Shonte Peoples

Shonte Peoples
Date of birth (1972-08-30) August 30, 1972
Place of birth Saginaw, Michigan
Career information
CFL status International
Position(s) LB/DE
College Michigan
Career history
As player
1994 Las Vegas Posse
1995 Birmingham Barracudas
19971998 Winnipeg Blue Bombers
19992000 Calgary Stampeders
20012003 Saskatchewan Roughriders
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star 1997, 2000, 2001
CFL East All-Star 1997
CFL West All-Star 2000, 2001

Shonte Peoples (born August 30, 1972) is a former linebacker in the Canadian Football League.

College career

Peoples played as strong safety for University of Michigan football team in fall of 1990 to 1993.[1]

Professional career

Having played his college football at the University of Michigan, Peoples signed on with the Las Vegas Posse, a CFL expansion franchise, in 1994. Las Vagas Posse folded a year later. He moved on to another CFL American team, the Birmingham Barracudas, in 1995.

He was selected by the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the 1996 Dispersal Draft for the CFL (now defunct) American teams. He played 1997 and 1998 with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, where he enjoyed his greatest success in 1997 as an all star and runner-up for the CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award. He played with the Calgary Stampeders for 1999 and 2000, and for the Green Riders for 3 last seasons (2001 to 2003)

Off-field issue

In March 1994 he fired a pistol at police he had mistaken for car thieves trying to steal his new Jeep.[2] Four months later, a jury found him guilty on two felony charges of assault with a dangerous weapon.[3]

References


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