Shonte Peoples

Shonte Peoples
Date of birth: August 30, 1972 (1972-08-30) (age 39)
Place of birth: Saginaw, Michigan
Career information
Status: Retired
CFL status: Import
Position(s): LB/DE
College: Michigan
Organizations
 As player:
1994
1995
1997-1998
1999-2000
2001-2003
Las Vegas Posse
Birmingham Barracudas
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Calgary Stampeders
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.

Having played his college football at the University of Michigan, Peoples signed on with the Las Vegas Posse, a CFL expansion franchise, in 1994. 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 97, 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)

In March 1994 he fired a pistol at police he had mistaken for car thieves trying to steal his expensive new Jeep.[1] Four months later, a jury found him guilty on two felony charges of assault with a dangerous weapon.

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