Jason Peter
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Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||||
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Born: | Locust, New Jersey,U.S. | September 13, 1974||||||||||
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High school: | Middletown South (Middletown, New Jersey) | ||||||||||
College: | Nebraska | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1998/ Round: 1 / Pick: 14 | ||||||||||
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Jason Michael Peter(born September 13, 1974) is an American former professionalfootballplayer who was adefensive endfor four seasons in theNational Football League(NFL). Peter was a consensusAll-Americanplayingcollege footballfor theNebraska Cornhuskers.He was selected by theCarolina Panthersin the first round of the1998 NFL draft.
Early life
[edit]Peter grew up in theLocustneighborhood ofMiddletown Township, New Jersey.He playedhigh school footballatMiddletown High School Southin Middletown Township and atMilford AcademyinConnecticut.[1]
College career
[edit]Peter attended the University of Nebraska, and played for theNebraska Cornhuskers footballteam from 1994 to 1997. As a senior in 1997, he was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American.
College statistics
[edit]Jason Peter | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||||
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Season | Class | GP | Cmb | Solo | Ast | TfL | Sck | Int | Yds | Lng | TD | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD |
1994 | Fr | 7 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1995 | So | 12 | 33 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1996 | Jr | 13 | 61 | 19 | 42 | 11.5 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 1 |
1997 | Sr | 13 | 67 | 28 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career | 45 | 169 | 60 | 109 | 31.5 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 1 |
Professional career
[edit]The Carolina Panthers selected Peter in the first round (fourteenth pick overall) of the 1998 NFL draft, and he played for the Panthers from1998to2001.[2]His career was shortened by a recurring and chronic neckstingerthat forced him to retire after the2001 season.
Post-playing career
[edit]After ending his professional playing career, Peter was adefensive linecoachatEdison High SchoolinHuntington Beach, California,and then defensive line coach atHarvard-Westlake SchoolinNorth Hollywood, California.
Peter was the co-host ofThe Spread,a localsports talk radioshow onESPN 1480inLincoln, Nebraska.He co-hosted the show with Jeff Wilkerson. The show was canceled in November 2009 when the station changed formats. He was also the co-host of a morning radio on 1620 the zone inOmaha, Nebraska,called "Sharp and Peter in the Morning", which aired from 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM Monday thru Friday.
Peter's book,Hero of the Underground: My Journey Down To Heroin & Backwas published bySt. Martin's Press.The memoir chronicles Peter's addiction toheroinandcocaine,along with pain relievers and alcohol.
Personal life
[edit]Peter is the middle child of three sons and one daughter. His younger brother, Damian, signed a letter of intent to play football for the University of Notre Dame but never played a down due to a swimming pool accident, which he came out of nearly paralyzed. Peter's older brother,Christian Peter,also played in the NFL.
References
[edit]- ^Ginley, Bill."When the Cheers Aren't Enough",The New York Times,February 12, 2006. Accessed August 1, 2007. "Peter, who grew up in the Locust section of Middletown and played at Middletown South before moving on to the University of Nebraska and then to the Carolina Panthers, saw his life crumble."
- ^"1998 NFL Draft Listing".Pro-Football-Reference.com.RetrievedMarch 29,2023.
- 1974 births
- Living people
- All-American college football players
- American football defensive ends
- American radio personalities
- Carolina Panthers players
- High school football coaches in California
- Milford Academy alumni
- Middletown High School South alumni
- Nebraska Cornhuskers football players
- People from Middletown Township, New Jersey
- Players of American football from Monmouth County, New Jersey