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Kind of a funny story about KP. We were friends through a mutual friend (Steve Bellisari), and KP, was at our house playing Tekken 4 or something, and I beat him. KP got mad and tried to wrestle me but I saw it coming and got him on his back. For 2 years he demanded a rematch, but I thought it best not to give him one :paranoid:.

Its good to hear about his success, he was a nice guy and Im sure he still is.
 
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Broncos defensive starters
By Lindsay H. Jones The Denver Post
Posted: 09/10/2009

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Defensive lineman Kenny Peterson makes the move from tackle to end this season. (Joe Amon, The Denver Post )

DE Kenny Peterson

Peterson played in every game last season, primarily at tackle as part of the defensive line rotation. He has moved to an end position in the Broncos' new 3-4 alignment and has been a starter since the team started offseason workouts. He had two sacks in the second preseason game.

Did you know? Peterson was the only free-agent defensive player re-signed by the Broncos during the offseason.
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Broncos defensive starters - The Denver Post
 
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Buckeyed Bronco: DE Kenny Peterson
By Lindsay H. Jones
The Denver Post
Posted: 09/13/2009

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(Illustration by Andrew Lucas, The Denver Post )

Broncos defensive end Kenny Peterson, the lone defensive free agent re-signed during the offseason by the new coaching regime, has blossomed in Denver's new 3-4 defense. Peterson, 30, played high school football with head coach Josh McDaniels and for his father, Thom McDaniels, at Canton McKinley in Ohio and has become a fixture on the Broncos' defensive line since McDaniels' first offseason practice. He has emerged as a force on the field, with two sacks in the preseason, and a respected voice in the locker room.

Q: What's your best football memory?

A: Winning the national championship at Ohio State (a 31-24 double-overtime win against Miami in the Fiesta Bowl that completed the 2002 season) was the most memorable moment of my career, going out there and being a part of that team. We had a bunch of selfless guys, guys that wanted to sacrifice and guys that had one common goal. That felt the best. Ever.

Q: What about that game sticks out to you?

A: The whole game. There were highs and lows throughout the whole game. I could sit here and be selfish and say it was the sacks that I got and tackles, but no ? it was just how everybody came together. We were the underdogs and everybody counted us out. Guys persevered, kept grinding and came away with the win.

Q: Do you ever give the Broncos' D.J. Williams (who played for Miami in that game) a hard time?

A: We talk about it. Obviously he says that we cheated and we stole it and all that kind of stuff. Blah, blah, blah. But the point of the matter is we won, and we got the hardware for it.

Q: Who had the most effect on your early playing career?

A: In college, my coach Jim Hancock. And in high school, obviously Thom McDaniels. Those guys taught me how to be me, instead of being somebody else.
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McKinley grad Peterson coming into his own in Denver
By Steve Doerschuk
CantonRep.com staff report
Posted Sep 17, 2009

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Kenny Peterson

BEREA ?

Kenny Peterson was a late bloomer at Ohio State. Maybe the same thing happened for him in the NFL.

For the first time in his seven-year NFL career, Peterson, at age 30, began a season as a starter. The McKinley High School graduate played defensive end for Denver in the Broncos? opener at Cincinnati, helping hold the Bengals scoreless until the final minute.

It was all good ? his team came back to win, 12-7, on a miracle pass.

Coming into 2009, Peterson had played in 60 NFL games but made just one start.

Ring a bell?

In Columbus, Peterson didn?t become a full-time starter until his senior year. His breakthrough was glorious.

He was a Fiesta Bowl force in the 2002-03 national championship game against Miami, stopping three runs for losses, sacking quarterback Ken Dorsey twice and forcing a fumble.

There was speculation he would be a first-round pick, but his stock leveled off. The Packers took him in the third round, No. 79 overall.

It was slow going at first. Peterson played in about half the games his first two seasons, with just a smattering of tackles.

Then came progress. He sacked Minnesota?s Daunte Culpepper in the 2004 playoffs. He played all 16 games in 2005, achieving several career bests. Then ...

The Packers cut him late in the 2006 preseason.

He caught on with Denver but played just 10 games in 2006 and 2007. Finally, he worked his way into a big role on the 2008 team, playing 15 games as a backup and making his first NFL start at Kansas City, where he had a sack.

Regime changes can wreck careers. In Peterson?s case, Denver?s was the best thing that could have happened.

The new head coach is Josh McDaniels, Peterson?s former McKinley teammate.

It could be a case of a coach believing in a player and that player taking off. Peterson is preparing for his third NFL start against the Browns.

Of the three players from McKinley?s 1997 state championship team who went on to the NFL ? Mike Doss and Jamar Martin are the others ? Peterson is the one still playing. Ben McDaniels, a junior quarterback on that ?97 title team, is a Denver assistant coach.

Josh McDaniels sounds nothing like a boss doing an old pal a favor.

?Kenny has been a joy to coach,? the Broncos head coach said. ?I look forward to having him here going forward.?
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McKinley grad Peterson coming into his own in Denver - Canton, OH - CantonRep.com
 
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Broncos defensive end Kenny Peterson had his busiest year in seven NFL seasons. The former McKinley and Ohio State star started 14 games and was in on 40 tackles. His previous career high had been 24 tackles.
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Bulldogs head Stark High School HOF Class of 2010.
By Steve Doerschuk
CantonRep.com staff writer
Posted Jan 10, 2010

A heavy ?90s flavor pervades the Class of 2010 that awaits induction into the Stark County High School Football Hall of Fame.

McKinley?s Thom McDaniels, Kenny Peterson and Mike Doss join GlenOak?s Derek Fox as prominent 1990s names that are part of the class. Massillon?s Steve Luke and GlenOak?s Mark Murphy, representing the 1960s and ?70s, also were elected.

The group will be inducted in July at Skyland Pines.
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Bulldogs head Stark High School HOF Class of 2010 - Canton, OH - CantonRep.com
 
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Posted March 10, 2010
Kenny Peterson released
By Mike Klis

Kenny Peterson is smart enough to know there was a chance of this happening. A day after the Broncos signed defensive end Jarvis Green and nose tackle Jamal Williams, the Broncos released the veteran Peterson, who started 14 of the 16 games at defensive end last season.

Peterson, 31, played the last four of his seven NFL seasons with the Broncos. He had played at the same Canton-McKinley High School as the McDaniels? brothers. Peterson was a freshman when Josh McDaniels was the senior quarterback. Peterson then played three seasons with quarterback Ben McDaniels, who is now the Broncos? position coach. Canton-McKinley?s coach in those years was Thom McDaniels, the father of Josh and Ben.

Peterson was scheduled to make $1.04 million this season so it?s clear the Broncos released him because they believe they upgraded his position with Green and Justin Bannan, who was signed last Friday for five years and $22 million.
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Kenny Peterson released | All Things Broncos
 
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Drafted in the UFL draft by Omaha

UFL: Nighthawks tap into former pro linemen - Omaha.com
The Nighthawks’ four selections on the defensive line — ends Dewayne White (Round 1) and Chike Okeafor (2), and tackles Kenny Peterson (5) and Hollis Thomas (11) — each has played at least seven years in the NFL.

Peterson started 14 games for the Broncos last year and recorded a career-high 40 total tackles. Okeafor had six tackles in Arizona’s 27-23 Super Bowl loss to the Steelers two seasons ago. Thomas is a 14-year NFL veteran, and White was picked in the 2003 NFL draft’s second round out of Louisville.
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