Former Tiger Patrick Peterson Returns To Arizona To Retire A Cardinal

by Staff Reporter

April 15, 202511 Comments

Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

After playing 13 years in the NFL, former LSU star cornerback Patrick Peterson is hanging up his cleats and retiring as an Arizona Cardinal.

Peterson played his first ten seasons with the Cardinals after they selected him fifth overall in 2011. He last played in 2023, appearing in all 17 games for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Per AZ Cardinals:

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To make it official, however, it was important for him to return to Arizona and do it with the Cardinals.

"Hopefully I did enough to put me where I want be at the end of my career, which is in Canton and football heaven," Peterson said. "Arizona gave me that opportunity to do that, so it was only right to be able to retire a Cardinal."

He did so with a host of former Cardinals teammates on hand: Fitzgerald, Andre Roberts, Tony Jefferson, Adrian Wilson, Budda Baker, Jalen Thompson, Drew Stanton, Dennis Gardeck and Calais Campbell.

Current Cardinals Trey McBride and Garrett Williams, along with coach Jonathan Gannon and GM Monti Ossenfort, were also on hand to help celebrate the career of one of only five defensive players in the Super Bowl era to make a Pro Bowl in each of his first eight seasons. (The others were Aaron Donald, Derrick Thomas, Lawrence Taylor and Joe Greene.)

"You see his full body of work, he was probably underappreciated, more in the middle of his career, because it was expected of him," Wilson said. "As he got older, he had set such a high bar for himself, even if he did have a down game, he got heavily criticized even if (for most) it was a really good game.

"I probably never played with a guy as talented -- maybe (Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie) in terms of physical ability -- in terms of the mental makeup, the physical ability and the ability to lock in. That was his calling card."

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Bucky_B•2 months

would love to see him come back and show the current players at LSU how its done. how to be successful at all levels.

BayouTigers4Life•2 months

Top 10 recruit who committed to us early and unexpectedly, stuck with his commitment. No drama no BS as a recruit or a player.

6R12•2 months

That INT that they took away from him at bama always frustrates me. That was one of the most aggravating calls dealing with SEC refs.

CSATiger•2 months

PP7 4ever

Bayou•2 months

No doubt great. The best Cardinal DB, however, was a native Louisianan, Aeneas Williams, from Southern.

GeauxTigers1410•2 months

The Man. One of the greatest Tigers of all time on any metroc.

GeauxTigers1410•2 months

Or metric

MasonTiger•2 months

I’d have to agree with that. I’ve of the greatest.

MasonTiger•2 months

One of

grich31•2 months

DBU ??!

Displaced•2 months

Great Tiger and great NFL career. My personal favorite #7.

That rounded out gym selfie of his will forever live in my mind as the epitome of a BAMF.

I look forward to seeing PP7 on the sidelines at home games in the future as an ambassador for transfers/recruits.

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