Pesuit attended Wintersville High School, where he was an All-state offensive tackle, a wrestling and weight-lifter champion in the Ohio Valley Conference.
[2][3] Pesuit was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the fifth round (151st overall) of the 1976 NFL draft, with the intention of playing him at the defensive line.
Pesuit was claimed off waivers by the Detroit Lions to replace Larry Tearry who abruptly left the team.
The Jacksonville Bulls selected him from the Chicago Blitz roster in the 1983 USFL Expansion Draft.
His father Walter V., played for the Cleveland Rams in the National Football League as a 5-8 halfback in 1938.