Player Dossier

2022-2025

Washington State

Buddha Peleti

DE • 6'2" • 250 lbs • Adelanto, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Buddha Peleti shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

66%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

77

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · New Mexico State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
New Mexico State • Washington State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas A&M

Player Story

Buddha Peleti built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive end from Adelanto, CA wearing No. 10, spending time with New Mexico State and Washington State. The clearest part of Buddha Peleti's career...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.7933

Oak Hills · Hesperia, CA

Committed To
New Mexico State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Buddha Peleti, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · New Mexico State. Buddha Peleti shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
80
TFL
20.5
Sacks
13
QB hurries
15
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Buddha Peleti quick answers

Latest team and position
Washington State · DE
Career Tackles
80
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 37 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · New Mexico State
Top game
Texas A&M
Recruit profile
2-star · Oak Hills · New Mexico State
High school pipeline
Oak Hills · 9 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 10 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
22 tackles · DE 91st (top 33%) · Pac-12 28th (top 29%) · National 1,884th (top 31%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State441.50.5--025.7
2023 PostseasonNew Mexico State1420.50--053.8
2023 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State143264.54-053.8
2024 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State8205.5461072.8
2025 PostseasonWashington State11211--062.5
2025 Regular SeasonWashington State1120635-062.5

Related Context

Buddha Peleti played DE for New Mexico State and Washington State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Buddha Peleti recorded 80 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with New Mexico State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

New Mexico State paired 16.5 primary output with 31 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 22.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to 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, Washington State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2025 Postseason · Washington State

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

1.5

Efficiency

22.9

Usage

7.7

Consistency

65.8

Best Game by takeover score

San Diego State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Utah State: 2. Idaho: 0.5. San Diego State: 3. North Texas: 0. Washington: 2. Virginia: 0. Toledo: 2. Oregon State: 2. Louisiana Tech: 2. James Madison: 0.5. Oregon State: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Utah State: 2 by 28.3. Idaho: 3 by 17.5. San Diego State: 1 by 34.2. North Texas: 2 by 8.3. Washington: 2 by 28.3. Virginia: 2 by 8.3. Toledo: 1 by 24.2. Oregon State: 5 by 40.8. Louisiana Tech: 2 by 28.3. James Madison: 1 by 9.2. Oregon State: 1 by 24.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.9 · Games = 6 · +1.0 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 5 · -1.0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

San Diego State

Best efficiency game

40.8 vs Oregon State

Result
Mon 12/22@ Utah StateSplash gameW 34-2122110
Sat 11/29vs Oregon StateSplash gameW 32-8100.500.500
Sat 11/22@ James MadisonL 20-24100.5000
Sun 11/16vs Louisiana TechSplash gameW 28-322110
Sat 11/1@ Oregon StateSplash gameL 7-1053200
Sat 10/25vs ToledoSplash gameW 28-710000
Sat 10/18@ VirginiaL 20-2221000
Sat 9/20vs WashingtonSplash gameL 24-5922110
Sat 9/13@ North TexasL 10-5920000
Sun 9/7vs San Diego StateSplash gameW 36-13100.500.500
Sun 8/31vs IdahoW 13-10300.5000

Player Story

Buddha Peleti story

Buddha Peleti built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive end from Adelanto, CA wearing No. 10, spending time with New Mexico State and Washington State. The clearest part of Buddha Peleti's career was his defensive production: 80 tackles, 20.5 tackles for loss, 13 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 37 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with New Mexico State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Buddha Peleti's production has multiple signals. With 37 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across New Mexico State and Washington State.

The arc is straightforward: Buddha Peleti moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    New Mexico State

    2022-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Washington State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202220232023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State29.23.8
2023 PostseasonNew Mexico State1520.87.613
2023 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State1520.87.60
2024 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State16.531181.5
2025 PostseasonWashington State1622.97.7-0.5
2025 Regular SeasonWashington State1622.97.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Texas A&M

Week 12 · L 3-38

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

5

Havoc Plays

86.1 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.1 takeover score.

#2

@ UTEP

Week 8 · W 28-7 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

85.6 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.

#3

vs Liberty

Week 2 · L 24-30 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

#4

vs Western Illinois

Week 1 · W 58-21

4

Havoc Plays

79.2 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 43 San Diego State

Week 2 · W 36-13

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Havoc Plays

75.3 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · New Mexico State

16.5 primary output · 31 efficiency · 18 usage

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#2

2025 Postseason · Washington State

62.5

16 primary · 22.9 efficiency · 7.7 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Washington State

62.5

16 primary · 22.9 efficiency · 7.7 usage

Milestones

11

Impact games

15

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games