![]() ![]() “We thought, ‘Holy cow! We’ve got something here,’ ” Widmier said.Ĭolorado’s Gatorade player of the year also punted, held for kicks and filled in at safety. He also ran for 1,013 yards and 12 touchdowns, notably a 78-yarder in Week 3 against Legacy that Lobos line coach Derek Widmier termed Peters’ signature play. That final play was only his second interception of the season. ![]() In leading Rocky Mountain to its first undefeated regular season (9-0) and the Front Range League championship, the 6-foot-2, 190-pound Peters completed 150-of-214 passes for 2,536 yards and 31 touchdowns. “I don’t think anybody could have anticipated how good he could be,” Poudre coach Steve Bradley said. Few anticipated the kind of breakout season he would have in his first starting quarterback role since playing with the school’s C team in 2005. As a junior, he played safety in football, and backed up Lobos starting quarterback Alex Kelly, now at Colorado State. Until this fall, Peters was best known around Rocky Mountain for helping its baseball team win the past two 5A state championships. ![]() But I’ll have fun with baseball it’s easier on my body.” It’s a tough concept to get through my head, knowing I won’t play one of them. “I love both sports, but I was going to lose one of them. “I was going to have fun either way,” Peters said. A baseball standout, he didn’t have football near the top until an unforeseen breakout senior season after his move from safety to quarterback.īut the 2008 winner of The Denver Post’s Gold Helmet Award has chosen to play baseball at Nebraska, becoming only the second player in the award’s 58 years to pass on football after high school. “I still think about it at night and wish things could have gone differently.”įor months, Peters pondered what sport he would most like to play in college. ![]() “It’s not really that play, but other plays that could have changed it,” said the Rocky Mountain High School quarterback, a month removed from his final game. His desperation pass was intercepted in the closing moments of a 38-21 loss to eventual Class 5A champion Mullen in the state quarterfinals. Graduated Leoti High School, 1981 Northwestern University, 1985.Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close MenuįORT COLLINS - If Bryan Peters’ final down of organized football occurred Nov. He was inducted into the Greater Buffalo Hall of Fame in 2001. Following his retirement from the Bills in 1997, Tasker became a television football analyst for CBS. He attended Dodge City Community College for one year before signing with Northwestern University. Tasker was a standout athlete at Leoti High School and led the track and field team to the 1981 Class 3A state championship with three individual gold medals and a fourth as a member of the 400-meter relay team. He joined the Buffalo Bills in 1986 and the rest is history. He was drafted in the ninth round of the 1985 NFL Draft by the Houston Oilers, but was waived by the Oilers a year later. In 2000, Tasker was named to the 26-player NFL All-Time Team. He was selected by his peers and coaches in the American Football Conference to play in seven Pro Bowls as a special teams player and was named the Most Valuable Player in the 1993 game. Despite his size – 5-foot-9, 181 pounds – Tasker was a vital player for the Buffalo Bills during the team’s run of four consecutive Super Bowl appearances from 1991-94. Widely regarded as the greatest special teams player in the history of the National Football League, Steven Jay Tasker of Leoti journeyed from small-town Kansas to the big-time spotlight of pro football. ![]()
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