Craig Peterson (born July 18, 1985) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

placekicker for the

Bay Area Panthers The Bay Area Panthers are a professional indoor football team based in San Jose, California. They are a member of the Indoor Football League (IFL) and were to begin play in 2020 at Oakland Arena as the Oakland Panthers. Due the onset of the COV ...

of the

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(IFL).

Professional career

On March 23, 2015, Peterson was assigned to the

Tampa Bay Storm The Tampa Bay Storm were a professional arena football team based in Tampa, Florida, US. It played in the Arena Football League (AFL). Originally the team was located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and operated as the Pittsburgh Gladiators. The f ...

. On May 19, 2016, Peterson was placed on reassignment. On February 21, 2017, Peterson signed with the

Spokane Empire Spokane ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It is in eastern Washington, along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, south of the Canadi ...

. On March 10, 2017 Peterson was released. Peterson was 4 of 5 on field goals, and 6 of 11 on point after touchdowns. Peterson re-signed with the Empire on March 15, 2017. On April 19, 2019, Peterson was assigned to the

Columbus Destroyers The Columbus Destroyers were an Arena Football League (AFL) team based in Columbus, Ohio, with home games in Nationwide Arena. The team was founded in as the Buffalo Destroyers, based in Buffalo, New York, and relocated to Columbus in . They fol ...

. On November 30, 2022, Peterson signed with the Arizona Rattlers of the

(IFL).

References

External links

Arena Football bio
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