Charone Eric Peake (born October 16, 1992) is a

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wide receiver who is a free agent. He played

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at Clemson. Peake was drafted by the

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in the seventh round in the

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Early years

Peake played both the U.S. Army All-American game and Shrine Bowl. He was a USA Today Second-team All-American and ranked the 14th overall player in the nation by ESPN. Peake was rated as 50th overall player in the nation by 247Sports.com. Peake was also ranked the 73rd player in the nation by Scout.com, ranked 66th overall player in the nation by Sporting News and was ranked as the 83rd overall player in the nation by Rivals.com. Peake was a finalist for Mr. Football in South Carolina where he helped his Dorman High School football team to the state championship game. In his senior season at high school, Peake had 65 receptions for 1,053 yards and nine receiving touchdowns and had 18 carries for 120 rushing yards. Peake was named region Male Student-Athlete-of-the-Year in senior season. In his senior season at high school, Peake 52 receptions for 881 receiving yards and nine receiving touchdowns and 41 carries for 319 rushing yards. He had 19 catches for 300 receiving yards in his sophomore season.

College career

Peake was named to the Biletnikoff Award Watch List member prior to the preseason of his junior season. Peake was named to ACC Academic Honor Roll at Clemson in his junior season.

Professional career

On January 21, 2016, it was announced that Peake would be playing in the

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. Throughout the week leading up to the

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, Peake impressed many team representatives and scouts and was praised for his route running ability and speed. On January 30, 2016, Peake caught two passes for 13-yards and helped Jacksonville Jaguars' head coach Gus Bradley's South team that defeated the North 27-13. He was one of 43 collegiate wide receivers to receive an invitation to the

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. Peake completed all of the combine drills and ran the sixth fastest

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time among all wide receivers. On March 10, 2016, Peake opted to participate at Clemson's pro day, along with

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, and then others. Team representatives and scouts from all 32 NFL team attended, including head coaches

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( Bills),

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( Bengals),

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( Steelers), and

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( Colts), as Peake performed positional drills and also chose to run the

(4.38 s), 20-yard dash (2.55s), and 10-yard dash (1.50s). Peake's unofficial time of 4.38 in the 40-yard dash would've finished third among all receivers at the NFL combine, behind Notre Dame's

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and TCU's Kolby Listenbee. Although he experienced a few drops during receiving drills, Peake's overall performance was still well received by scouts and draft analysts. At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, Peake was projected to be a third or fourth round pick by NFL draft experts and scouts. He was ranked the 15th beat wide receiver prospect by WalterFootball.com and the 16th best wide receiver in the draft by NFLDraftScout.com.

New York Jets

The

selected Peake in the seventh round (241st overall) of the

. Peake was the 32nd wide receiver selected in 2016. He unexpectedly fell in the draft, although he was projected to be a third round pick by

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and a third or fourth by

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2016

On May 12, 2016, the New York Jets signed Peake to a four-year, $2.40 million

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that includes a

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of $68,382. Throughout

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, he competed for a roster spot against

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, Kenbrell Thompkins, Kyle Williams,

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, and

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. Head coach

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named him the sixth wide receiver on the depth chart, behind

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, Jalin Marshall, Quincy Enunwa, and Robby Anderson. He made his professional regular season debut in the New York Jets' season-opening 23-22 loss to the

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. On October 2, 2016, Peake scored his first professional touchdown in an unusual occurrence when Jets' quarterback

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fumbled the ball forward to Peake, who recovered it and ran 40-yards for the a touchdown. He also made his first career reception on a 16-yard pass by Ryan Fitzpatrick in the second quarter and finished with three catches for 30-yards in their 27-17 loss to the

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. He earned his first playing time on offense due to injuries to Eric Decker and Jalin Marshall. On October 17, 2016, Peake caught a season-high five passes for 43-yards during a 28-3 loss at the

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. In Week 9, Peake earned his first career start during a 27-23 loss to the

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. Peake was inactive for a Week 12 matchup against the

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. He finished the season with 19 receptions for 186 receiving yards in 15 games and one start.

2017

Peake entered training camp competing for one of the starting wide receiver jobs after the departures of Brandon Marshall and Eric Decker on free agency. He competed against Robby Anderson,

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, and

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. Head coach Todd Bowles named him the Jets' fourth wide receiver on the depth chart after they traded the

for Jermaine Kearse and signed

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. On September 24, 2017, Peake suffered an ankle.injury during the New York Jets' 20-6 victory over the

. On September 27, 2017, the New York Jets placed Peake on injured/reserve. On August 31, 2019, Peake was released by the Jets.

Jacksonville Jaguars

On January 2, 2020, Peake signed a reserve/future contract with the

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. He was released on April 27, 2020.

Saskatchewan Roughriders

Peake signed with the

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on January 8, 2021. He was released among the final training camp cuts on July 30, 2021.

Ottawa Redblacks

On August 2, 2021, it was announced that Peake had signed with the

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References

External links

New York Jets bioClemson Tigers bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Peake, Charon 1992 births Living people People from Spartanburg County, South Carolina Players of American football from South Carolina American football wide receivers Clemson Tigers football players New York Jets players Jacksonville Jaguars players Saskatchewan Roughriders players Ottawa Redblacks players