Peter Boulware

Boulware campaigning in 2008 for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives
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Position	Linebacker
Personal information
Born	(1974-12-18)December 18, 1974 (age 51) Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	255 lb (116 kg)
Career information
High school	Spring Valley (Columbia)
College	Florida State
NFL draft	1997: 1st round, 4th overall pick
Career history
Baltimore Ravens (1997–2005)
Awards and highlights
Super Bowl champion (XXXV) NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year (1997) Second-teamAll-Pro (1999) 4×Pro Bowl (1998,1999,2002,2003) PFWA All-Rookie Team (1997) Baltimore Ravens Ring of Honor National champion (1993) ConsensusAll-American (1996) ACC Defensive Player of the Year (1996) First-teamAll-ACC (1996)
Career NFL statistics
Totaltackles 401 Sacks 70.0 Forcedfumbles 14 Fumble recoveries 5 Interceptions 1 Stats atPro Football Reference

Peter Nicholas Boulware (born December 18, 1974) is an American former professionalfootball player who was alinebacker for nine seasons with theBaltimore Ravens of theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theFlorida State Seminoles, earning recognition as a consensusAll-American. A first-round pick of Baltimore in the1997 NFL draft, he played his entire pro career for the Ravens.

Boulware was aRepublican candidate for theFlorida House of Representatives in the 2008 general election.

Boulware was born inColumbia, South Carolina. He played atHeathwood Hall Episcopal School, and then graduated first from Spring Valley High School, and went on to play forFlorida State University. He was an all-state pick forSpring Valley High School in 1992. He recorded 132 tackles, 14 sacks, and two blocked punts and was named one of the top 50 athletes in the nation byThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also named one of the nation's top 100 athletes by theDallas Morning News.

Boulware accepted anathletic scholarship to attend Florida State University, where he played for coachBobby Bowden'sSeminoles teams from 1993 to 1996. He redshirted his freshman season in 1993; as a redshirt freshman in 1994, he recorded 37 tackles, five sacks, and five tackles for loss. One of his sacks was recorded againstFlorida Gators quarterbackDanny Wuerffel in the1995 Sugar Bowl.

As a sophomore, Boulware totaled 46 tackles, anACC-leading ten sacks, and 18 tackles for losses, which ranked second in the ACC, and was named honorable mention All-ACC. As a junior, Boulware totaled 68 tackles, a school record 19 sacks, 20 tackles for losses, seven forced fumbles, and three fumble recoveries. He was a consensus first-team All-American, All-ACC, ACC Defensive Player of the Year, as well as National Defensive Player of the Year byFootball News. His 19 sacks were the most in the nation. Boulware decided to enter the1997 NFL draft. Boulware graduated on April 26, 1997, with a degree in management information systems.

Boulware was one of six defensive ends selected to Sports Illustrated's all-20th century college football team.^[1]

The Baltimore Ravens selected Boulware in the first round, with the fourth overall pick in the1997 NFL draft.^[2] In 1997 Boulware recorded 66 total tackles, 11.5 sacks, and one forced fumble to receive theNFL Defensive Rookie of the Year by theAssociated Press. He would play for the Ravens for eight years, going to four Pro Bowls and becoming the Ravens' all-time sack leader, a title he held until he was surpassed byTerrell Suggs in 2011. Boulware was also a member of theBaltimore Ravens'Super Bowl-winning team during the2000 NFL season. The Ravens released Peter Boulware prior to the 2005 season, then re-signed him to a lower salary. Before the 2006 season, the Ravens released him again due to injuries and he decided to retire. Boulware finished his career with 493 tackles, a franchise record 70 sacks, 26.5 tackles for losses, 13 forced fumbles, five fumble recoveries, 19 pass deflections, and one interception for six yards in 126 career games.

Peter Boulware is married and has five children. He is also the Owner/Managing Partner ofToyota dealerships in Tallahassee, FL and Columbia, SC. He has been featured in his dealerships’ commercials.^[3] He also founded a private school, Community Leadership Academy. His younger brother,Michael Boulware, also played in the NFL.

Peter Boulware was officially inducted into the Baltimore Ravens' Ring of Honor in a ceremony held during halftime of the game between the Ravens and theBengals on November 5, 2006.^[4]

On September 10, 2007, Peter Boulware announced his candidacy for the Florida state house as a member of the Republican Party.^[5] On August 26, 2008, Boulware won the Republican primary with 84.1 percent of the vote. On November 7, with all ballots counted from the election held on November 4, DemocratMichelle Rehwinkle Vasilinda beat Boulware by 430 votes, for an open Florida House seat.^[6] Following the election Boulware was appointed to theFlorida Board of Education by GovernorCharlie Crist.^[7]

Boulware contributed the federally allowed maximum to the presidential candidacy ofMike Huckabee in the2008 presidential election primary.^[8]

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