Shippensburg University Athletics

2024 (R-Junior): Appeared in all 11 games, making 10 starts as an outside linebacker…ranked third on the team in total tackles (60) and solo stops (32)…recorded two pass breakups…registered six tackles, a sack and a forced fumble in SU’s Week 2 win over Clarion… posted a season-best 14 tackles and six solo stops against East Stroudsburg…contributed five-or-more tackles six times.
 
2023 (R-Sophomore): Made appearances in all 11 games, including eight starts…aided a SU defense that ranked No. 1 in the PSAC and held opponents to ten-or-less points on four different occasions…totaled 52 tackles, including 29 solo…recorded five-or-more tackles six times…recorded season highs in total tackles (11), solo stops (6) and tackles for loss (1.5) Sept. 2 against Newberry…hauled in an interception Oct. 7 against West Chester.
 
2022 (R-Freshman): Saw action in nine games, including one start, serving a key member of the Raiders’ linebacker and special teams units…recorded 23 tackles, including 11 solo…posted a career-high 13 tackles, including 1.5 sacks in his only start Oct. 15 against Kutztown…recorded a pass breakup Nov. 5 at Lock Haven…forced a fumble that resulted in a special teams touchdown during the Raiders’ win at West Chester.
 
2021 (Freshman): Redshirt season.
 
Hopewell Valley Central High School: Totaled three varsity letters for the Bulldogs under coach Dave Caldwell…named to the All-State Group 3 First Team Defense as a junior…finished as a two-time All-Colonial Valley Conference (CVC) First Team defender and as a three-time Trenton Times All-Area First Team defender…set numerous school records, including career sacks (15), single-season forced fumbles (5), single-season blocked kicks (3), and the single-game (5.5), single-season (24.5) and career (42.5) records for tackles for loss (TFLs)…ranks second at his high school with 192 career tackles…received the Charles J. “Fuzzy” Falzone Memorial Award as the Non-Prep Lineman of the Year as a junior after totaling 71 tackles, 18 TFLs, four sacks, five forced fumbles and two blocked kicks…also played basketball.
 
About Peterson: Full name is Terrance Keith Peterson Jr…is the son of Terrance Peterson Sr. and Lashawn Neal-Peterson…majoring in English with a professional and creative writing concentration...has a sibling, Teneé…has a cousin, Cameron Kitchen, who plays defensive tackle for the BC Lions of the CFL…has a cousin, Juan Jones, who set several records as a running back at Millersville.