Leonard Peters

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Leonard Peters
Date of birth (1981-12-26) December 26, 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Fagaalu, American Samoa
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight215 lb (98 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Aspen ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
USA
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2009-Present USA 7s IRB Sevens

Leonard Peters (born December 26, 1981) is an American football safety and a rugby player. He was originally signed by the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2007 and was on the Chicago Bears practice squad. He played collegiately at Hawaii. Peters performed as a Polynesian dancer in his native Hawai'i, which includes twirling flaming knives. [1] He has also represented the USA Tomahawks in rugby league. [2]

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American Football Career

College

Peters played in 50 games for the University of Hawaiʻi at safety, making 290 tackles, defending 20 passes, recording 7 interceptions and two sacks.

Professional

Peters was signed to the Chicago Bears practice squad on October 3, 2007. [3] He was released by the Bears on August 30, 2008. [4]

Move to Rugby union

Peters has decided to move to rugby union, a sport from which American football is derived. He was selected for the US 7's for the 2009 World Games in Taiwan. [5] He showed well enough in the 2009 World Games to have been selected to the USA Squad for the first two legs of the 2009-10 IRB Sevens World Series to compete in Dubai and George, South Africa. [6] He has been able to turn his success at sevens into a selection to the United States National Rugby Union Team for the 2010 Churchill Cup.

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References

  1. ↑ "Jets rookie safety makes presence known" Archived 2007-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Tips regarding supplementation | American National Rugby League - Rugby league in the United States".
  3. ↑ Chicago Bears Transactions - 2007
  4. ↑ "2021 Chicago Bears Transactions".
  5. ↑ "Peters named to U.S. rugby squad". Archived from the original on July 27, 2009. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Peters does rugby: Changing lanes". Gulf News. December 10, 2009. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
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