Fred Peters: S · Mississippi State · #38.
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Fred Peters
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Played for two head coaches in three seasons at Mississippi State. On tape: 14 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Ole Miss, Week 13, 2021.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
67 tackles. 0 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 0.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
The Clarion-Ledger Oct 17Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Mississippi State | 79 | 34 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | Mississippi State | 20 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Mississippi State | 10 | 6 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 109 | 50 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 3 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-34vs Louisiana Tech | 9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 24-10vs NC State | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 29-31@ Memphis | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 25-28vs LSU | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 26-22@ No. 15 Texas A&M | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 9-49vs No. 5 Alabama | 10 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-6@ Vanderbilt | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 28-31@ Arkansas | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 43-34@ No. 16 Auburn | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-31vs No. 8 Ole Miss | 14 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Total | 67 | 24 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
1%1 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
79tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%0 TFL79 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 1 pass breakup · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 9.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 6.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Leach
Pass share
72.5%
702 pass / 266 run
Plays / game
80.7
12 games
Team sack rate
4.5%
751 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
79 tackles in 10 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #109 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Mississippi State, 109 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Dan Mullen, Joe Moorhead, and Mike Leach. Multi-era developmental context.
