8-time All-Pro corner Patrick Peterson to retire from NFL
One of the legends of LSU’s “DBU” legacy is expected to officially retire Monday from his decorated decade-plus NFL career.
Eight-time Pro-Bowl cornerback Patrick Peterson will be in Arizona on Monday to retire as a Cardinal, according to ESPN senior NFL insider Adam Schefter.
The No. 5 overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft spent the first 10 of his 13 professional seasons, including all eight Pro-Bowl nods and three All-Pro selections, with the franchise before moving to Minnesota for 2021 and 2022 and Pittsburgh in 2023.
Peterson did not play in 2024, but had kept the door open for a potential return.
He played 201 regular-season games during his time in the league with 652 tackles, 36 interceptions, four sacks, two forced fumbles and three recoveries.
He reached the playoffs four times with Arizona following the 2014 and 2015 seasons, Minnesota following 2022 and Pittsburgh following 2023 and had a combined 18 tackles and one interception in five postseason contests.
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The Pompano Beach, Fla., native signed with LSU — over a long list of other options such as Miami, Florida, Florida State, Georgia and USC — as a consensus five-star prospect in 2008.
Peterson played in 13 games as a freshman, including four starts, and then springboard into one of the nation’s top cornerbacks as a sophomore and junior, including winning the Thorpe and Bednarik and consensus All-American status in 2010 to headline his stacked résumé.
He also earned SEC Defensive Player of the Year and SEC Special Teams Player of the Year recognition from the conference’s coaches in 2010 and an All-America second-team selection from Sporting News in 2009.
He finished his college career with 135 tackles, seven interceptions, 22 pass breakups, a pick-six, a pair of punt-return touchdowns and a return of a blocked field goal for a touchdown.
