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Julius Peppers
Julius Frazier Peppers
Position: DE
Height: 6-6 Weight: 283 lbs.
Born: January 18, 1980 in Wilson, NC
College: North Carolina
Career AV: 71 (553rd overall since 1950)
4-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 2002 NFL Draft.
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| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | AV |
| 2002 | 22 | CAR | LDE | 90 | 12 | 12 | 12.0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 7 | |
| 2003 | 23 | CAR | LDE | 90 | 16 | 16 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 7 | 9 | |
| 2004*+ | 24 | CAR | LDE | 90 | 16 | 16 | 11.0 | 2 | 143 | 1 | 97 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 1 | 53 | 12 | 15 | |
| 2005* | 25 | CAR | LDE | 90 | 16 | 16 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 38 | 12 | 13 | |
| 2006*+ | 26 | CAR | LDE | 90 | 16 | 16 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 9 | 17 | |
| 2007 | 27 | CAR | LDE | 90 | 14 | 14 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 7 | |
| 2008* | 28 | CAR | RDE | 90 | 16 | 16 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 11 | 13 | |
| 2009 | 29 | CAR | 90 | 9 | 7.0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | ||||
| Career | 115 | 106 | 77.5 | 5 | 177 | 2 | 97 | 44 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 70 | 1 | 303 | 71 | 81 | |||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004*+ | 24 | CAR | LDE | 90 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| 2009 | 29 | CAR | 90 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Career | 115 | 106 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors
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All-Pro Teams
| 2004 | Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf. |
| Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| 2006 | Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL |
| 2008 | Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL |