Former UF LB Peterson to coach OLB
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I was just thanking about him the other day. Glad he is linking back up with the Gators. One of my favorites.
Would be awesome!! I think I brought him about awhile back as someone I’d like to see added to the staff.
I had to look him up !
"...UF Hall of Famer Mike Peterson is leaving South Carolina to return to Gainesville as outside linebackers coach and alumni liaison, according to Chris Vannini of The Athletic.
Peterson, who was born in Gainesville and played high school football at Santa Fe in nearby Alachua, was a linebacker on Florida’s 1996 national championship team. In 1998, his senior season, Peterson served as a team captain, earned first-team All-SEC and All-America honors and was selected as the Gators’ most valuable player by his teammates.
After graduating from UF, Peterson played in the NFL for 14 years. Playing for Indianapolis, Jacksonville and Atlanta, Peterson recorded 883 tackles, 21.5 sacks and 19 interceptions over 196 games. Peterson was inducted into the UF Hall of Fame in 2011."
https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/f...ng-south-carolina-assistant-uf-hall-of-famer/
"...UF Hall of Famer Mike Peterson is leaving South Carolina to return to Gainesville as outside linebackers coach and alumni liaison, according to Chris Vannini of The Athletic.
Peterson, who was born in Gainesville and played high school football at Santa Fe in nearby Alachua, was a linebacker on Florida’s 1996 national championship team. In 1998, his senior season, Peterson served as a team captain, earned first-team All-SEC and All-America honors and was selected as the Gators’ most valuable player by his teammates.
After graduating from UF, Peterson played in the NFL for 14 years. Playing for Indianapolis, Jacksonville and Atlanta, Peterson recorded 883 tackles, 21.5 sacks and 19 interceptions over 196 games. Peterson was inducted into the UF Hall of Fame in 2011."
https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/f...ng-south-carolina-assistant-uf-hall-of-famer/
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You had to look him up? You must be fairly young.
Paco,
Of course I'm still young - UF Class of '73
1st Game - entering freshman - 1969 - UF vs Houston #1 in Playboy College Poll
3rd & 7 from the UF 23 - John Reaves to Carlos Alvaraz - 77 yards & a TD
Florida Field still had steel bleachers in both end zones !
Before your time Paco.
Didn't phrase it well - sorry; I had to look up Mike Peterson's career stats, etc.
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IKR!
What a Corp we had with Mike, Johnny Rutledge, and Freak Kearse...with Alex Brown as a sub(yes he was originally a LB) .
Be nice to have some LBs like them again. I was always a big fan of Peterson. He didn’t get the pub some of the other guys got but he was every bit as good If not better than the others.
Jeff - You and I were at UF the same time. Same 1st game, same graduating class. I was at that UF/Houston game. My first ever, graduated March 1973. Time flies, huh?
My first game SOS was still our QB,,, youngsters.....
My first bowl was our 18 - 20 loss to Mizzou. 😒
I remember watching that loss to Missouri. We were down 20-0. Spurrier led a comeback and Ray Graves chose to go for 2 after all 3 TD's and we whiffed. If they had kicked the extra points we would have won 21-20.
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I've always liked Ray Graves, but that was not Ray's most shining moment as the Gator HC....
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