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2025 Football Roster

Stew Milne

16 Gabe Peterson

  • Position DE/J
  • Ht./Wt. 6-2 / 255
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Overland Park, Kan.
  • High School Blue Valley Northwest HS
  • Previous School Utah State

Biography

Awards
  • 2025 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Conference USA First Team 
  • 2025 Phil Steele Preseason All-Conference USA First Team
  • 2023 Phil Steele Preseason All-Conference USA Fourth Team
  • Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 20, 2023)


2022 (Freshman)
Played in 12 games for the Crimson & White, making a pair of starts against UTEP (9/10) and Hawai’i (9/24)… Totaled 17 tackles on the season, with three tackles for loss and a pair of sacks… Posted a season-best three tackles against UTEP… Recorded the first sack of his career in a home win over Lamar (11/12)… Followed up with a sack and a pair of tackles for loss in the home finale against Valparaiso.

High School
Attended Blue Valley Northwest HS in Olathe, Kansas ... Played three seasons on the Varisty team, amassing 30 solo tackles, 62 total tackles and 7.0 tackles for loss ... totaled 6.0 sacks in junior and senior seasons


Personal
Son of Ben and Amy Peterson ... Father played football at Pittsburg State ... Majoring in Business Managment.

Statistics

Season:
2025

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 49

    2022Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'2" 250 lbs
    49
  • 16

    2023Sophomore

    Outside Linebacker
    6'2" 250 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2025Redshirt Junior

    Defensive End/Jack
    6'2" 255 lbs
    16