Scott Peters has stories. Lots of interesting ones. An MRI of the wrong ankle extending his playing career. Becoming a Jiu-Jitsu champion. Training UFC star Brock Lesnar. Opening a gym. Starting a company to teach techniques to avoid concussions. All before he joined the Browns in 2020 as...
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“A serious ankle injury led him to martial arts. The main weightbearing bone in his foot had a defect that left it bone on bone by his second season. He continued to play but was in pain and the ankle would lock. After a second, unexpected microfracture surgery while with the Panthers, he was told “your ankle’s trashed, your career is over.”
“ Thinking his football career was over, he started a mixed martial arts training facility in Arizona. Nearly a year later in 2007, after having dropped about 30 pounds to 270, the Cardinals had injuries and wanted to sign him … if he could pass the physical.
“So I showed up and they
MRI’d the wrong foot,” he said. “Passed the physical, showed up to camp and honestly played probably the best football I’ve played.”