2015 Football Roster
Roster
Reuben Peters
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Westchester, CA
- High School:
- Loyola
CAREER: He has 8 tackles, a rush for 0 yards and a 3-yard kickoff return in his career while appearing in 32 games.
2018: Peters was moved back to inside linebacker (his original position at USC) in the spring of 2018 and could see action there or at fullback (he is USC’s only fullback on the roster), as well as on special teams, as a senior in 2018.
2017: Peters appeared in 13 games (all but Western Michigan) as a fullback and primarily on special teams as a junior in 2017. Overall in 2017, he had a rush for 0 yards (at Arizona State) and made a tackle (against Arizona).
2016: Peters, a former walk-on who was awarded a scholarship in the fall of 2016, saw action as a fullback and on special teams as a sophomore in 2016 (he was converted from inside linebacker in the fall of 2016). Overall in 2016, he appeared in all 13 games, made 1 tackle (versus Penn State) but did not carry the ball. He won USC’s 2016 Lifters Award.
2015: Peters was a reserve walk-on redshirt freshman inside linebacker in 2015. Overall in 2015, he saw action in 6 games (Arkansas State, Idaho, Utah, California, Arizona, Colorado), including some on special teams, and he had 6 tackles and returned a short kickoff for 3 yards (3.0 avg). He had 2 tackles against Arkansas State and 4 versus Idaho. He won the 2015 USC Joe Collins Walk-on Award.
2014: Peters redshirted as a reserve walk-on freshman inside linebacker in 2014, his first year at USC. He was named USC's 2014 Defensive Service Team Player of the Year.
HIGH SCHOOL: Peters was a 2013 All-Serra League first team pick at Loyola High in Los Angeles (Calif.) as a senior linebacker while getting 32 tackles and a deflection. Current Trojans Chris Brown, Christian Rector and Jack Webster also prepped at Loyola.
PERSONAL: He received his bachelor’s degree in real estate development at USC in the spring of 2018 and is now working on his master’s degree in project management.
