Jason Peters Jason Raynard Peters ( born January 22 , 1982 ) is an American football offensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League ( NFL ) . He played college football for the University of Arkansas , and was signed by the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent in 2004 , originally as a tight end . Peters was selected to the Pro Bowl in 2007 through 2011 . College career . While attending the University of Arkansas , Peters played for the Arkansas Razorbacks football team . Originally recruited as a defensive tackle , he spent his freshman campaign as a reserve defensive lineman . He was then moved to the tight end spot , where he caught four passes for 37 yards as a sophomore . In his junior year , Peters registered 21 catches for 218 yards and four touchdowns , which earned him a second - team All - SEC selection . Professional career . 2004 NFL Draft . A fairly athletic tight end at more than 320 pounds , Peters was seen as " a clone of former Denver Broncos giant Orson Mobley . " Since he registered far more knockdown blocks ( 61 ) than catches ( 21 ) in his last year in college , Peters spent much time prior to the 2004 NFL Draft working O - line drills , commending himself as an offensive tackle for the NFL . He was projected as an early fourth round pick by " Sports Illustrated " , but eventually went undrafted . Buffalo Bills . Peters was picked up by the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted rookie free agent in April 2004 . He was cut then re - signed to the Bills ' practice squad . He was signed to the active roster on November 12 , 2004 . Peters made his mark on special teams as a feared wedge buster on kickoffs and as a blocking tight end , while beginning to learn to play offensive tackle under the tutelage of offensive line coach Jim McNally . In 2006 , Peters beat out former Texas star Mike Williams for starting right tackle on the Bills . Peters was rewarded for his play , signing a 5 - year , $ 15 million contract extension with the Bills in the offseason . In 2007 , Peters began the season entrenched as the starting right tackle . After Week 7 , the Bills reshuffled their offensive line to better protect quarterback J . P . Losman . Peters was moved to left tackle , replacing Mike Gandy who moved inside to left guard . After the 2006 season , " Sports Illustrated " ' s Paul Zimmerman debated selecting Peters to his All - Pro team . " I was rooting for the Bills ' Jason Peters , whom I would have loved to pick , but he isn ' t there yet . Very athletic , but not enough of a roughneck . " In 2007 , Peters saw his best years as a pro , to date , and was selected to start at left tackle on the AFC Pro - Bowl team . It came after an overall dominating season , and was very little surprise to many around the league . As offensive line coach Jim McNally put it , " His ability is limitless . " He injured his groin in a game against the New York Giants , and was unable to attend the Pro Bowl game . He was the first Bills offensive lineman to make the Pro Bowl since Ruben Brown in 2003 . Joe Thomas was selected to replace him in the Pro Bowl . At the beginning of the 2008 offseason Peters was unhappy with his contract and did not report to any of the Bills offseason workouts including the teams ' mandatory minicamps . Head Coach Dick Jauron has said that he will be fined and will even be taken out of the lineup if he does not show . " I thought Jason would be at our mandatory minicamp , but that ’ s a decision he ’ s made and he ’ ll be fined , ” Jauron said . “ I wish he was here , obviously . But also on the flip side of it , for me , I have lots of other things going on . The guys that are here are working really hard , so we ’ ll work with those guys . ” Fueling Peters ' angst is that he is only the third - highest paid offensive lineman on the team despite being the Bills ' only Pro Bowl blocker . Before the 2007 season , Buffalo gave two sizable contracts to free agent offensive linemen . Left guard Derrick Dockery was lured away from the Washington Redskins with a 7 - year , $ 49 million contract with $ 18 million signing bonus , the third largest in NFL history at his position . Right tackle Langston Walker came in from the Oakland Raiders , signing a 5 - year , $ 25 million contract with a $ 10 million bonus . When comparing Peters to players on other teams , the Seattle Seahawks ' left tackle , Walter Jones , the NFC ' s starting left tackle in last year ' s Pro Bowl , is under a contract signed in 2005 for $ 50 million over seven years . However , Jones was a five time pro bowl selection prior to signing his 2005 contract while Peters has been selected to only one pro bowl . Peters reportedly wanted a contract between $ 8 million and $ 11 . 5 million per season in a contract extension . On July 25 , 2008 , the NFL Network ' s Adam Schefter reported Jason Peters would not report to the Bills ' training camp at Saint John Fisher College in Pittsford , N . Y . Schefter also said Peters was willing to sit out the entire season to get a new and improved contract . On August 20 , 2008 , training camp for the Bills came to an end with Peters being absent for the whole camp and all of the preseason games . On August 21 , 2008 , the Bills signed rookie tackle Dustin Dickinson to help Langston Walker fill the void . On September 5 , 2008 , Jason Peters ended his holdout and returned to the Buffalo Bills . Peters was fined over $ 560 , 000 for missing all of training camp , but if he had missed a regular season game , he would have been fined $ 191 , 000 for each game he missed . Jason was selected as the starting left tackle in the Pro Bowl and was a Second - team All - Pro although his 2008 season was subpar and some thought the Pro Bowl selection was dubious . In 2006 he allowed only two sacks and allowed six sacks in 2007 . In 2008 Peters allowed 11½ sacks — tied for worst in the NFL among starting left tackles . Officially the NFL does not recognize " sacks allowed " as the " statistic " is mostly subjective and potentially misleading . Philadelphia Eagles . Peters had been unhappy with his contract and had not been attending the Bills ’ offseason activities after staging a holdout in 2008 during training camp . Due to the dispute with the Bills they went ahead and traded the unhappy Pro Bowler to the Philadelphia Eagles on April 17 , 2009 . The Eagles acquired Peters from the Bills for the 28th overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft . The Eagles also sent a fourth - round pick ( 121st overall ) in the 2009 NFL Draft and a late conditional pick ( 6th round ) in the 2010 NFL Draft . On April 17 , 2009 , the Eagles announced they had signed Peters to a six - year contract for $ 60 million that will keep him in Philadelphia through 2014 . Peters had two years left on his last contract , so Philadelphia had essentially torn up the last two seasons and given him a new contract . Head coach Andy Reid added , " Jason Peters is the best left tackle in football . He is a powerful and athletic tackle and I have admired his play over the last few years on film . " Peters was selected to the 2010 Pro Bowl and 2011 Pro Bowl as a starter and was a 2010 second team All - Pro selection . On March 28 , 2012 , Peters ruptured his Achilles tendon during an offseason workout . He ruptured it a second time in May 2012 after the equipment he was using to move around his house malfunctioned . He was placed on the active / non - football injury list on July 22 , 2012 , before the start of training camp . On February 26 , 2014 , Peters signed a new 5 - year deal worth $ 51 . 3 million with the Eagles . Personal . Peters was arrested and charged with playing loud music and disturbing the peace on March 26 , 2011 , in Shreveport , Louisiana . < br > Peters was arrested and charged with speeding and resisting a police officer by flight on June 12 , 2013 , in Monroe , Louisiana .