Chris Peace is in his first season with Utah State as a junior analyst for the defense and will work primarily with the outside linebackers. The 2025 campaign will be his second year working for head coach Bronco Mendenhall.
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Most recently, Peace coached at St. Anne Belfield High School in Charlottesville, Virginia, during the 2024 season under head coach Heath Miller, a former NFL tight end with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Before that, he served as a graduate assistant at Virginia during the 2021 and 2022 seasons.
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Notable players that Peace coached during his time at Virginia include Mike Green, Elliott Brown and Nick Jackson. Green was the 2024 FBS leader in sacks and tackles for loss at Marshall, while Brown led the CFL in sacks this past year, and Jackson finished his career as the second-leading tackler in NCAA history.
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Peace returned to the Cavalier program after signing as a free agent with the Los Angeles Chargers before the 2019 season. He made his NFL debut in the team’s 2019 season opener and played in each of the first four games before being picked up by the New York Giants, appearing in the last 12 games of the year during his rookie season. Peace spent the 2020 preseason with the Giants.
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Peace played five years (2014-18) at Virginia, including his final three seasons under Mendenhall. As a senior, he made 65 tackles (11.5 for loss) and led all Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) linebackers with 7.5 sacks en route to receiving third-team All-ACC honors. It marked the second consecutive season he led ACC linebackers in sacks, recording 7.5 as a junior.
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A native of Newport News, Virginia, Peace received his degree in American studies from Virginia in 2018. He has a son named Paris.
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