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Did Jabrill Peppers' tough past shape him into the NFL powerhouse he is today?

Jabrill Peppers is perhaps one of the most touted NFL athletes right now. The football safety is a beast on the ground, which has earned him a large following. Every day, admirers get increasingly intrigued about him. Everyone wants to know about his family and other personal details, but there isn’t much information available in one location. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered with all the facts you need to know about the Eagles star and his family.

Who are Jabrill Peppers’ mom and dad?

Peppers was born in East Orange, New Jersey, to Ivory Bryant and Terry Peppers. Jabrill was their second son, and both were loving parents. He was the most loved one in the family and the only bad part of his life was the involvement of his father in some gang-related issues.

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These issues indeed caught up later, as Terry Peppers was arrested in 2003 on gang-related allegations and later sent to jail. At the time, the future NFL player was just seven years old. Terry was freed after 11 years in 2014, but by then Jabrill was 18. Thus both of them missed out on some of their most important father-son years.

During this time, Ivory Bryant was taking care of the family and assisting the future NFL player in choosing a career. Jabrill himself has stated numerous times that his mother was his power, passion, and strength in the early days of his career. His older brother, Don Curtis, was also assisting the family at the time by doing some odd jobs. Everything was fine, but another tragic incident happened in the family.

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How did the Future Eagles’ safety lose his brother in 2010?

For those who were not aware of this, Don Curtis was actually shot and killed in 2010 at the Lucky Joy Restaurant in Newark, New Jersey. The man was shot in the back while working at the counter, and it was later discovered that the shooting was also connected to a gang-related thing.

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Terry was in prison at this point, thus this was a severe blow to the Peppers family. Even though Ivory Bryant was inconsolable, the courageous woman continued to give Jabrill Peppers her whole attention. Don Curtis took on the position of the family’s headman, and losing him was miserable. This is why the football safety was in complete shock, but his mother took care of him very well.

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Despite all of these challenges, the family gradually began to mend, and things finally improved. Terry Peppers was released in 2014, and then Jabrill Peppers was selected by the NFL in the year, 2017. The family hasn’t looked back since, and we hope they continue to flourish from this point on.

What do you think about Jabrill Peppers’ family? Do you also think that all of these events have made him a much stronger man?