Place of birth Saginaw, Michigan 1994 Las Vegas Posse Cfl east all star 1997 College Michigan Education University of Michigan | Position(s) LB/DE Role American football player CFL status International Name Shonte Peoples | |
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Date of birth (1972-08-30) August 30, 1972 (age 43) | ||
Shonte Peoples (born August 30, 1972) is a former linebacker in the Canadian Football League.
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College career
Peoples played as strong safety for University of Michigan football team in fall of 1990 to 1993.
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. Four months later, a jury found him guilty on two felony charges of assault with a dangerous weapon.