Pegues

Pegues is 6-2, 255, and reportedly benches 400 pounds and squats more than 500.

Around the Conference USA 2010

Derek Pegues, Mississippi State, 5-10, 199: He already has impressed at cornerback and safety but is being viewed in this draft as a free safety.

Draft stock: Defensive backs offer deep class of solid performers 2009

Julius Pegues, a 75-year-old African-American engineer whose ancestors helped rebuild the black community in Tulsa, sees the acknowledgment of the city's tragic past as a springboard to better things.

Tulsa Moves to Reconcile With a Painful Past Ana Campoy 2010

DE Lee Pegues — Scout. com rated him the 34th best prospect in South Carolina.

Around the Conference USA 2010

As a first-year starter at corner in 2006, Pegues was second-team All-Southeastern Conference with four interceptions.

Draft stock: Defensive backs offer deep class of solid performers 2009

Dwyer broke free and, aided by running back Lucas Cox's downfield block on safety Derek Pegues, ran 88 yards for the touchdown.

USATODAY.com 2008

The Bulldogs showed no early sign of being intimidated; Derek Pegues returned the opening kickoff 59 yards to the LSU 32, setting up Adam Carlson's 42-yard field goal, which put the Tigers behind in a game at home for the first time this season.

USATODAY.com 2008

Anthony Dixon powered in from the 1 for the winning touchdown with 1: 54 to go and most valuable player Derek Pegues picked off two passes in a game featuring anemic offenses and 17 punts.

USATODAY.com 2007

Pegues, fittingly, made the final key defensive play, knocking down a fourth-down pass on UCF's final drive.

USATODAY.com 2007

` ` He just threw it right to me both times, and I was lucky to catch the ball, '' Pegues said.

USATODAY.com 2007