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{{Short description|American football player (born 1974)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        = Peter Boulware
| image       = Peter Boulware.jpg
| caption     = Boulware campaigning in 2008 for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives
| number      = 58
| position    = [[Linebacker]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1974|12|18}}
| birth_place = [[Columbia, South Carolina]], U.S.
| height_ft   = 6
| height_in   = 4
| weight_lb   = 255
| high_school = [[Spring Valley High School (South Carolina)|Spring Valley]] (Columbia)
| college     = [[Florida State Seminoles football|Florida State]]
| draftyear   = 1997
| draftround  = 1
| draftpick   = 4
| pastteams   = * [[Baltimore Ravens]] ({{NFL Year|1997|2005}})
| highlights  = * [[List of Super Bowl champions|Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XXXV|XXXV]])
* [[NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year]] (1997)
* Second-team [[All-Pro]] ([[1999 All-Pro Team|1999]])
* 4× [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1999 Pro Bowl|1998]], [[2000 Pro Bowl|1999]], [[2003 Pro Bowl|2002]], [[2004 Pro Bowl|2003]])
* [[PFWA All-Rookie Team]] ([[PFWA All-Rookie Team#1997|1997]])
* [[Baltimore Ravens|Baltimore Ravens Ring of Honor]]
* [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|National champion]] ([[1993 Florida State Seminoles football team|1993]])
* Consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1996 College Football All-America Team|1996]])
* [[Atlantic Coast Conference football individual awards#Defensive Player of the Year|ACC Defensive Player of the Year]] (1996)
* First-team [[List of All-Atlantic Coast Conference football teams|All-ACC]] ([[1996 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team|1996]])
| statlabel1  = Total [[Tackle (football move)|tackle]]s
| statvalue1  = 401
| statlabel2  = [[Quarterback sack|Sack]]s
| statvalue2  = 70.0
| statlabel3  = Forced [[fumble]]s
| statvalue3  = 14
| statlabel4  = Fumble recoveries
| statvalue4  = 5
| statlabel5  = [[Interception]]s
| statvalue5  = 1
| pfr         = BoulPe00
}}

'''Peter Nicholas Boulware''' (born December 18, 1974) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[linebacker]] for nine seasons with the [[Baltimore Ravens]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL).  He played [[college football]] for the [[Florida State Seminoles football|Florida State Seminoles]], earning recognition as a consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]].  A first-round pick of Baltimore in the [[1997 NFL draft]], he played his entire pro career for the Ravens.

Boulware was a [[Republican party (United States)|Republican]] candidate for the [[Florida House of Representatives]] in the 2008 general election.

==Early life==
Boulware was born in [[Columbia, South Carolina]]. He played at [[Heathwood Hall Episcopal School]], and then graduated first from Spring Valley High School, and went on to play for [[Florida State Seminoles football|Florida State University]]. He was an all-state pick for [[Spring Valley High School (South Carolina)|Spring Valley High School]] in 1992. He recorded 132 tackles, 14 sacks, and two blocked punts and was named one of the top 50 athletes in the nation by ''[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]''. He was also named one of the nation's top 100 athletes by the ''[[Dallas Morning News]]''.

==College career==
Boulware accepted an [[athletic scholarship]] to attend Florida State University, where he played for coach [[Bobby Bowden]]'s [[Florida State Seminoles football|Seminoles]] teams from 1993 to 1996. He redshirted his freshman season in 1993; as a redshirt freshman in 1994, he recorded 37 tackles, five sacks, and five tackles for loss. One of his sacks was recorded against [[Florida Gators football|Florida Gators]] quarterback [[Danny Wuerffel]] in the [[1995 Sugar Bowl (January)|1995 Sugar Bowl]].

As a sophomore, Boulware totaled 46 tackles, an [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]-leading ten sacks, and 18 tackles for losses, which ranked second in the ACC, and was named honorable mention All-ACC. As a junior, Boulware totaled 68 tackles, a school record 19 sacks, 20 tackles for losses, seven forced fumbles, and three fumble recoveries. He was a consensus first-team All-American, All-ACC, ACC Defensive Player of the Year, as well as National Defensive Player of the Year by [[Football News]]. His 19 sacks were the most in the nation. Boulware decided to enter the [[1997 NFL draft]]. Boulware graduated on April 26, 1997, with a degree in management information systems.

Boulware was one of six defensive ends selected to Sports Illustrated's all-20th century college football team.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/centurys_best/news/1999/10/06/cfb_allcentury_team/ |title=CNN/SI - Century's Best - SI's NCAA Football All-Century Team - Wednesday October 06, 1999 03:30 PM |website=sportsillustrated.cnn.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000824074230/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/centurys_best/news/1999/10/06/cfb_allcentury_team/ |archive-date=2000-08-24}}</ref>

==Professional career==
{{NFL predraft
|    height ft = 6
|    height in = 4 1/8
|       weight = 254
|         dash = 4.76
|    ten split = 1.66
| twenty split = 2.79
|      shuttle = 4.20
|   cone drill = 7.64
|     vertical = 34.0
|     arm span = 33 3/4
|    hand span = 9 3/4
}}

The Baltimore Ravens selected Boulware in the first round, with the fourth overall pick in the [[1997 NFL draft]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=1997 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1997/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>  In 1997 Boulware recorded 66 total tackles, 11.5 sacks, and one forced fumble to receive the [[NFL Rookie of the Year Award|NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year]] by the [[Associated Press]]. He would play for the Ravens for eight years, going to four Pro Bowls and becoming the Ravens' all-time sack leader, a title he held until he was surpassed by [[Terrell Suggs]] in 2011. Boulware was also a member of the [[Baltimore Ravens]]' [[Super Bowl]]-winning team during the [[2000 NFL season]]. The Ravens released Peter Boulware prior to the 2005 season, then re-signed him to a lower salary. Before the 2006 season, the Ravens released him again due to injuries and he decided to retire. Boulware finished his career with 493 tackles, a franchise record 70 sacks, 26.5 tackles for losses, 13 forced fumbles, five fumble recoveries, 19 pass deflections, and one interception for six yards in 126 career games.

==Personal life==
Peter Boulware is married and has five children. He is also the Owner/Managing Partner of [[Toyota]] dealerships in Tallahassee, FL and Columbia, SC. He has been featured in his dealerships’ commercials.
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.peterboulwaretoyota.com/staff/ |title=Meet Our Staff |website=Peter Boulware Toyota |access-date=11 October 2020 }}</ref> He also founded a private school, Community Leadership Academy. His younger brother, [[Michael Boulware]], also played in the NFL.

==Honors==
Peter Boulware was officially inducted into the Baltimore Ravens' Ring of Honor in a ceremony held during halftime of the game between the Ravens and the [[Cincinnati Bengals|Bengals]] on November 5, 2006.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090126042508/http://www.ravens24x7.com/column_view.php?cid%3D31%26id%3D740%26view%3Darchive Baltimore Ravens News - Key West Florida's My Home]</ref>

==Politics==
On September 10, 2007, Peter Boulware announced his candidacy for the Florida state house as a member of the Republican Party.<ref>[http://tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007709110331 Tallahassee Democrat - www.tallahassee.com - Tallahassee, FL] {{dead link|date=April 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> On August 26, 2008, Boulware won the Republican primary with 84.1 percent of the vote. On November 7, with all ballots counted from the election held on November 4, Democrat [[Michelle Rehwinkle Vasilinda]] beat Boulware by 430 votes, for an open Florida House seat.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120911013731/http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/11090365 Former NFL star Boulware concedes in state legislative race]</ref>  Following the election Boulware was appointed to the [[Florida Board of Education]] by Governor [[Charlie Crist]].<ref>[http://tallahassee.com/article/20081208/BREAKINGNEWS/81208014&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211065309/http://tallahassee.com/article/20081208/BREAKINGNEWS/81208014%26referrer%3DFRONTPAGECAROUSEL|date=December 11, 2008}}</ref>

Boulware contributed the federally allowed maximum to the presidential candidacy of [[Mike Huckabee]] in the [[Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008|2008 presidential election primary]].<ref>{{cite news | title = Newsmeat Campaign Contribution Search: Peter Boulware | url = http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=FL&last=boulware&first=peter | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110622083616/http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=FL&last=boulware&first=peter | archive-date = June 22, 2011 }}</ref>

==NFL career statistics==
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2"| Legend
|-
| style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"|
| Won the [[Super Bowl]]
|-
| '''Bold'''
| Career high
|}

===Regular season===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team
! colspan="2"| Games
! colspan="4"| Tackles
! colspan="4"| Fumbles
! colspan="6"| Interceptions
|-
! GP !! GS !! Cmb !! Solo !! Ast !! Sck !! FF !! FR !! Yds !! TD !! Int !! Yds !! Avg !! Lng !! TD !! PD
|-
! [[1997 NFL season|1997]] || [[1997 Baltimore Ravens season|BAL]]
| 16 || 16 || 58 || 43 || 15 || 11.5 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
! [[1998 NFL season|1998]] || [[1998 Baltimore Ravens season|BAL]]
| 16 || 16 || 61 || 38 || '''23''' || 8.5 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
! [[1999 NFL season|1999]] || [[1999 Baltimore Ravens season|BAL]]
| 16 || 11 || 37 || 31 || 6 || 10.0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 2
|-
! [[2000 NFL season|2000]] || style="background:#afe6ba;"|[[2000 Baltimore Ravens season|BAL]]
| 16 || 15 || 39 || 33 || 6 || 7.0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 1
|-
! [[2001 NFL season|2001]] || [[2001 Baltimore Ravens season|BAL]]
| 16 || 14 || 66 || 44 || 22 || '''15.0''' || '''4''' || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || '''4'''
|-
! [[2002 NFL season|2002]] || [[2002 Baltimore Ravens season|BAL]]
| 16 || 16 || '''73''' || '''57''' || 16 || 7.0 || 0 || '''2''' || '''4''' || 0 || '''1''' || '''6''' || '''6.0''' || '''6''' || 0 || '''4'''
|-
! [[2003 NFL season|2003]] || [[2003 Baltimore Ravens season|BAL]]
| 15 || 14 || 58 || 42 || 16 || 8.5 || '''4''' || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 2
|-
! [[2004 NFL season|2004]] !! [[2004 Baltimore Ravens season|BAL]]
| colspan="16"| ''Did not play due to injury''
|-
! [[2005 NFL season|2005]] || [[2005 Baltimore Ravens season|BAL]]
| 15 || 0 || 9 || 5 || 4 || 2.5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 1
|-
! colspan="2"| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BoulPe00.htm Career] || 126 || 102 || 401 || 293 || 108 || 70.0 || 14 || 5 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 6 || 6.0 || 6 || 0 || 14
|}

===Post-season===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team
! colspan="2"| Games
! colspan="4"| Tackles
! colspan="4"| Fumbles
! colspan="6"| Interceptions
|-
! GP !! GS !! Cmb !! Solo !! Ast !! Sck !! FF !! FR !! Yds !! TD !! Int !! Yds !! Avg !! Lng !! TD !! PD
|-
! [[2000–01 NFL playoffs|2000]] || style="background:#afe6ba;"|[[2000 Baltimore Ravens season|BAL]]
| 4 || 4 || '''19''' || '''14''' || '''5''' || '''2.0'''|| '''1''' || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || '''1'''
|-
! [[2001–02 NFL playoffs|2001]] || [[2001 Baltimore Ravens season|BAL]]
| 2 || 2 || 5 || 3 || 2 || 1.0 || '''1''' || '''1''' || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
! [[2003–04 NFL playoffs|2003]] !! [[2003 Baltimore Ravens season|BAL]]
| colspan="16"| ''Did not play due to injury''
|-
! colspan="2"| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BoulPe00.htm Career] || 6 || 6 || 24 || 17 || 7 || 3.0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 
|}

==See also==
*[[Spring Valley High School (South Carolina)|List of Spring Valley High School alumni]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080828042127/http://www.voteboulware.com/ Peter Boulware for Florida House of Representatives]

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