{"id":892808,"date":"2026-05-16T12:57:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T12:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/892808\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T12:57:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T12:57:17","slug":"darryl-darryn-peterson-first-brothers-enter-nfl-nba-same-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/892808\/","title":{"rendered":"Darryl, Darryn Peterson first brothers enter NFL, NBA same year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the Rams announced their list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therams.com\/news\/rams-agree-to-terms-with-undrafted-free-agents-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">undrafted free agents<\/a> they agreed to terms with, one name should stick out to fans who also follow the NBA.<\/p>\n<p>Darryl Peterson III.<\/p>\n<p>Peterson is the older brother of standout NBA prospect Darryn Peterson, widely considered one of the top two players \u2014\u00a0alongside BYU\u2019s AJ Dybantsa \u2014 available for the 2026 NBA draft.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.83701188;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"493\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/032226StJohns015CW.jpg\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"\"  \/> According to NBA reporter Krysten Peek, the Darryl and Darryn Peterson will be the first pair of brothers to enter the NFL and NBA in the same year.Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5008547;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2248012676.jpg\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"\"  \/> According to NBA reporter Krysten Peek, the Darryl and Darryn Peterson will be the first pair of brothers to enter the NFL and NBA in the same year.Getty Images\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAdvertisement\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>After an up-and-down season where Darryn\u2019s character and work ethic were questioned due to random events while at Kansas, Darryn silenced many doubters with a stunning performance at the NBA draft combine this past week.<\/p>\n<p>It was there where he spoke at length with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/hockey-days-custom-shirts-and-more-stories-behind-2026-nba-draft-prospects\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Krysten Peek<\/a> about his brother Darryl.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of people don\u2019t know this, but my brother played football at Wisconsin. He\u2019s a really good football player and he just got signed with the LA Rams. We grew up working and having the same dream, different sport and it\u2019s just super cool to see him achieve his and me, hopefully next month, achieve mine. Shout out to our parents. We both worked super hard and they sacrificed so much for us to both chase our dreams. Without them it wouldn\u2019t be possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Peek, the duo will be the first pair of brothers to enter the NFL and NBA in the same year.<\/p>\n<p>While Darryn\u2019s NBA future most likely comes down to Washington or Utah, Darryl will be in Los Angeles trying to make the Rams\u2019 team.<\/p>\n<p>Darryl played in all 12 games for Wisconsin as a senior, registering a team-high 11.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks. He was named honorable mention All-Big-10 as the Badgers finished 4-8 overall and 2-7 in conference play.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Another fun one from this piece\u2026Darryn Peterson&#8217;s older brother Darryl (former linebacker at Wisconsin) just signed with the LA Rams. Next month, the duo will be the first pair of brothers to enter the NFL and NBA in the same year. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xWCSKhNUrx\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/xWCSKhNUrx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YZCxhVyvEn\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/YZCxhVyvEn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Krysten Peek (@krystenpeek) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krystenpeek\/status\/2055283904840433970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When the Rams announced their list of undrafted free agents they agreed to terms with, one name should&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":892809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1443,7,4719,58,18470,6,9,2785],"class_list":["post-892808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-california","tag-football","tag-kansas-jayhawks","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-nba-draft","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-wisconsin-badgers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116584372310874903","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=892808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/892809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=892808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=892808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=892808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}