Greg Peach

Greg Peach (born November 19, 1986) is a former professional Canadian football defensive end. He was a member of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He was originally signed by the Edmonton Eskimos as a street free agent in 2009. He played college football at Eastern Washington and was the 2008 recipient of the Buck Buchanan Award. Peach has also been a member of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League..

Greg Peach

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Born:	(1986-11-19) November 19, 1986 (age 37) Vancouver, Washington, U.S.
Career information
Status	Retired
CFL status	American
Position(s)	DE
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	255 lb (116 kg)
College	Eastern Washington
High school	Evergreen High School (Vancouver, Washington)
NFL draft	2009, Undrafted
Career history
As player
2009–2011	Edmonton Eskimos
2012–2013	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
2013–2015	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Awards	2008 Buck Buchanan Award 2008 Consensus First-Team FCS All-American (AFCA, AP, TSN, WCFF) 2008 Big Sky Conference Defensive Player of the Year
Records	Tackles for a loss in a season (28) Tackles for a loss in a career (63) Sacks in a career (35.5)

High school career

Greg graduated from Evergreen High School where he was named a First Team All-State selection by the Tacoma News Tribune as a defensive lineman. He also played basketball while at Evergreen.

College career

Peach had a career-best senior season in 2008, ending the year with 72 defensive tackles (35 solo), 23.5 tackles for loss, 18 sacks, one pass broken up and one fumble recovery in 11 games (11 starts). His outstanding efforts that season earned him the Buck Buchanan Award, honoring the Division I Football Championship Subdivision's top defensive player. He ended his collegiate career with 35.5 sacks, which established a new record for career sacks in school history. Peach also set school records for most tackles for a loss in a season (28) and career (63).

Professional career

Edmonton Eskimos

Peach signed with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League as a free agent in 2009. In his 3 seasons with the Eskimos, Peach has recorded a total of 94 tackles and 13 sacks. He was not re-signed by the Eskimos following the 2011 CFL season.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

He signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats as a free agent on February 18, 2012.^[1] In his first season with the Tiger-Cats he amassed 36 tackles and 6 sacks. He was injured for much of the first half of the 2013 CFL season, leading to his release on August 28, 2013.

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Peach was signed by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and played 6 games for them to close out the 2013 season. In his second season with the club Peach had the best year of his career, amassing 46 tackles, 7 quarterback sacks and 2 forced fumbles (all personal bests). The Bombers defense struggled in 2015 to generate pressure on the quarterback, and this was reflected in Peach's statline as he finished the season with only 1 sack in 11 games.^[2] On February 18 2016 the Bombers announced they had released Greg Peach from his contract.^[3]

References

1. Ticats strike again, add trio through free agency
2. "Not getting any sacks is the pits for Winnipeg Blue Bombers DE Greg Peach". Winnipeg Sun. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
3. "Blue Bombers release Cotton, Peach". TSN. 2016-02-19. Retrieved 2016-02-19.

External links

• Hamilton Tiger-Cats biography