a disruptive Ole Miss wrecking ball with rare goal-line juice
In the 2024 season, JJ Pegues was more than a DT—he posted 43 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 7 rushing touchdowns, giving Ole Miss a true two-way stress point[2][4][5]. His differentiators are size, leverage, and weirdly useful versatility: he can collapse pockets, survive inside traffic, and then pop up as a short-yardage hammer near the goal line[2][4][8]. Teams should care because he brings toughness, intensity, and scheme flexibility, though his pro projection skews toward a high-motor interior disruptor rather than a pure stat-sheet monster[8][10][13].
