for his junior season and Tennison is coming to Mississippi after logging 43 tackles and 4.5 tackles for loss in the last two seasons. Auburn defensive end Derick Hall, a Gulfport native, raved about his former teammates. "Ten is really good," Hall said. "He's smaller, he's shorter. But just the physique he plays with, his technique, the way he plays he's a weights player. Ten will light you up in a heartbeat and don't care nothing about it. And JJ, y'all saw the video of what he did to the guy freshman year at Ole Miss. It speaks for itself." Shenker said he stays in touch with Pegues. He said he and his teammates understand why players make decisions that are best for them but added Pegues and Tennison will be missed.Hall says he "hates" that Pegues and Tennison left because of the unique aspect they added to the defense and the ways they helped Auburn grow. But as a Mississippi native, Hall gets to add Pegues and Tennison to the list of players he hears from after battling a home-state rival. "Those games do mean a lot to me just because of bragging rights," Hall said. "As soon as t he game is over, you can call them and say 'I'm in the locker room and we just beat y'all.' And then it's the other way around. They'll call me and say 'Ah, you just lost.' So I'm mad at them and I'm blocking them for two or three weeks instead of them b locking me for two or three weeks. It's all fun and games, but obviously it comes down to winning a championship so we all love each other but at that time we're on the field, it's not the same." - The Clarion Ledger
(DS#999 DT) rSr/2025  DT JJ Pegues, Mississippi
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One of the most fascinating storylines to come out of spring practice has been J.J. Pegues's role on the team. After making a splash as a freshman tight end, Pegues came into spring listed in the same spot. But his new coaches felt he could make a differ ence elsewhere on the field and started moving him around all three units. He officially stayed a tight end through the first half of spring but made the move to defensive tackle once they came back from their weeklong break. The tight ends decided not t o kick him out of their group chat, but Pegues is now officially under the wing of Colby Wooden and the other defensive linemen. He's still at the very start of his transition, but keep an eye out for how that natural ability translates to the defensive line. - Birmingham News
(DS#999 DT) rSr/2025 DT JJ Pegues, Mississippi
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Auburn offensive coordinator Mike Bobo said players of Pegues' ability and short-area burst are typically playing on the defensive line. Bobo complimented the way tight ends coach Brad Bedell has prepared Pegues so far this spring, and the first-year pla y-caller explained how different the situation is for Pegues this year compared to last year. "He was just the off-the-ball guy last year. He's been off the ball and on the ball for us. This is new stuff for him, but he is athletic and he's over 300 poun ds," Bobo said. "He's going to be able to move some people at the point of attack, and he's going to be able to get out and be able to run routes and stretch the field vertically, too. He can do that. The thing for him is just getting him in shape to whe re he can do it for a whole game. "I've been pleased with J.J., how he's worked. You're right - he's the true definition of an athletic big man." Pegues made one of the highlight-worthy plays of Saturday's open practice when he sent linebacker Zakoby McC lain flying on a block. While Harsin pointed out the Tigers weren't "live" in that practice, he added that Pegues showed some of his strengths during Thursday's scrimmage. - Birmingham News
(DS#999 DT) rSr/2025 DT JJ Pegues, Mississippi
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Auburn offensive coordinator Mike Bobo has never seen anyone quite like J.J. Pegues. In his 21-year career, Bobo has coached and coached against players who have an impressive combination of size, athleticism and quickness, but all of those players playe d along the defensive line. They were all guys people said "He can play tight end, he's that' athletic," Bobo said, but none of them ever actually did. Pegues, however, is already a real-life tight end. Pegues can contribute at other positions, as he dem onstrated during his freshman season. His versatility allows him to run the ball, catch the ball, and even throw the ball.He had 14 yards on five carries, and while those aren't huge numbers, several of them were on third-and-short, and he helped the team move the chains. He had one completion on one attempt, finishing with a passer rating of 100. And he made seven catches for 57 yards. "He's the true definition of an athletic big man," Bobo said in his first press conference as an Auburn coach. The numbers alone don't show just what a wonder this 6-foot-3, 308-pound tight end is. Yes, he rushed for 14 yards, but those gains included spin moves and hurdles. Ok, he made seven catches, but he leapt and dove to secure the ball. And some of his best highlights were ones that never show up in the stat sheet - like his ability to destroy an opponent with his blocking. - Birmingham News
(DS#999 DT) rSr/2025 DT JJ Pegues, Mississippi
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Bigsby may get the most playing time out of the freshmen, but Pegues is one of the most talked about freshmen. The 300-pound tight end has demonstrated a dangerous and unique set of skills. He can bury defenders with his blocks, out run them when he rush es the ball and catch balls in the receiving game. Against LSU, he had three catches for 29 yards. This season, he has four catches for 33 yards and four rushes for 16 yards. - Birmingham News
(DS#999 DT) rSr/2025 DT JJ Pegues, Mississippi
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He is beauty, and he is grace. He is - Auburn's 300-pound freshman tight end. J.J. Pegues is the Tigers' super-sized skill player who has quickly become somewhat of a sensation in the college football Twittersphere. The 6-foot-2, 300-pound tight end has done a little bit of a lot so far in his first season on the Plains, serving as Auburn's Wildcat quarterback, lining up as an end-of-line blocking tight end, splitting out wide, playing on special teams and, yes, even attempting a pass. "You know, I have n't (seen anything like him)," Auburn coach Gus Malzahn said. "Of course, I haven't coached many 300-pound skill guys, either. He's got a special skillset. We knew that when we recruited him."Pegues is a tight end with a lineman's size, the athlet icism and fluidity of a wide receiver, and the versatility of a modern running back. It's a rare combination to witness, the kind of size and skillset that would normally garner recognition from the Piesman Trophy - an award that has recognized "linemen who do un-linemen-like things" since 2015 - and you'd be hard-pressed to come up with an adequate player comparison for Auburn's 300-pound unicorn of a player. "I really don't know who it would be, to be honest, because I've never seen an athlete his siz e that can move on a football field like he does - and that can do as many different things on the field as he can do," said Chris Cutcliffe, who coached Pegues at Oxford (Miss.) High. - Birmingham News
(DS#999 DT) rSr/2025 DT JJ Pegues, Mississippi
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