Eric Peterman is an American football

American football

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 wide receiver

Wide receiver

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 for the Las Vegas Locomotives

Las Vegas Locomotives

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 of the United Football League. He was signed by the Chicago Bears

Chicago Bears

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 as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He attended Sacred Heart-Griffin High school in Springfield, Illinois and excelled at the quarterback position. He played college football

College football

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 at Northwestern

Northwestern Wildcats football

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 as a wide receiver.

College career

In 2008, he was named the winner of the ARA Sportsmanship Award, presented by the Awards and Recognition Association to the Division I football player who best exhibits sportsmanship both on and off the field.

RUSHING	G	Att		Yds	TD	Lg	Avg/C	Avg/G
2005	12	1		-1	0	0	-1.0	-0.1
2006	12	3		8	0	4	2.7	0.7
2007	12	13		58	0	21	4.5	4.8
2008	13	5		4	0	15	0.8	0.3
TOTAL	49	22		69	0	21	3.1	1.4

Chicago Bears

Peterman was signed by the Chicago Bears

Chicago Bears

The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

 as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He was cut by the Bears on September 5 and was re-signed to the practice squad on December 30. He was re-signed to a one-year contract on February 22, 2010. He was waived/injured on August 23.