Shonte Peoples

American gridiron football player (born 1972)

Shonte Peoples
Career information
No. 58
Born:	(1972-08-30) August 30, 1972 (age 51) Saginaw, Michigan, U.S.
CFL status	American
Position(s)	LB, DE
College	Michigan
Career history
As player
1994	Las Vegas Posse
1995	Birmingham Barracudas
1997–1998	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
1999–2000	Calgary Stampeders
2001–2003	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 (CFL).

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 Green and white in the 1996 Dispersal Draft for the CFL (now defunct) American teams. He played 1997 and 1998 with the Blue and Gold, where he enjoyed his greatest success in 1997 as an all star and runner-up for the MODP Award. He played with the Stamps 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

^ "Michigan Football Lettermen (L through Z) - University of Michigan Official Athletic Site". www.mgoblue.com. Archived from the original on August 8, 2010.
^ Wolverines player busted
^ "Former University of Michigan standout Shonte Peoples explains mistakes, misconceptions in planned autobiography". May 14, 2012.