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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025New Mexico State
Gabe Peterson
DE • 6'2" • 255 lbs • Overland Park, KS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Gabe Peterson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
50
Solid production for an edge defender
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Reliability
55
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
58
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · New Mexico State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- New Mexico State • Utah State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Jacksonville State
Player Story
Gabe Peterson built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive end from Overland Park, KS wearing No. 16, spending time with New Mexico State and Utah State. The clearest part of Gabe Peterson's career...
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- Committed To
- New Mexico State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Gabe Peterson, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · New Mexico State. Gabe Peterson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 105
- TFL
- 13.5
- Sacks
- 6.5
- QB hurries
- 15
Quick Answers
Gabe Peterson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- New Mexico State · DE
- Career Tackles
- 105
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · New Mexico State
- Top game
- Jacksonville State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Klein · New Mexico State
- High school pipeline
- Blue Valley Northwest · 9 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 16 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 32 tackles · DE 54th (top 20%) · Conference USA 109th (top 20%) · National 1,272nd (top 21%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | 19.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | New Mexico State | 14 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 66 |
| 2023 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 14 | 51 | 9 | 3.5 | 5 | - | 0 | 66 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Utah State | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 14.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 10 | 32 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 9 | - | 0 | 49 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Gabe Peterson
Gabe Peterson played DE for New Mexico State and Utah State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Gabe Peterson recorded 105 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with New Mexico State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
New Mexico State paired 17.5 primary output with 28.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 23.3 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across New Mexico State, Utah State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · New Mexico State
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
23.3
Usage
7.5
Consistency
53.3
Best Game by takeover score
New Mexico
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Bryant: 2. Tulsa: 0. New Mexico: 3. Sam Houston: 2. Liberty: 0. Missouri State: 1. Kennesaw State: 0. Tennessee: 0. UTEP: 1. Middle Tennessee: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Bryant: 2 by 28.3. Tulsa: 6 by 25. New Mexico: 4 by 46.7. Sam Houston: 1 by 24.2. Liberty: 3 by 12.5. Missouri State: 1 by 14.2. Kennesaw State: 6 by 25. Tennessee: 3 by 12.5. UTEP: 2 by 18.3. Middle Tennessee: 4 by 26.7
Split Comparison
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Wins1.3 · Games = 4 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 6 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
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Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
New Mexico
Best efficiency game
46.7 vs New Mexico
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | vs Middle Tennessee | L 24-31 | 4 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ UTEP | W 34-31 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Tennessee | L 9-42 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Kennesaw State | L 21-24 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/23 | vs Missouri State | L 17-24 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Tue 10/14 | @ Liberty | L 27-30 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/3 | vs Sam HoustonSplash game | W 37-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ New MexicoSplash game | L 20-38 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/7 | vs Tulsa | W 21-14 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 8/31 | vs BryantSplash game | W 19-3 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Gabe Peterson story
Gabe Peterson built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive end from Overland Park, KS wearing No. 16, spending time with New Mexico State and Utah State. The clearest part of Gabe Peterson's career was his defensive production: 105 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, and 6.5 sacks across 36 career games in the available record. That gives Gabe Peterson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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New Mexico State
2022-2025
Opening stop
- 2
Utah State
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20222023202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 6 | 12.2 | 2.9 | — |
| 2023 Postseason | New Mexico State | 17.5 | 28.9 | 10.3 | 11.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 17.5 | 28.9 | 10.3 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Utah State | 1.5 | 13.4 | 3.1 | -16 |
| 2025 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 10 | 23.3 | 7.5 | 8.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Jacksonville State
Week 13 · W 20-17 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
84.4 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 73 New Mexico
Week 5 · L 20-38
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Valparaiso
Week 14 · W 65-3
4
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#4
@ Auburn
Week 12 · W 31-10
3
Havoc Plays
80.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.2 takeover score.
#5
vs Western Illinois
Week 1 · W 58-21
3.5
Havoc Plays
74.4 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 74.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · New Mexico State
17.5 primary output · 28.9 efficiency · 10.3 usage
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#2
2023 Regular Season · New Mexico State
66
17.5 primary · 28.9 efficiency · 10.3 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · New Mexico State
49
10 primary · 23.3 efficiency · 7.5 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
10
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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