Troy University Athletics
2021 Football Roster
Roster
Peterson, Julian

Jersey Number 92
Julian Peterson
- Position:
- DT
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 307
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Pinson, Ala.
- High School:
- Pinson Valley HS
Bio
2024 (Junior): Started the final seven games of the season as an interior defensive linemen for the Trojans … Rated as Troy’s top defender (front seven) against the run by Pro Football Focus … Recorded 25 tackles, 5.0 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks on the season … Credited with sacks against Iowa, South Alabama and Coastal Carolina … Added stops behind the line against ULM (1.5) and Louisiana … Season-best four stops against Louisiana and ULM, finished with multiple tackles in 9-of-12 games … Credited with nine total pressures and six hurries … Also primary blocker on Troy’s punt shield
2023 (Sophomore): Started all 14 games on special teams in the punt shield … Played defensively in eight games, totaling five tackles and 1.5 sacks … Majority of his damage came in Troy’s victory over Arkansas State, finished with two tackles and 1.5 sacks … Also added a pair of tackles at ULM and one in the opener against Stephen F. Austin
2022 (RS-Freshman): Played against Alabama A&M, ULM and Arkansas State … Credited with a quarterback hurry in Troy's Sun Belt West Division clinching victory at Arkansas State
2021 (Freshman): Did not see game action … Redshirted
High School: Recorded 55 tackles, five sacks, 10.5 tackles for loss and an interception his senior season … Helped lead Pinson Valley High School to a pair of Alabama 6A State Championships … Indians went a combined 34-6 in his final three seasons … Team set an AHSAA record with 58 sacks … Rivals three star … Returned an interception for a touchdown against No. 1 Oxford in the 2020 6A quarterfinals … All-metro selection … Also threw shot put for the Indians
Personal: Full name is Julian Earl Peterson … Son of Juliana and William Peterson … Born Nov. 11, 2002, in Ft. Bragg, N.C. ... Majoring in interdisciplinary studies
2023 (Sophomore): Started all 14 games on special teams in the punt shield … Played defensively in eight games, totaling five tackles and 1.5 sacks … Majority of his damage came in Troy’s victory over Arkansas State, finished with two tackles and 1.5 sacks … Also added a pair of tackles at ULM and one in the opener against Stephen F. Austin
2022 (RS-Freshman): Played against Alabama A&M, ULM and Arkansas State … Credited with a quarterback hurry in Troy's Sun Belt West Division clinching victory at Arkansas State
2021 (Freshman): Did not see game action … Redshirted
High School: Recorded 55 tackles, five sacks, 10.5 tackles for loss and an interception his senior season … Helped lead Pinson Valley High School to a pair of Alabama 6A State Championships … Indians went a combined 34-6 in his final three seasons … Team set an AHSAA record with 58 sacks … Rivals three star … Returned an interception for a touchdown against No. 1 Oxford in the 2020 6A quarterfinals … All-metro selection … Also threw shot put for the Indians
Personal: Full name is Julian Earl Peterson … Son of Juliana and William Peterson … Born Nov. 11, 2002, in Ft. Bragg, N.C. ... Majoring in interdisciplinary studies
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