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2026 Football Roster

Stew Milne

16 Gabe Peterson

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

Biography

Awards
  • 2025 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Conference USA First TeamĀ 
  • 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)


2023 (Sophomore)
Appeared in all 15 games and made 11 starts to serve as a key piece on one of the best Aggie football teams in the program's history... Recorded 55 total tackles to help lead the Aggies to their second 10-win season in school history... Tallied eight tackles for loss to rank second on the team... Also turned in 3.5 sacks to rank fourth on the team... Finished the year with six quarterback hurries and one fumble recovery... Was one of just 24 players in all of college football to record at least two blocked kicks during the 2023 campaign... Collected CUSA Defensive Player of the Week honors on Nov. 20 after he logged six tackles, including two tackles for loss and one sack in the Aggies' 31-10 victory over SEC foe Auburn... Blocked a PAT against Liberty on Sept. 9 and against LA Tech on Oct. 24... Notched a season-high nine tackles against Jax State on Nov. 25... Closed out the season with five tacklesĀ for loss in the final four games.

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

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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
  • 16

    2026Redshirt Senior

    Defensive End/Jack
    6'2" 255 lbs
    16