Ravens selected Virginia Tech DT Aeneas Peebles with the No. 210 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.
A fiery undersized slasher, Peebles (6’0/282) spent his first four seasons at Duke toggling between the A- and B-gap while developing into an All-ACC caliber performer. In 2023 he led Duke with 5.0 sacks and 9.5 TFLs despite starting just one game before transferring to Virginia Tech. Peebles had no such playing time restrictions at VT, starting all 12 games while registering his second-consecutive season with a 90th+ percentile pass rush grade to go with a sensational 17.8% pass rush win rate. The AP Third Team All-American ranks in the 90th percentile with a 4.94s 40-yard dash in addition to a 32.5” vert (91st percentile) and 28 bench reps (76th percentile) for a very respectable 7.30 RAS. Peebles’ twitchy, well-rounded pass rush toolkit helps to make up for his lack of stature, as he darts and jukes his way into the backfield by leveraging his low center of gravity and cat-like agility to slip around blocks. While solidly built and plucky on a pound-for-pound basis, he stands little chance against double teams and will get washed out on NFL run plays. Peebles has a pesky, stubby profile that could land him a job creating pressure on passing downs.
