65° M/CLOUDY, SEC's best players — No. 13 Derek Pegues
Last Modified: Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 10:42 p.m.
No. 13 Derek Pegues
- SEC's Best Players — No. 2 Knowshon Moreno
- SEC's Best Players — No. 3 Percy Harvin
- SEC's Best Players — No. 4 Eric Berry
- SEC's best players — No. 6 Andre Smith
- SEC's best players — No. 7 Tyson Jackson
- SEC's best players — No. 8 Greg Hardy, Ole Miss
- SEC's best players — No. 9 Brandon Spikes
- SEC's best players — No. 10 Arian Foster
- SEC's best players — No. 11 Geno Atkins
- SEC's best players — No. 12 Kenny McKinley
- SEC's best — No. 14 Ricky Jean-Francois
- SEC's best players — No. 15 Anthony Parker
- SEC's best players — No. 16 Jasper Brinkley
- SEC's best players — No. 18 Eric Norwood
- SEC's best players — No. 17 D.J. Moore
- SEC's best players — No. 19 Cornelius Ingram
- SEC's best players — No. 20 Captain Munnerlyn
- SEC's best players — No. 21 Ben Tate
- SEC's best players — No. 22 Anthony Dixon
- SEC's best players — No. 23 Michael Oher
- SEC's best players — No. 24 Jeremy Jarmon
- SEC's best players — No. 25 Rico McCoy
Why he's No. 13: One of the nation's best defensive backs, Pegues was named the 2007 Liberty Bowl MVP after intercepting two passes in the second half of MSU's 10-3 victory against Central Florida. He enters the season with 10 career interceptions, good for fifth on the Bulldogs' career list. Also a prolific special teams player, Pegues has a career punt return average of 11.7 yards and kickoff return average of 22.1. Two of the 35 punts he has returned have gone back for touchdowns.
Key number: 3. With a big senior season, Pegues could make himself the top free safety taken in the 2009 NFL draft. CollegeFootballNews.com ranked '09-draft-eligible players by position in late April, and Pegues was rated third behind Missouri's William Moore and South Florida junior Nate Allen.
Fun fact: His cousin is NFL veteran linebacker Dwayne Rudd, a former Alabama standout.
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