Jason Raynard Peters was born on January 22,1982 and is an American football offensive tackle who is a free agent.
36 Facts About Jason Peters
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Jason Peters played college football at Arkansas and signed with the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent in 2004, originally as a tight end.
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Jason Peters was later traded to the Philadelphia Eagles in 2009 and spent the next twelve seasons playing for them before joining the Chicago Bears in 2021, and more recently in 2022, the Dallas Cowboys.
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Jason Peters was then moved to the tight end spot, where he caught four passes for 37 yards as a sophomore.
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Jason Peters was projected as an early fourth round pick by Sports Illustrated, but eventually went undrafted.
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Jason Peters was picked up by the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted rookie free agent in April 2004.
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Jason Peters was cut then re-signed to the Bills' practice squad.
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Jason Peters was signed to the active roster on November 12,2004.
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Jason Peters made his mark on special teams as a wedge buster on kickoffs and as a blocking tight end, while beginning to learn to play offensive tackle under the tutelage of offensive line coach Jim McNally.
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In 2006, Jason Peters beat out former Texas star Mike Williams for starting right tackle on the Bills.
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Jason Peters was rewarded for his play, signing a 5-year, $15 million contract extension with the Bills in the offseason.
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In 2007, Jason Peters began the season entrenched as the starting right tackle.
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Jason Peters was moved to left tackle, replacing Mike Gandy who moved inside to left guard.
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In 2007, Jason Peters saw his best years as a pro, and was selected to start at left tackle on the AFC Pro-Bowl team.
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Jason Peters was the first Bills offensive lineman to make the Pro Bowl since Ruben Brown in 2003.
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At the beginning of the 2008 offseason Jason Peters was unhappy with his contract and did not report to any of the Bills offseason workouts including the teams' mandatory minicamps.
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Jason Peters reportedly wanted a contract between $8 million and $11.5 million per season in a contract extension.
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Schefter said Jason Peters was willing to sit out the entire season to get a new and improved contract.
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On September 5,2008, Jason Peters ended his holdout and returned to the Buffalo Bills.
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Jason Peters was fined over $560,000 for missing all of training camp, but if he had missed a regular season game, he would have been fined $191,000 for each game he missed.
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Jason Peters was selected as the starting left tackle in the Pro Bowl and was a Second-team All-Pro although his 2008 season was subpar and some thought the Pro Bowl selection was dubious.
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Jason Peters had been unhappy with his contract and had not been attending the Bills' offseason activities after staging a holdout in 2008 during training camp.
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Jason Peters is a powerful and athletic tackle and I have admired his play over the last few years on film.
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Jason Peters was selected to the 2010 Pro Bowl and 2011 Pro Bowl as a starter and was a 2010 second-team All-Pro selection.
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On March 28,2012, Jason Peters ruptured his Achilles tendon during an offseason workout.
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Jason Peters ruptured it a second time in May 2012 after the equipment he was using to move around his house malfunctioned.
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On February 26,2014, Jason Peters signed a new five-year deal worth $51.3 million with the Eagles.
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On June 14,2017, Jason Peters signed a one-year contract extension with the Eagles through the 2019 season.
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On October 23,2017, during Monday Night Football against the Redskins, Jason Peters left the game with an apparent right knee injury.
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On July 17,2020, Jason Peters signed another one-year contract with the Eagles.
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Jason Peters was set to start at right guard following a season-ending injury to Brandon Brooks, but was moved back to left tackle following a season-ending injury to Andre Dillard.
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Jason Peters was given a restructured contract after his move to left tackle on September 10,2020.
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Jason Peters was placed on injured reserve on October 3,2020 with a foot injury.
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Jason Peters was placed back on injured reserve on December 12,2020, ending his season.
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Jason Peters started in 15 out of 17 games for the team.
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On September 5,2022, Jason Peters signed with the Dallas Cowboys practice squad.