Jason Peter
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| Jason Peter | |
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| Position(s): Defensive end |
Jersey #(s): 97 |
| Born: September 13, 1974 Locust, New Jersey |
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| Year(s): 1998–2001 | |
| NFL Draft: 1998 / Round: 1 / Pick: 14 | |
| College: Nebraska | |
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| Tackles | 83 |
| Sacks | 7.5 |
| Interceptions | 0 |
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Jason Michael Peter (born September 13, 1974) is a retired American football player. Peter was an All-American defensive tackle his senior year at the University of Nebraska and was taken in the first round (14th overall) by the Carolina Panthers in the 1998 NFL Draft. His career was shortened by a recurring and chronic neck stinger that forced him to retire after the 2001 season. Peter's older brother, Christian, also played in the NFL.
Peter grew up in the Locust, New Jersey section of Middletown Township, and played high school football at Middletown High School South in Middletown Township, New Jersey and at Milford Academy in Connecticut.[1]
He was a defensive line coach at Edison High School in Huntington Beach, California and then defensive line coach at Harvard-Westlake School in North Hollywood, California.
Currently, Jason is co-host of The Spread, a local sports talk radio show on ESPN 1480 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He has a forthcoming book, Hero: A Memoir of the Underground, which is due in hardback in July of 2008 and is published by St. Martin's Press. This memoir will chronicle Peter's addiction to heroin and cocaine, along with pain relievers and alcohol.
Jason is the middle child of three sons. The younger and lesser known brother is Damian, he signed a letter of intent to play football for Notre Dame but never played a down due to a swimming pool accident, which he came out of nearly paralyzed.
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- ^ 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."
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