Charone Peake
| No. 17 – New York Jets | |||||||||
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Born: | October 16, 1992 Moore, South Carolina | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 209 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||
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| College: | Clemson | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2016 / round: 7 / pick: 241 | ||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of Week 8, 2016 | |||||||||
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Charone Eric Peake[1] (born October 16, 1992) is an American football wide receiver for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Clemson. Peake was drafted in the seventh round (241st overall) by the New York Jets in the 2016 NFL Draft.
Early years
Peake played both the U.S. Army All-American game and Shrine Bowl. He was an USA Today Second-Team All-American and ranked the 14th overall player in the nation by ESPN. Peake was rated as 50th overall player in the nation by 247Sports.com. Peake was also ranked the 73rd player in the nation by Scout.com, ranked 66th overall player in the nation by Sporting News and was ranked as the 83rd overall player in the nation by Rivals.com. Peake was a finalist for Mr. Football in South Carolina where he helped his Dorman High School football team to the state championship game. In his senior season at high school, Peake had 65 receptions for 1,053 yards and nine receiving touchdowns and had 18 carries for 120 rushing yards. Peake was named region Male Student-Athlete-of-the-Year in senior season. In his senior season at high school, Peake 52 receptions for 881 receiving yards and nine receiving touchdowns and 41 carries for 319 rushing yards. He had 19 catches for 300 receiving yards in his sophomore season.
College career
Peake was named to the Biletnikoff Award Watch List member prior to the preseason of his junior season.[2][3] Peake was named to ACC Academic Honor Roll at Clemson in his junior season.
Professional career
New York Jets
On April 30, 2016, Peake was drafted by the New York Jets in the 7th round (241st overall) in the 2016 NFL Draft.[4]
On October 2, in a week 4 match up with the Seattle Seahawks, Peake scored his first professional touchdown in an unusual occurrence when Jets quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick fumbled the ball forward to Peake, who recovered it and ran 40 yards for the score. The Jets, however, would go on to lose 27-17.[5]
References
- ^ "Profile". rostermon.com.
- ^ "Watkins and Peake Named to Biletnikoff Watch List". clemsontigers.com. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "2013 Biletnikoff Award Pre-season Watch List Released". biletnikoffaward.com. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "Jets Select Charone Peake With the 241st Pick in the 2016 NFL Draft". ganggreennation.com. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
- ^ Hanzus, Dan. "Jets rookie Charone Peake scores weird TD". Retrieved 2 October 2016.