17 Facts About Mike Peterson

Porter Michael Peterson was born on June 17,1976 and is an American football coach and former player.

Mike Peterson is currently the outside linebackers coach at the University of Florida.

Mike Peterson played college football for the Florida Gators, where he was a member of a national championship team and earned first-team All-American honors.

Mike Peterson was a second-round pick in the 1999 NFL draft and played professionally for thirteen seasons with the Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars and Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League.

Mike Peterson is the older brother of former Chicago Bears running back Adrian Peterson.

Mike Peterson attended Santa Fe High School in nearby Alachua, Florida, where he played for the Santa Fe Raiders high school football team.

Mike Peterson accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, and played for coach Steve Spurrier's Florida Gators football team from 1995 to 1998.

Mike Peterson started twenty-four of forty-two games in which he played, posted 249 tackles, three forced fumbles, thirteen tackles for a loss and 8.5 sacks.

Mike Peterson was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2011.

Mike Peterson played for the Colts for four seasons from 1999 to 2002.

Mike Peterson played for the Jacksonville Jaguars for the six seasons from 2003 to 2008 when he and coach Jack del Rio had a verbal altercation during a team meeting.

Mike Peterson played for the Atlanta Falcons from 2009 to 2012.

Mike Peterson first worked as an undergraduate assistant coach on the Gators strength and conditioning staff then took over as its coordinator in 2014 after graduating.

In 2016, Mike Peterson was hired as outside linebackers coach on Will Muschamp's staff at South Carolina.

On January 5,2022, Mike Peterson was hired as outside linebackers coach on Billy Napier's staff at Florida.

Mike Peterson is the older brother of former Chicago Bears running back Adrian Mike Peterson and cousin of former NFL wide receiver Freddie Solomon.

Since its inception, the Mike Peterson Foundation has already served over 15,000 youth and families through several community events and programs, most notably the Top Dog Readers Club literacy program at the Grove Park Elementary School in Atlanta.