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Peppers's Updated Bio in PDF Format
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Quotes on Peppers
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| "Peppers is the most dominant defensive player North Carolina has had since Lawrence Taylor.
"Next year's draft will have some solid defensive players, including Tennessee tackle John Henderson, Washington tackle Larry Triplett, South Carolina end Kalimba Edwards and Florida end Alex Brown, but nobody is better than Peppers.
"Certainly he's an exceptional pass rusher and defensive player."
- Mel Kiper, ESPN
“I can't imagine there is a player in America that can dominate a game like Julius Peppers. I've always said that basketball players might be the best athletes on campus. Where do you find someone who is 6-6, weighs 280, runs a 4.6 and can pick up a weight room. The last time I saw someone like that, he had a red ‘S’ on his chest and dressed in a phone booth.”
– Chuck Amato, NC State Head Coach
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“Wow! I think he’s better than Courtney Brown (No. 1 choice 2000 draft). He’s put on 20 pounds in the offseason and is an unusually gifted athlete. He’ll get nothing but better (now that he’s quit basketball to concentrate on football). He’s big, gifted, fluid and explosive. He’ll go in the first three picks.”
– Unnamed NFL Scout in Sports Illustrated (Oct. 8)
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“That’s typical Julius. It looks impossible, but he does it.”
– UNC Defensive Tackle Ryan Sims following Peppers’s interception at Clemson
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“You know where he is all the time. The problem is how much do you alter your package to account for him. I've been around some great defensive linemen in my career at Alabama and Auburn and he is right up there with them.
“Peppers is a great player and he made a great play on that interception.”
– Clemson head coach Tommy Bowden
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“He is simply amazing. He’s a gifted athlete who loves playing football and he keeps getting better and better. When you put effort and talent togther, you’ve got something special.”
- North Carolina head coach John Bunting
University of North Carolina junior Julius Peppers is a phenomenal two-sport standout who elected to return to campus for another football season in 2001. Peppers was Named the nation's top two-sport athlete by The Sporting News last season and many observers feel he could be a professional draft pick in either the NFL or NBA.
Throughout the season, this page will be your complete source for information on Julius Peppers, including game-by-game statistics, links to stories on other web sites, photo galleries, game-by-game analysis and quotes.
Peppers's Poster
LATEST NEWS
Peppers Earns FWAA All-America Honors (November 28, 2001)
Peppers Earns Unanimous All-ACC Selection (November 27, 2001)
Peppers Named Football News All-America (November 26, 2001)
Peppers Named Finalist for Nagurski Award (November 20, 2001)
Peppers Named Lombardi Award Finalist (November 13, 2001)
Peppers Named Semifinalist For Football News Award (November 8, 2001)
Peppers Named Lombardi Semifinalist (October 30, 2001)
Peppers Listed No. 4 In Heisman Watch (October 23, 2001)
Peppers, Durant Earn ACC Player Of The Week Honors (October 22, 2001)
Peppers Chats On ESPN.com (October 17, 2001)
Peppers Named National Defensive Player of the Week (September 24, 2001)
Peppers Named ACC Player of the Week (September 24, 2001)
A complete bio of Julius Peppers can be found HERE
Peppers' Video Clips
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Julius Peppers' Regular-Season Statistics
Year Pri A Hits CF RF TFL QB
1999 38 12 50 1 1 10-47 6-36
2000 44 20 64 3 1 24-146 15-117
2001 41 17 58 1 0 18-67 8.5-49
Totals 123 49 162 5 2 52-250 29.5-202
UNC Single-Season Sack Leaders
Player No.- Yds
1. Lawrence Taylor, 1980 16- 127
2. Julius Peppers, 2000 15- 117
3. Greg Ellis, 1996 12.5- 99
4. William Fuller, 1981 9- 66
Greg Ellis, 1997 9- 65
6. Julius Peppers, 2001 8.5- 49
Marcus Jones, 1994 8.5- 76
8. Mike Wilcher, 1981 8- 72
Ron Burton, 1986 8- 72
Tim Goad, 1987 8- 55
UNC Single-Season Tackle For Loss Leaders
Player No.
1. Ebenezer Ekuban, 1998 23
2. Julius Peppers, 2000 22
William Fuller, 1981 22
William Fuller, 1983 22
Lawrence Taylor, 1980 22
6. Marcus Jones, 1995 19
7. Julius Peppers, 2001 18
Greg Ellis, 1996 18
Greg Ellis, 1997 18
10. Kivuusama Mays, 1997 16.5
| 2000 Statistics |
| Game | T | TFL | Sacks |
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| Tulsa | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| at Wake Forest | 3 | 2-27 | 2-27 |
| at Florida State | 8 | 3-8 | 2-7 |
| Marshall | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Georgia Tech | 2 | 1-8 | 1-8 |
| NC State | 7 | 3-21 | 1-6 |
| Clemson | 10 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| Virginia | 9 | 6-34 | 4-29 |
| at Pittsburgh | 7 | 3-25 | 3-25 |
| Maryland | 10 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| at Duke | 3 | 2-15 | 2-15 |
| Totals | 51 | 22-131 | 13-102 |
| 2001 Statistics |
| Game | T | TFL | Sacks |
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| at Oklahoma | 5 | 2-8 | 0-0 |
| at Maryland | 9 | 4-21 | 3-19 |
| at Texas | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Florida State | 10 | 4-9 | 1-5 |
| at NC State | 4 | 3-12 | .5-5 |
| East Carolina | 4 | 1-9 | 1-9 |
| Virginia | 5 | 3-10 | 2-9 |
| at Clemson | 5 | 1-2 | 1-2 |
| at Georgia Tech | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Wake Forest | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Duke | 6 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Totals | 58 | 18-67 | 8.5-49 |
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