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Eagle, Football Hall Of Famer Doug Wilkerson Passes, Leaves Strong Legacy

Greg Hansbrough

wilkersonLOS ANGELES – The NCCU Eagles’ family mourns the loss of former NCCU and NFL standout Doug Wilkerson, who passed away Sunday, February 21st, at the age of 73.  Wilkerson is NCCU’s highest overall NFL draft pick, as the Fayetteville, NC native was selected with the 14th pick in the first round of the 1970 NFL Draft by the Houston Oilers.

After spending his rookie season in Houston, Wilkerson was traded to the San Diego Chargers, where he started on the offensive line in 195 games during the next 14 seasons. He appeared in three consecutive Pro Bowls from 1981-83 and was voted to the All-NFL First Team in 1982.

He was inducted into the NCCU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1984, the San Diego Chargers Hall of Fame in 2000, the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 2002, and the Black College Football Hall of Fame in 2014.
 

During his career at NCCU (1965, 1967-69), Wilkerson was a three-time all-conference (CIAA) honoree and received first-team all-America citations from the NAIA, the American Football Coaches Association, and the Pittsburgh Courier for his play as both an offensive and defensive lineman.

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Gia Wilkerson Peebles

The legacy Wilkerson established set the precedent for the rest of the family to follow in his gigantic footsteps. His daughter, Gia Wilkerson Peebles, is also a former professional athlete. Gia was signed as a free agent with the women’s inaugural softball team, the Durham Dragons.  She played collegiate softball for Long Beach State and was a four-time College World Series participant. Gia went on to become a winning head coach for collegiate softball. She now uses her athleticism as a member of the award-winning all-female fishing team, The Ebony Anglers.

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Aeneas Peebles

Wilkerson’s grandsons, Aeneas and Braylon Peebles are both football standouts. Aeneas Peebles, who lettered all four years at Knightdale High School and was the No. 15 overall prospect in the state of NC, joined the Duke University team in 2020 as a defensive tackle. The 2019 Defensive 4A Player of the Year, Aeneas also lettered two years in baseball.

Braylon Peebles

Braylon Peebles helped lead his Pop Warner football team to the Pop Warner Super Bowl in 2018 and has gone on to make quite the impression on the football scene in the triangle region. He plays both offense and defense on his Pop Warner team. Ranking academically in the top 2% of approximately 325,000 children that take part in Pop Warner Little Scholars’ football and spirit programs nationwide, the Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc. selected Braylon as a 2018-2019 Pop Warner All-American Scholar.

As the old adage goes, “what’s the difference between ordinary and extraordinary? That little extra.” Nobody understands extraordinary better than professional athletes.  To reach the level of greatness required to play professional sports, athletes will watch game films, study players, and improve training methods to gain an advantage over their opponent.  

In this family, a precedent of excellence was set by Doug Wilkerson.  It sure seems as though the “football seed” has not fallen very far from the tree in the Wilkerson Peebles household.  It sure seems as if young Aeneas and Braylon have the ability to fill the big shoes left by their grandfather.  

Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time.

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