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| Personal information | |
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| Date of birth: January 11, 1982 | |
| Place of birth: Gulfport, Mississippi | |
| Career information | |
| College: LSU | |
| NFL Draft: 2004 / Round: 3 / Pick: 83 | |
| No regular season or postseason appearances | |
| Career history | |
* Dallas Cowboys ( 2004– 2005)
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| Career highlights and awards | |
* Honorable-mention All-SEC (2001)
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| Games played | 90 |
| Games started | 86 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
Stephen Frederick Peterman (born January 11, 1982) is a former American football guard in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions. He played college football at Louisiana State University.
Early years[]
Peterman attended Saint Stanislaus College in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, where he was an All-state and a two-time All-district selection at tight end. As a senior, he posted 14 receptions for 150 yards and one touchdown. He also lettered in basketball.
He accepted a football scholarship from Louisiana State University. As a freshman, he was converted into a defensive end, appearing in 5 games and making 8 tackles (3 for loss) as a backup.
As a sophomore, he was converted into a left guard, starting 12 games and allowing only one sack. As a junior, he again allowed one sack. As a senior, he was moved to right guard and allowed one sack.
He started 35 out of his 48 career games (25 starts at left guard) and was a part of the 2003 national championship team.
Professional career[]
Dallas Cowboys[]
Peterman was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the third round (83rd overall) of the 2004 NFL Draft. As a rookie, he broke a finger at the start of training camp, before tearing the ACL and MCL of his right knee in the last game of the pre-season (while playing special teams), which placed him on the injured reserve list on September 3.
In 2005, he played 3 games on special teams at the end of the season. The team tried him at center before releasing him on August 23, 2006.
Peterman was part of a string of unsuccessful offensive lineman selections made by the Cowboys in the first rounds of the draft: Al Johnson (2003), Jacob Rogers (2004). He struggled with injuries during his two years with the Cowboys.
Detroit Lions[]
On October 17, 2006, the Detroit Lions signed him to their practice squad and was activated for the last three games (2 starts) of the year.[1] He became the team's starting right guard in 2007. The next year, he was inactive in 2 games because of a hand injury.
In 2009, the Lions signed him to a five-year contract.[2] He was placed on the injured reserve list on November 20, with a right ankle injury he suffered playing against the Minnesota Vikings.
On February 5, 2013, he was waived after having problems the previous year in pass protection.[3]
New York Jets[]
On April 26, 2013, Peterman agreed to a one-year contract with the New York Jets.[4] He was released on August 26.[5]
References[]
- ↑ "Transactions". https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/18/sports/transactions.html. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- ↑ "Lions sign Stephen Peterman to long-term deal". https://www.mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2009/02/report_lions_sign_stephen_pete.html. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- ↑ "Lions continue cap purge". http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/8918138/detroit-lions-cut-stephen-peterman-kyle-vanden-bosch. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- ↑ Orr, Conor (27 April 2013). "Jets sign G Stephen Peterman to one-year deal". The Star-Ledger. Archived from the original on 27 April 2013. https://www.webcitation.org/6GCWq6Ewp?url=http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/2013/04/jets_sign_g_stephen_peterman_t.html. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ↑ Jets Staff (26 August 2013). "Jets Release 14 Players". New York Jets. Archived from the original on 26 August 2013. https://www.webcitation.org/6JAQcdylE?url=http://www.newyorkjets.com/news/article-5/Jets-Release-14-Players/9c0f3677-5dc9-4f6c-b7cc-8482d5fb348c. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
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