While at the University of North Carolina, Peppers was also a walk-on member of the men's basketball team. Peppers played so well he caused Vikings Pro Bowl left tackle Peppers was voted to his fifth Pro Bowl and also earned Second-Team All Pro honors. 89 Peppers would record 2 tackles and pressure New England QB Tom Brady all throughout the game. After the play sports commentator Phil Simms commented that Peppers "was a star waiting to happen."

Peppers would change from left defensive end to right defensive end before the season, which was the position he played in college at the University of North Carolina.Peppers finished the season with 40 solo tackles, 11 assisted tackles, 14.5 sacks, 5 forced fumbles, 5 passes defensed, 4 stuffs, and 1 blocked kick. Julius Peppers.

In week 2 and in Peppers homecoming game in Charlotte, North Carolina at Bank of America Stadium, Peppers would be the last player to be introduced to the crowd as he came out of the tunnel to a huge standing ovation, excited to be back playing for his home state team, and team that drafted him with the second pick in the 2002 NFL draft. After the season, Peppers earned a spot on the NFC Pro Bowl team, which was the fourth of his career. He was also selected to his ninth career Pro Bowl. 95 In doing so, Peppers became the first player in NFL history to record at least 100 sacks and 10 interceptions,Peppers also became the first player since sacks became an official statistic in 1982 to record at least a half-sack and an interception-return touchdown in three different games.In Week 11, Peppers recorded 2 tackles and his 11th career interception which he returned 52 yards for a touchdown, becoming the first player in NFL history to record at least 100 sacks and 4 interception-return touchdowns.Peppers finished the season with 29 solo tackles, 15 assisted tackles, 7 sacks, 4 forced fumbles, 3 fumble recoveries, 2 interceptions, 2 defensive touchdowns, 11 passes defensed, and 4 stuffs. Peppers would again record two three-sack games during the season, his first against the In week 3 against the Cleveland Browns, Peppers, who was playing with a sore ankle, would be a nightmare all game long for QB Charlie Frye and the Browns offensive line.

$3.00 + $3.50 shipping . 91 In week 4, Peppers helped the Panthers defeat the New England Patriots 33-30. In the wild card round of the playoffs, Peppers was part of defensive effort that held scoreless the New York Giants offense that ranked third in the NFL in points per game.

Peppers was a highly disruptive force all throughout Super Bowl XXXVIII. On the very next play Peppers again ripped into the Patriots backfield along with blitzing Panthers linebacker Dan Morgan hurrying Tom Brady into a rushed throw for an incompletion, and then again on the following play Peppers man handled Tom Ashworth with a hump move made famous by former great Defensive End Reggie White, as Peppers tossed Ashworth to the side like a rag doll, leaped into the air with both arms up and hit Tom Brady altering his hurried throw for an incompletion. In addition, he developed a keen interest in the world of football since his childhood years. Peppers had another dominant performance recording 4 tackles, 2 sacks, 3 QB hits, and nearly had another sack and forced fumble right before halftime as he helped to disrupt Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, (who suffered an ac joint sprain in his left shoulder on one of Peppers sacks, but was able to finish the game) and the New England offense throughout the game, despite playing through a right shoulder injury of his own that he had in a brace.

Peppers and the Bears came within one game of reaching the Super Bowl, but ultimately lost to the "Though Peppers had but eight sacks this year, he had a huge impact on a defense that went from 21st in the league in points allowed in 2009 to fourth this year; from 4.3 yards per rush last year to 3.7 this year; from 29 touchdown passes surrendered last year to 14 this year.

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