HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA
- Played at powerhouse Cardinal Mooney High School
- Tallied 40 tackles, picked off four passes and returned two for TDs
- 2016 Third Team Associated Press Division III/IV All-Ohio
- Son of Bo Pelini, Nebraska’s head coach from 2008-14 and current head coach at Youngstown State — who reached the 2017 Football Championship Subdivision title game
- Attended the same high school as former Notre Dame safeties Kyle (‘09) and Dan (‘13) McCarthy
- Enrolled in First Year of Studies