Jason Peter

About Jason Peter

Jason Michael Peter (born September 13, 1974) is a retired American football player. Peter was an All-American defensive tackle his senior year at the University of Nebraska and was taken in the first round (14th overall) by the Carolina Panthers in the 1998 NFL Draft. His career was shortened by a recurring and chronic neck stinger that forced him to retire after the 2001 season. Peter's older brother, Christian, also played in the NFL.

Peter grew up in the Locust, New Jersey section of Middletown Township, and played high school football at Middletown High School South in Middletown Township, New Jersey and at Milford Academy in Connecticut.

He was a defensive line coach at Edison High School in Huntington Beach, California and then defensive line coach at Harvard-Westlake School in North Hollywood, California.