Jun 9th 2008 8:08AM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: Panthers, Charlotte, CarolinaAfter an All-American career at Nebraska, defensive lineman Jason Peter was the Carolina Panthers’ first-round draft pick in 1998. But he failed in the NFL, starting just 20 games and leaving the league for good after four seasons.

Now he’s written a book that details the drug abuse that derailed his career.

He says he would down 60 Vicodin and 20 sleeping pills with a bottle of vodka. Peter King of SI.com, who read an advance copy of the book, writes:
Vicodin. Ambien. Cocaine. Crack. Heroin. GHB, the date-rape drug. Lots of others I’ve never heard of. He’s not sure if he’s been in rehab six or seven times. He’s blown most of the $6.5 million Carolina paid him over a disappointing, injury-filled NFL career with the Panthers. Nights and weeks with prostitutes so numerous … well, so numerous that his Madame at a high-rolling Manhattan brothel ran out of girls for him.
Jason Peter now says he’s amazed he’s still alive. Reading King’s account of the book, it is amazing.