Brandon Peters

Peters played high school football and basketball at Avon High School in Indiana. As a senior in 2015, he led Avon to a regional football championship,{{cite news|title=Recruiting roundup: 2016 Michigan QB commit Brandon Peters leads Avon to regional title|author=Aaron McMann|newspaper=Mlive.com|date=November 11, 2015|url=http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2015/11/recruiting_roundup_michigan_co_9.html}} appearing in 13 games and completing 218 of 363 passes for 3,103 yards, 37 touchdowns, and five interceptions. In December 2015, The Indianapolis Star selected him as its Mr. Football for the 2015 season.{{cite news|title=Avon QB Brandon Peters named 2015 IndyStar Mr. Football|author=Kyle Neddenriep|newspaper=The Indianapolis Star|date=December 10, 2015|url=http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2015/12/10/avon-qb-brandon-peters-named-2015-indystar-mr-football/76929172/}} He was also named the Gatorade Player of the Year in Indiana.{{cite news|title=Avon's Brandon Peters wins Gatorade Player of the Year|author=Kyle Neddenriep|date=December 3, 2015|url=http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2015/12/03/avons-brandon-peters-wins-gatorade-player-year/76718174/}} He participated in the Elite 11 quarterback event in July 2015,{{cite news|title=Brandon Peters has a big target at The Opening|work=ESPN.com|author=Tom Van Haaren|date=July 6, 2015|url=https://insider.espn.com/blog/ncfrecruiting/on-the-trail/post/_/id/69683/brandon-peters-has-a-big-target-at-the-opening}} and he was rated by ESPN as the No. 5 quarterback in the class of 2016 and the No. 60 overall player in the 2016 ESPN 300.{{cite web|title=2016 ESPN 300|work=ESPN.com|access-date=February 5, 2016|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/playerrankings/_/view/rn300/sort/rank/class/2016}}

On April 27, 2015, Peters committed to play college football at the University of Michigan.{{cite news|title=Four-star quarterback Brandon Peters commits to Michigan|publisher=Sports Illustrated|date=April 4, 2015|url=https://www.si.com/college-football/2015/04/04/brandon-peters-michigan-commit-wolverines-recruiting}}{{cite news|title=Four-star QB Brandon Peters commits to Michigan|author=Mark Snyder|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=April 4, 2015|url=http://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverines/2015/04/03/brandon-peters-michigan/25280493/}} He enrolled early at Michigan in January 2016. In February 2016, Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh compared Peters to Andrew Luck, noting that "I saw a lot of similar things in Brandon—a natural player, not over-coached or over-mechanized."{{cite news|title=Jim Harbaugh sees young Andrew Luck traits in Brandon Peters, but QB just trying to be himself|author=Nick Baumgardner|newspaper=Mlive.com|date=February 5, 2016|url=http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2016/02/jim_harbaugh_sees_young_andrew.html}} 2016 Spring practice began on February 29 with a highly anticipated quarterback battle between redshirt sophomore Wilton Speight, redshirt junior John O'Korn, redshirt junior Shane Morris, true freshman Peters and redshirt freshman Alex Malzone.{{cite web|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2619263-who-has-the-edge-in-michigans-quarterback-battle|title=Who Has the Edge in Michigan's Quarterback Battle?|access-date=April 14, 2016|date=February 24, 2016|work=Bleacher Report|author=Kercheval, Ben}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2016/02/john_okorn_shane_morris_someon.html|title=John O'Korn, Shane Morris, someone else? Michigan's QB 'cage match' set to begin|access-date=April 14, 2016|date=February 22, 2016|website=MLive.com|author=Baumgardner, Nick}} As Spring practice wound down in late March, Speight, O'Korn and Morris seemed to be the leading three,{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2016/03/wilton_speight_john_okorn_shan.html|title=Wilton Speight, John O'Korn, Shane Morris are Michigan's top QBs, but no one has pulled away|access-date=April 14, 2016|date=March 26, 2016|website=MLive.com|author=Baumgardner, Nick}} in that order.{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2016/03/michigans_top_three_qbs_all_wa.html|title=Michigan's top three QBs all want to start, but say the competition is far from over|access-date=April 14, 2016|date=March 29, 2016|website=MLive.com|author=Baumgardner, Nick}} On September 3 before the opening game against Hawaii, Speight was named as the starting quarterback.{{cite web|url=http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/jim-harbaugh-had-a-strange-way-of-pumping-up-michigans-new-qb-090316|title=Jim Harbaugh had a strange way of pumping up Michigan's new QB|access-date=September 4, 2016|date=September 3, 2016|work=FOX Sports|author=Foltin, Lindsey}} Peters did not see game action during the 2016 season.

In 2017, Peters was engaged in a quarterback battle with incumbent starter Wilton Speight and 2016 backup John O'Korn. On August 12, 2017, Jim Harbaugh revealed that Speight and O'Korn were the leaders in the quarterback battle, with Peters designated to a back-up role. In a game against Rutgers on October 28, 2017, Peters replaced O'Korn in the second quarter, with the game tied 7–7. He led the team to 3 consecutive scoring drives, including throwing the teams first touchdown pass in over a month en route to a 35–14 victory.{{cite web|url=http://www.freep.com/story/sports/columnists/jeff-seidel/2017/10/28/michigan-quarterback-brandon-peters-rutgers/809864001/|title=Brandon Peters has to be Michigan starting QB moving forward|website=freep.com|access-date=May 7, 2018}}

Peters would go on to start the next 3 games, winning against Minnesota, winning at Maryland, and in the loss at Wisconsin. Peters would get concussed in the 3rd quarter against Wisconsin and did not recover until the Outback Bowl. Peters would start in the bowl game however, which was a 19–26 loss to South Carolina.

For the 2018 season, Peters was the 3rd string quarterback, backing up Shea Patterson and Dylan McCaffrey. He saw playing time in the 49–3 win against Western Michigan, the 56–10 win against Nebraska, the 42–7 win against Penn State, the 42–7 win at Rutgers (where he led a scoring drive), and the 39–62 loss at Ohio State where he set up a rushing touchdown with a completion to the one yard line.{{cite web|url=https://mgoblue.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=19061|title=2019 Spring Football Roster: Brandon Peters|website=MGoBlue.com|publisher=University of Michigan|access-date=July 2, 2019}}

On June 18, 2019, Peters announced that he would be transferring to Illinois. Peters completed his undergraduate degree at Michigan in three years, and was immediately eligible to play for Illinois as a grad transfer with two years of eligibility remaining.{{cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/wolverines/2019/06/michigan-qb-brandon-peters-transferring-to-illinois.html|title=Michigan QB Brandon Peters transferring to Illinois|date=June 18, 2019|website=MLive.com|access-date=July 2, 2019|first=Aaron|last=McMann}}

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Peters signed with the Los Angeles Chargers as an undrafted free agent on April 30, 2022.{{cite web|title=Los Angeles Chargers Agree to Terms with Undrafted Free Agents|url=https://www.chargers.com/news/2022-draft-agree-terms-undrafted-free-agents|website=Chargers.com|date=April 30, 2022|access-date=May 2, 2022|archive-date=May 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501005721/https://www.chargers.com/news/2022-draft-agree-terms-undrafted-free-agents|url-status=dead}} He was waived on August 15.{{cite web|title=Los Angeles Chargers Announce Roster Moves|url=https://www.chargers.com/news/chargers-cut-2022-roster-to-85|website=Chargers.com|date=August 15, 2022}}

Peters has since retired from professional football and is a wealth management specialist as of December 2023.{{Cite web|title=Brandon Peters - Wealth Management Specialist|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-peters-117467157|access-date=December 26, 2023|website=linkedin.com|language=en}}

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• [https://fightingillini.com/sports/football/roster/brandon-peters/12209 Illinois bio]

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