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2009 Second-Team All-America (Sporting News)
2009 First-Team All-SEC (ESPN)
2009 Second-Team All-SEC (AP, Coaches)
Pre-2010 Capital One Bowl Update
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2009)
One of the nation’s best cover corners who earned second-team All-America honors from The Sporting News ... Draws the assignment of covering the opponents top receiver ... Held Georgia standout receiver A.J. Green to just four catches earlier in the year and limited Alabama wideout Julio Jones to just three receptions ... Ranked third in the SEC in passes defended with a total of 15 – 13 pass breakups and two interceptions ... Returned an interception 37 yards for a first quarter TD vs. Mississippi State ... Picked up a blocked field goal and raced 53 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter against Ole Miss ... Started all 12 games at cornerback for the Tigers, finishing with 47 tackles, 38 of which were solo ... Opened season with a career-best nine tackles to go with two pass breakups and a fumble recovery in win over Washington ... Finished with seven tackles and one pass breakup against Arkansas ... Had seven tackles and one pass breakup against Ole Miss ... Led the team with three pass breakups and also had three solo stops at Alabama ... Registered two solo tackles and his second interception of the season against Tulane ... Recorded six solo stops versus Florida ... Tallied four solo tackles and broke up two passes at Georgia.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2008)
Played in 13 games with four starts ... Started final four games of season, including bowl win over Georgia Tech ... Finished year with 41 tackles, one interception and three pass breakups ... Added a forced fumble and a quarterback hurry ... Had 1.5 tackles for loss ... First career start came vs. Troy and he responded with a career-best eight tackles ... Followed that with eight tackles and a tackle for a 6-yard loss vs. Ole Miss ... Had all around good game vs. Arkansas with six tackles, two pass breakups and a quarterback hurry ... Intercepted a pass to go with four tackles in overtime loss to Alabama ... Had three tackles and a pass breakup in first collegiate game vs. Appalachian State ... Capped season with one tackle and a forced fumble in 38-3 win over Georgia Tech in Chick-fil-A Bowl.
HIGH SCHOOL
One of the most decorated high school players to ever sign with LSU ... Named the USA Today Defensive Player of the Year following the 2007 season ... Also named to the Parade All-America team and the USA Today All-America Team ... Rated as the nation’s fifth best overall player by Rivals.com and No. 8 by ESPN ... Scout.com rated him the top cornerback in high school football in 2007 ... A consensus five-star prospect by all major recruiting services ... A member of SuperPrep’s All-Dixie team ... Named the Class 6A-5A-4A Player of the Year by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel ... Earned a spot on the Mobile Press-Register’s Super Southeast 120 ... Also named to the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Super Southern 100 ... Participated in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl ... Was one of six finalists for the U.S. Army Player of the Year Award ... Intercepted five passes as a senior in addition to making 21 tackles ... Considered a threat on the offensive side of the ball as a senior, rushing for 733 yards and 11 touchdowns ... Named the Defensive MVP at the 2007 U.S. Army Junior Combine ... Earned Rivals.com junior All-America team honors ... Was a consensus selection as a junior to the All-Broward Country first team ... Earned Class 5A all-state second team honors as a junior ... Picked off seven passes as a junior to compliment his 37 tackles ... Reached the endzone seven times during his junior campaign – three times on kickoffs, twice as a receiver and twice on the ground ... Rushed for 213 yards on just 10 carries ... Runs the 40-yard dash in 4.47 seconds ... Relative of Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Bryant McFadden, New York Giants wide receiver Sinorice Moss and Washington Redskins wide receiver Santana Moss ... Coached by James Jones.
PERSONAL
Full name is Patrick De’mon Peterson ... Formally changed his last name from Johnson to Peterson in August of 2008 ... Born July 11, 1990 in Fort Lauderdale ... Parents are Patrick and Shandra Peterson ...
SEASON HIGHS
Total tackles: 9 vs. Washington
Tackles for loss: 0
Sacks: 0
Interceptions: 1, twice
CAREER HIGHS
Total tackles: 9 vs. Washington, 2009
Tackles for loss: 0.5 vs. Ole Miss, 2008
Sacks: 0
Interceptions: 1, three times
PETERSON’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS
| Year |
G-GS |
UT |
AT |
TT |
TFL |
Sacks |
PBU |
QBH |
INT |
FF |
FR |
| 2008 |
13-4 |
32 |
9 |
41 |
1.5-7 |
0-0 |
3 |
1 |
1-0 |
1 |
0 |
| 2009 |
12-12 |
38 |
9 |
47 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
13 |
0 |
2-37 |
0 |
1-0 |
| 2010 | |||||||||||
|
Totals |
25-16 |
70 |
18 |
88 |
1.5-7 |
0-0 |
16 |
1 |
3-37 |
1 |
1-0 |
