College

Peterson spent two years at the U.S. Naval Academy before transferring to the University of Georgia where during Peterson's senior year, he led the SEC in field goal percentage, and was named the University's first GTE Academic All-American in more than a decade since Terry Hoage. Peterson was also inducted into the University of Georgia's highest order, Sphinx in 1993.

NFL

Peterson was drafted with the 9th pick in the 7th round of the 1993 NFL Draft, but didn't debut until 1994 with the Arizona Cardinals, where he only appeared in 2 games that season, before going to the Seattle Seahawks. Peterson went through his prime years as a Seahawk, from 1995-1999 until he got picked up by the Kansas City Chiefs, where he spent two years, when he then became a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers for the 2002 season. He then went to the San Francisco 49ers, where he spent two years. After the 2004 season, the Atlanta Falcons picked up Peterson, where he spent one season before his contract expired and he subsequently retired. Peterson was honored as the NFL Man of the Year, 1996, in Seattle and served three terms totaling six years on the NFLPA's Board during his career.

Career stats

Season	PAT	PAT Pct.	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	FG-FGA	FG Pct.	Long	Points
1994	4-4	100%	0-0	1-1	1-1	0-2	0-0	2-4	50%	35	10
1995	40-40	100%	3-3	3-3	9-10	8-10	0-2	23-28	82.1%	49	109
1996	27-27	100%	5-5	6-8	7-7	8-11	2-3	28-34	82.4%	49	111
1997	37-37	100%	4-4	5-5	7-10	5-7	1-2	22-28	78.6%	52	103
1998	41-41	100%	3-3	4-4	4-5	5-5	3-7	19-24	79.2%	51	98
1999	32-32	100%	5-5	6-6	8-11	14-16	1-2	34-40	85%	51	134
2000	25-25	100%	3-3	3-3	7-9	2-5	0-0	15-20	75%	42	70
2001	27-28	96%	5-5	4-6	9-10	8-12	1-2	27-35	77.1%	51	108
2002	25-26	96%	2-2	1-2	6-10	3-7	0-0	12-21	57.1%	46	61
2003	22-23	96%	3-3	2-4	3-3	4-4	0-1	12-15	80%	48	58
2004	23-23	100%	2-2	2-2	7-8	5-6	2-4	18-22	81.8%	51	77
2005	35-35	100%	5-5	4-5	11-11	3-4	0-0	23-25	92%	43	104
TOTALS	338-341	99%	44-44	37-45	79-95	65-89	10-23	235-296	79.4%	54	1043

Trivia

• Peterson led the SEC in field goal percentage during his senior year at Georgia.
• Graduated from Valdosta High School in Valdosta, Georgia. Valdosta is the nation's winningest football program on the high school level. He was inducted as a member of the Valdosta High School Hall of Fame in 2007.
• Peterson and his family live in northern Atlanta, GA.
• He currently serves on several Boards of Directors of both for and non profit organizations such as: RoseRock Group in Bryan, TX; Passion Conferences and Passion City Church in Atlanta, GA; Pro Athletes Outreach (Chairman) in Palo Alto, CA; The Seed Company (Chairman 2008-2013, Interim CEO 2014-2015) in Arlington, TX.

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