Oklahoma State University Athletics
Nathan Peterson
August 11, 2007 | Cowboy Football
Showed complete recovery from 2004 injury problems with a standout junior season ... Will be in line for all-conference honors after earning honorable mention all-Big 12 accolades as a junior from the Big 12 coaches and Associated Press ... Is already No. 10 all-time at OSU with 14.5 career sacks.
2006: Had eight quarterback sacks to rank second on the OSU roster, fifth in the Big 12 and No. 44 in America in that category ... Also second on the squad with 12 tackles for loss ... Ended the season with 28 tackles ... Had three tackles behind the line of scrimmage, two quarterback sacks and returned a fumble 19 yards for a touchdown against Nebraska and was rewarded with Big 12 player of the week honors ... Had a sack in seven of the Cowboys' games ... Picked up a pair of sacks at Houston ... Broke up a pass and forced a fumble against Baylor ... Had a tackle behind the line of scrimmage against Alabama.
2005: Battled nagging injuries for most of the season, but played in nine games and recorded 19 tackles ... Had 2.5 sacks and four tackles for loss ... Sacks came against Montana State and Arkansas State.
2004: Promising freshman campaign was derailed due to a knee injury that forced him to miss the final five games ... Ended the season with 14 tackles, including six for loss with a team-high four quarterback sacks ... Also had a quarterback hurry and forced two fumbles ... Recorded three tackles with a sack and a forced fumble in the win over Colorado ... In his first career start, against Iowa State, he had three sacks, forced a fumble and had four tackles for loss ... Peterson finished tied for the team lead with seven tackles against the Cyclones.
High School: One of the best players for one of the best high school teams in the country ... Had 122 tackles on a loaded defense for the 2002 Class 6A state champions ... His senior season, he fought off injuries to help Union into the state semifinals ... All-state selection by the Tulsa World and The Oklahoman ... Was recruited by Oklahoma, Arkansas, Nebraska, Kansas State, Texas A&M, Colorado and Tennessee ... Widely considered the top prospect in the state of Oklahoma, and a national top-100 prospect.
Personal: Born Dec. 22, 1984 ... Son of Mike Peterson and Shelley Smith ... Comes from an orange family as his mother and father both attended OSU, as well as an uncle ... Has four brothers: Scott, Blake, Dexter and Michael ... Marketing major.
Peterson also has 2 forced fumbles in his career
2006: Had eight quarterback sacks to rank second on the OSU roster, fifth in the Big 12 and No. 44 in America in that category ... Also second on the squad with 12 tackles for loss ... Ended the season with 28 tackles ... Had three tackles behind the line of scrimmage, two quarterback sacks and returned a fumble 19 yards for a touchdown against Nebraska and was rewarded with Big 12 player of the week honors ... Had a sack in seven of the Cowboys' games ... Picked up a pair of sacks at Houston ... Broke up a pass and forced a fumble against Baylor ... Had a tackle behind the line of scrimmage against Alabama.
2005: Battled nagging injuries for most of the season, but played in nine games and recorded 19 tackles ... Had 2.5 sacks and four tackles for loss ... Sacks came against Montana State and Arkansas State.
2004: Promising freshman campaign was derailed due to a knee injury that forced him to miss the final five games ... Ended the season with 14 tackles, including six for loss with a team-high four quarterback sacks ... Also had a quarterback hurry and forced two fumbles ... Recorded three tackles with a sack and a forced fumble in the win over Colorado ... In his first career start, against Iowa State, he had three sacks, forced a fumble and had four tackles for loss ... Peterson finished tied for the team lead with seven tackles against the Cyclones.
High School: One of the best players for one of the best high school teams in the country ... Had 122 tackles on a loaded defense for the 2002 Class 6A state champions ... His senior season, he fought off injuries to help Union into the state semifinals ... All-state selection by the Tulsa World and The Oklahoman ... Was recruited by Oklahoma, Arkansas, Nebraska, Kansas State, Texas A&M, Colorado and Tennessee ... Widely considered the top prospect in the state of Oklahoma, and a national top-100 prospect.
Personal: Born Dec. 22, 1984 ... Son of Mike Peterson and Shelley Smith ... Comes from an orange family as his mother and father both attended OSU, as well as an uncle ... Has four brothers: Scott, Blake, Dexter and Michael ... Marketing major.
| DEFENSE | G | UA | A | Total | TFL | Yds | Sacks | Yds |
| 2004 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 29 | 4.0 | 23 |
| 2005 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 26 | 2.5 | 20 |
| TOTAL | 15 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 11 | 55 | 6.5 | 43 |
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