Biography
• 2023 All-American Athletic Conference / Honorable Mention
• At Navy: A starter in 9 games over his career (1 So // 8 Jr) ... has played in 16-career games ... enters the fall as the starter at boundary corner ... has earned 2 varsity letters.
• 2023: A starter in 8 of the 11 games in which he played, he earned Honorable Mention All-AAC recognition ... closed out the year with 34 tackles, including a tackle for loss, 5 pass breakups, 4 interceptions and a fumble recovery ... recorded 4 interceptions in the last 7 contests (Charlotte, Temple, UAB, East Carolina) ... the 4 interceptions are tied with teammate Rayuan Lane III for the 16th most in the country ... chipped in a pair of tackles against Army ... recorded 3 tackles at SMU ... helped lead Navy to a 10-0 win over East Carolina and its third shutout of the season which is the most in the FBS this season ... it’s the first time Navy has recorded 3 shutouts in a season since 1978 when the Mids shut out 4 teams (Virginia, Connecticut, William & Mary, Army) ... it also marked the 4th team Navy held without a touchdown this season (Wagner 0 pts, Charlotte 0 pts, UAB 2FGs, ECU 0 pts) ... held the Pirates to just 189 yards of total offense, the fewest by a Navy opponent this season ... recorded his 4th interception of the year when he picked off ECU QB Alex Flinn in the opening quarter ... also chipped in 4 tackles, 1 tackle for loss and 2 pass breakups ...intercepted UAB QB Jacob Zeno and returned it 42 yards ... the 6 points scored by UAB were its fewest since dropping a 49-6 decision to Florida Atlantic on Dec. 7, 2019 ... that was also the last time the Blazers did not score a touchdown ... contributed 6 tackles at Temple and recorded his third-career interception, 2nd against the Owls in as many years ... part of a defensive effort that held the nation’s leader in rushing, Air Force (334.2 yds/gm), to just 137 yards, while also holding the Falcons to just 1 of 13 (.077) on third downs after coming into the game #1 in the country (.594) ... turned in a pair of tackles and recovered a fumble, the first of his career, against Air Force ... Navy’s defense recorded its second shutout of the season with a 14-0 win over Charlotte ... the Mids held the 49ers to just 265 yards of total offense (123R/142P), while Navy posted 7 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, broke up 6 passes and force 3 turnovers (2 INT, 1 fumble) ... a starter against the 49ers, he turned in a career-high 8 tackles, a pass breakup and his second-career interception (secured the shutout with the INT in the end zone as time expired) ... part of a defense that recorded a school-record 8 sacks and posted 10 tackles for loss in the win over North Texas ... the defense also forced and recovered 2 fumbles ... recorded a pair of tackles against the Mean Green, while also turning in 2 pass breakups ... the defense held USF quarterback Byrum Brown (ranked #1 among QB’s in yards per game at 87.8) to -27 yards on the ground, but gave up 338 yards and 3 TDs through the air ... turned in 4 solo stops against the Bulls ... pitched in a tackle in Navy’s AAC opener at Memphis ... sat out the Wagner game due to injury ... contributed a tackle in the Mids’ opener against Notre Dame.
• 2022: A starter in 1 of the 5 games in which he played, including making his collegiate debut in the Mids’ opener against Delaware ... made his first-collegiate start in the Mids’ game against Notre Dame where he recorded 6 tackles and posted a tackle for loss for the third-consecutive game before suffering a season-ending injury ... part of a defensive unit that did not surrender a point in the second half against Notre Dame, marking the first time it has held a team scoreless in the second half since the 2021 Army game ... Notre Dame mustered just 66 yards rushing, the fewest by the Irish in the series since they rushed for 60 yards on Nov. 7, 2009 ... Navy held the Irish to just 12 yards in the second half (-23 R, 35 P) ... the Mids recorded a season-high tying 5 sacks (1.5 Colin Ramos, 1.5 John Marshall, 1 Rayuan Lane III, 0.5 Nicholas Straw, 0.5 Clay Cromwell) ... recorded a career-high 7 tackles, including a tackle for loss at Cincinnati ... also broke up a pass ... played the game of his career in the Mids’ victory over Temple where he intercepted QB E.J. Warner’s pass in the end zone in overtime to secure the Navy win ... also sacked Warner for a loss of 8 yards and broke up 2 passes ... Navy’s defense held Temple to just 20 yards rushing, the fourth fewest in the Niumatalolo era and the third time in 2022 Navy held an opponent to 25 or fewer yards rushing (13 by Delaware, 25 by Tulsa) ... despite Temple allowing just 4 sacks all year, Navy sacked the Owls 4 times (Tyler Fletcher, John Marshall, Dashaun Peele, Jacob Busic) ... Navy’s defense also forced Temple to punt 7 times, tying (Delaware) for the most by an opponent in 2022.
• 2021: Did not see any varsity action.
• High School / Personal: A 2020 graduate of Maury High School in Norfolk, Va., Peele attended the Naval Academy Prep School during the 2020-21 academic year ... a three-year football letter winner who was a 2019 All-Tidewater selection and a First-Team Virginia High School League Class 5-A All-State (Va.) selection as a defensive back in 2019 ... led Maury HS to the 2019 VHSL Class 5A State Football crown, the program’s first since 1939 ... it defeated Stone Bridge 28-21 to cap the Commodores’ perfect 15-0 season ... also received offers from 8 other schools, including Army, Charlotte and Old Dominion ... son of Marcus Whickum and Denita Peele-Whickum ... majoring in political science.
