Peter Boulware

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Peter Boulware
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Boulware campaigning in 2008 for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives
No. 58
Position:Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1974-12-18) December 18, 1974 (age 49)
Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:255 lb (116 kg)
Career information
High school:Spring Valley (Columbia)
College:Florida State
NFL draft:1997 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Tackles:403
Sacks:70
Interceptions:1
Forced Fumbles:14
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Peter Nicholas Boulware (born December 18, 1974) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for nine seasons with the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida State Seminoles, earning recognition as a consensus All-American. A first-round pick of Baltimore in the 1997 NFL draft, he played his entire pro career for the Ravens.

Boulware was a Republican candidate for the Florida House of Representatives in the 2008 general election.

Early career[edit]

Boulware was born in Columbia, South Carolina. He played at Heathwood Hall Episcopal School, and then graduated first from Spring Valley High School, and went on to play for Florida State University. He was an all-state pick for Spring Valley High School in 1992. He recorded 132 tackles, 14 sacks, and two blocked punts and was named one of the top 50 athletes in the nation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also named one of the nation's top 100 athletes by the Dallas Morning News.

College career[edit]

Boulware accepted an athletic scholarship to attend Florida State University, where he played for coach Bobby Bowden's Seminoles teams from 1993 to 1996. He redshirted his freshman season in 1993; as a redshirt freshman in 1994, he recorded 37 tackles, five sacks, and five tackles for loss. One of his sacks was recorded against Florida Gators quarterback Danny Wuerffel in the 1995 Sugar Bowl.

As a sophomore, Boulware totaled 46 tackles, an ACC-leading ten sacks, and 18 tackles for losses, which ranked second in the ACC, and was named honorable mention All-ACC. As a junior, Boulware totaled 68 tackles, a school record 19 sacks, 20 tackles for losses, seven forced fumbles, and three fumble recoveries. He was a consensus first-team All-American, All-ACC, ACC Defensive Player of the Year, as well as National Defensive Player of the Year by Football News. His 19 sacks were the most in the nation. Boulware decided to enter the 1997 NFL draft. Boulware graduated on April 26, 1997, with a degree in management information systems.

Boulware was one of six defensive ends selected to Sports Illustrated's all-20th century college football team.[1]

Professional career[edit]

Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump
6 ft 4+1⁄8 in
(1.93 m) 		254 lb
(115 kg) 		33+3⁄4 in
(0.86 m) 		9+3⁄4 in
(0.25 m)		 4.76 s 1.66 s 2.79 s 4.20 s 7.64 s 34.0 in
(0.86 m)

The Baltimore Ravens selected Boulware in the first round, with the fourth overall pick in the 1997 NFL draft.[2] In 1997 Boulware recorded 66 total tackles, 11.5 sacks, and one forced fumble to receive the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year by the Associated Press. He would play for the Ravens for eight years, going to four Pro Bowls and becoming the Ravens' all-time sack leader, a title he held until he was surpassed by Terrell Suggs in 2011. Boulware was also a member of the Baltimore Ravens' Super Bowl-winning team during the 2000 NFL season. The Ravens released Peter Boulware prior to the 2005 season, then re-signed him to a lower salary. Before the 2006 season, the Ravens released him again due to injuries and he decided to retire. Boulware finished his career with 493 tackles, a franchise record 70 sacks, 26.5 tackles for losses, 13 forced fumbles, five fumble recoveries, 19 pass deflections, and one interception for six yards in 126 career games.

Personal life[edit]

Peter Boulware is married and has five children. He is also the Owner/Managing Partner of a Tallahassee Toyota dealership and is featured in the dealership's commercials. [3] He also founded a private school, Community Leadership Academy. His younger brother, Michael Boulware, also played in the NFL.

Honors[edit]

Peter Boulware was officially inducted into the Baltimore Ravens' Ring of Honor in a ceremony held during halftime of the game between the Ravens and the Bengals on November 5, 2006.[4]

Politics[edit]

On September 10, 2007, Peter Boulware announced his candidacy for the Florida state house as a member of the Republican Party.[5] On August 26, 2008, Boulware won the Republican primary with 84.1 percent of the vote. On November 7, with all ballots counted from the election held on November 4, Democrat Michelle Rehwinkle Vasilinda beat Boulware by 430 votes, for an open Florida House seat.[6] Following the election Boulware was appointed to the Florida Board of Education by Governor Charlie Crist.[7]

Boulware contributed the federally allowed maximum to the presidential candidacy of Mike Huckabee in the 2008 presidential election primary.[8]

NFL career statistics[edit]

Legend
Won the Super Bowl
Bold Career high

Regular season[edit]

Year Team Games Tackles Fumbles Interceptions
GP GS Cmb Solo Ast Sck FF FR Yds TD Int Yds Avg Lng TD PD
1997 BAL 16 16 58 43 15 11.5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
1998 BAL 16 16 61 38 23 8.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
1999 BAL 16 11 37 31 6 10.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2
2000 BAL 16 15 39 33 6 7.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1
2001 BAL 16 14 66 44 22 15.0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 4
2002 BAL 16 16 73 57 16 7.0 0 2 4 0 1 6 6.0 6 0 4
2003 BAL 15 14 58 42 16 8.5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2
2004 BAL Did not play due to injury
2005 BAL 15 0 9 5 4 2.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1
Career 126 102 401 293 108 70.0 14 5 4 0 1 6 6.0 6 0 14

Post-season[edit]

Year Team Games Tackles Fumbles Interceptions
GP GS Cmb Solo Ast Sck FF FR Yds TD Int Yds Avg Lng TD PD
2000 BAL 4 4 19 14 5 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1
2001 BAL 2 2 5 3 2 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
2003 BAL Did not play due to injury
Career 6 6 24 17 7 3.0 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1

References[edit]

  1. ^ "CNN/SI - Century's Best - SI's NCAA Football All-Century Team - Wednesday October 06, 1999 03:30 PM". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Archived from the original on August 24, 2000.
  2. ^ "1997 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  3. ^ "Meet Our Staff". Peter Boulware Toyota. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  4. ^ Baltimore Ravens News - Key West Florida's My Home
  5. ^ Tallahassee Democrat - www.tallahassee.com - Tallahassee, FL [dead link]
  6. ^ Former NFL star Boulware concedes in state legislative race
  7. ^ [1] Archived December 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Newsmeat Campaign Contribution Search: Peter Boulware". Archived from the original on June 22, 2011.

External links[edit]

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