The child was two years old. [93] Following Peterson's record performance, Deion Sanders, now an NFL Network analyst, said about him: "He has the vision of a Marshall Faulk, the power of an Earl Campbell, and the speed of an Eric Dickerson. [238] On December 17, the Vikings activated Peterson to the active roster. [171] For the sixth time in his career, he earned Offensive Player of the Week honors. [306][307] In 2016, he and Williams opened a gym in Houston that includes a soccer field, an MMA training area and an incline running hill. Most rushing yards in a single game (296; vs. [260], Peterson signed a one-year, veteran minimum contract with the Washington Redskins on August 20, 2018. He ran for 2,960 yards and 32 touchdowns as a senior. Posted: (1 days ago) Tim Twentyman covers all the Detroit Lions news of the day including Adrian Peterson facing another former team, Kenny Golladay's status and more. Career Stats for RB Adrian Peterson. [2][3] His mother, a three-time Texas state champion at Westwood High School, attended the University of Houston on an athletic scholarship as a sprinter and long jumper. Related Videos. [186] His comeback from an ACL tear the season before also earned him second place in NFL Comeback Player of the Year award voting, coming in second to Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning. [315] Photos posted on TMZ.com showed son's legs with slash-like wounds. [222] Week 17 saw the Vikings defeat the Green Bay Packers for the NFC North Division Championship. [102] The injury occurred in the third quarter of a 34–0 defeat at Lambeau Field on a low tackle by Packers cornerback Al Harris. Just 11 weeks into his rookie season with the Vikings, Peterson was well on his way to Dickerson's record and considered one of the elite running backs in the NFL. [278] Peterson finished the season with 898 rushing yards and five rushing touchdowns. [280] He was released by the team on September 4, 2020. At age 7, Peterson saw his 9-year-old brother Brian killed by a drunk driver as he rode his bicycle. Favre worked well into the offense through the first half of the season, re-establishing Peterson's ability with a passing attack. Player of the Year", "Adrian Peterson - Oklahoma Sooners - College Football - Rivals.com", "Houston at Oklahoma Box Score, September 11, 2004", "Oregon at Oklahoma Box Score, September 18, 2004", "Texas Tech at Oklahoma Box Score, October 2, 2004", "Texas vs Oklahoma Box Score, October 9, 2004", "Oklahoma at Kansas State Box Score, October 16, 2004", "No. Peterson then played with the Washington Redskins for two seasons before joining the Lions in 2020. The Vikings improved from 3–13 in 2011 to 10–6, qualifying as the NFC's sixth seed in the playoffs. [213][214][215] Peterson returned to the Vikings on June 2. [21][28], Against Oklahoma State on October 30, 2004, Peterson had an 80-yard touchdown run and rushed for 161 yards in the third quarter, finishing with a career-high 249 yards. [87] For his performance in the three games, Peterson received the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Month award for both September and October 2007. Where. [48] The Sooners would represent the Big 12 in the Holiday Bowl, where they defeated the #6 Oregon Ducks, 17–14. Peterson was limited to 85 yards on just 19 carries, as the Vikings struggled to produce offense. However, Peterson bounced back from the fumbles the following week against the Chicago Bears, totaling 22 carries for 121 yards and two touchdowns. [102] Almost a month after the injury, Peterson returned to action on December 2, 2007 against the Detroit Lions scoring two touchdowns and rushing for 116 yards. [2], As a senior in 2003, he rushed for 2,960 yards on 252 attempts, an average of 11.7 yards per carry, and 32 touchdowns. He ran the 100-meter dash in 10.26 seconds in a district meet his junior year. ", "Adrian Peterson Credits Family For Success", "Browns to learn today if they'll draft third or fourth", "Adrian Peterson-Oklahoma RB-2007 NFL Draft Scout Player Profile", "Adrian Peterson – RB – Oklahoma – NFL Combine Results", "Vikings' Peterson confident he can contribute", "At home, Vikings star can put his fire on ice", "Vikings agree to five-year deal with top pick Peterson", "Is Adrian Peterson the best back in football? In the first quarter of a narrow 23–20 loss on the road against the Arizona Cardinals in Week 14, Peterson scored his 100th career touchdown. Throughout the season, he shared the backfield with D'Andre Swift and Kerryon Johnson. [157] On October 9, Peterson scored three touchdowns in the first quarter against the Arizona Cardinals,[158] setting a new franchise record. Peterson rushed for 122 yards and three touchdowns in the loss. He was then awarded the MVP award for his performance in the Pro Bowl and became only the fifth player in NFL history to have more than 3,000 yards through his first two seasons. In the game, Peterson recovered a Teddy Bridgewater fumble late in regulation to help preserve the victory. ", "Detroit Lions RB Adrian Peterson ordered to pay $8.3M to loan company, records show", "Report: Adrian Peterson indicted in child injury case in Texas", "Adrian Peterson's childhood friend shows tree where he says they picked out switches", "Adrian Peterson – Indicted for Child Abuse ... 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Subscribe to NFL: .My reaction to THE #1 RANKED RB DALVIN FASTER THAN YOU COOK! Greek god-like athletes just don’t come along often. [223] Peterson was just the third player in history over the age of 30 to lead the NFL in single-season rushing yards. He became the fourth running back to lead the league in yards per game in his first two seasons along with Jim Brown, Earl Campbell, and Eric Dickerson. [104] The next day, he was named as the starting running back for the 2008 NFC Pro Bowl team. [39] After the season, he had surgery on his left shoulder to strengthen the muscles around the joint. Had the Vikings exercised the option, they would have had to pay him $18 million for the 2017 season. "[81] Nearly three months after being drafted, he was signed by the Vikings on July 29, 2007. Video highlights for Adrian Peterson college and high school career. He scored his 100th career rushing touchdown in the 24–6 win over the Cardinals, moving him into a three-way tie for seventh place on the career rushing touchdowns list. Tampa Bay was coming off a bye week and was a notoriously difficult team to run against. Peterson became the second player (Earl Campbell, 1980) to rush for 150 or more yards in seven games during an NFL season and had 1,019 yards after contact. [258] Overall, in the 2017 season, he finished with 529 rushing yards, two rushing touchdowns, 11 receptions, and 70 receiving yards. Peterson described the implement as a "switch",[314] a form of punishment that was used on Peterson in his own childhood. Named a unanimous All-American that year, he became the first freshman to finish as a runner-up in the Heisman Trophy balloting. In recognition of his 2008 season, he was named the recipient of the Bert Bell Award. [29] Despite dislocating his left shoulder in the first half, he managed to run for 101 yards and a touchdown on 29 carries, his ninth straight 100-yard game, against Texas A&M. He played college football at Oklahoma. [139] However, they lost to the eventual Super Bowl XLIV champion New Orleans Saints in the NFC Championship in overtime by a score of 31–28. [8] The player most frequently mentioned was Peterson. Peterson played in the popular East Texas, Anderson County Youth Football Program. Drop a like if you enjoyed fam ;) … [42] He injured his ankle in the first Big 12 Conference game of the season against Kansas State. Adrian Lewis Peterson (born March 21, 1985) is an American football running back for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). [61][62] He returned for their last game against Boise State in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl, where he rushed for 77 yards and a touchdown. [155] The 50 Greatest College Football Players of All Time ... Posted: (2 days ago) Barry Sanders had one of the greatest seasons in college football history when he won the Heisman Trophy for Oklahoma State in 1988. [136] Overall, he finished the season with 1,383 rushing yards and a league-high 18 rushing touchdowns to go along with a career-high 43 receptions for 436 receiving yards. Peterson, the No. [2] He recorded a wind-legal time of 10.26 seconds in the 100-meter dash at the 2002 District 15-4A Championships, where he took first by a large margin. [33] Oklahoma, who were one of the poorest rushing teams the year before, became one of the nation's best. [82], Peterson began his outstanding rookie year with high expectations for himself; he announced ambitious goals including being named NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and rushing for 1,341 yards during the course of the year. During the 2013 season, Peterson became the third-fastest player to reach 10,000 rushing yards in NFL history. His vision, wiggle and sheer willingness to embrace contact stood out to Burton, who was in charge of Rivals’ rankings at the time. [287], Peterson has a half-brother named Jaylon Brown who was a running back on the football team at Klein Oak High School. [2] Peterson's junior season ended with 2,051 yards on 246 carries, an average of 8.3 yards per carry, and 22 touchdowns. However, the NFL Players Association called Henderson's objectivity into question and said it was "considering immediate legal remedies" to the decision. As a unanimous first-team All-American, he became … [127] In his playoff debut, Peterson had 83 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns in a 26–14 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in the Wild Card Round. [31] In a game against Baylor, Peterson ran for 240 yards, including three second-half touchdowns,[32] and set the NCAA record for most 100-yard games by a freshman with 11 against Colorado. However, the arrival of quarterback Brett Favre, one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history, coming out of retirement brought both expectation and speculation about Peterson's new role in the offense. [77] Peterson was the first running back selected and the first of three Oklahoma Sooners to be drafted in the 2007 NFL Draft. He returned to action in Week 15 against the Indianapolis Colts and had six carries for 22 yards. [207] Amid the child abuse allegations, on September 15, the Vikings reinstated Peterson and he was scheduled to play against the New Orleans Saints. [65], On January 15, 2007, Peterson declared that he would forego his senior year of college and enter the 2007 NFL Draft. [317][318], On November 4, 2014, Peterson pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor charge of recklessly assaulting his son. [200] On November 24, in a 26–26 tie with the Green Bay Packers, he had 146 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown. While the Vikings missed the playoffs, Peterson represented his team in the Pro Bowl. [159][160] In 2012, Peterson became the sixth-fastest player to reach 8,000 rushing yards, ending the season with 2,097 rushing yards, just nine yards shy of breaking Eric Dickerson's single-season all-time record. Let’s take this a step further. Adrian Lewis Peterson (born March 21, 1985) is an American football running back who is a free agent. Will Adrian Peterson Play In 2016 He is widely considered to be one of the greatest running backs in football history. Things like that can change the whole attitude of an organization. [211] Despite his tumultuous season, he was ranked 62nd by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2015, dropping 58 spots from the previous season. Positional value matters when 247Sports ranks prospects with an eye toward the NFL Draft. [230] In the Wild Card Round of the playoffs against the Seattle Seahawks, he had 45 rushing yards, 12 receiving yards, and a fumble in the narrow 10–9 home loss. On September 10, 2011, the Vikings signed Peterson for $96 million over the course of seven seasons, making him the highest paid running back in NFL history. In 2014, Peterson was indicted by a grand jury in Texas on charges of reckless or negligent injury to a child that occurred earlier that year, and was suspended for the rest of the season. Therefore, during the choice-making process, he was confused between USC and Oklahoma. As a rookie, he set an NFL record for the most rushing yards in a single game (296) and was named NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. Peterson amassed 2,314 all-purpose yards from scrimmage in 2012, tying Marcus Allen for the eighth-highest total ever. [citation needed] He also posted a wind-assisted time of 10.33 seconds in the 100 meters at the 2003 UIL State Track Meet, where he earned a second-place finish behind Ivory Williams,[10][11] who won the 2004 World Junior Championship over the same distance. [310][311], In 2018, DeAngelo Vehicle Sales LLC, a Pennsylvania loan company, sued Peterson after he defaulted on a 2016 loan and failed to make the full payment of $5.2 million by March 1, 2017. [76], On April 28, 2007, Peterson was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the first round with the seventh overall pick in the first round of the 2007 NFL Draft. "[79], Peterson believed he was a player that a franchise could build around. [69][5][70][71] He started 22 out of 31 games in his college career and had a dislocated shoulder his first year (although he did not miss any games), a high ankle sprain his sophomore year, and a broken collarbone his final year at Oklahoma. Loses Its 2004 B.C.S. [179], Entering Week 17, he needed 208 yards to break the NFL single-season record for the most rushing yards (2,105), set in 1984 by Eric Dickerson. [119] His performance gave him his third Offensive Player of the Week nod. During the game, Peterson contributed 80 rushing yards and a touchdown in a 55–41 NFC win. [263] In Week 3, in a 31–17 victory over the Green Bay Packers, Peterson had 19 carries for 120 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns. The Sooners would turn to Allen Patrick, a junior, and Chris Brown, a freshman, to replace Peterson. [112] In the following loss to the Indianapolis Colts, Peterson rushed for a then season-high 160 yards on 29 carries, and also recorded four receptions for 20 yards. 98 Adrian Peterson", "Vikings Will Not Exercise 2017 Option on Adrian Peterson's Contract", "Saints Agree to Terms with RB Adrian Peterson on a Two-Year Contract", "Adrian Peterson, Saints finalize two-year contract", "Adrian Peterson: Exchange with Sean Payton about running routes", "New Orleans Saints at Minnesota Vikings – September 11th, 2017", "New England Patriots at New Orleans Saints – September 17th, 2017", "New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers – September 24th, 2017", "New Orleans Saints at Miami Dolphins – October 1st, 2017", "Saints trade RB Adrian Peterson to Cardinals", "Cardinals' Adrian Peterson: I have a lot left in the tank", "Peterson scored twice as Cardinals hold off Bucs 38–33", "Adrian Peterson among the NFL Players of the Week", "Arizona Cardinals at San Francisco 49ers – November 5th, 2017", "Will Cards give Peterson same workload as last week? [285] Overall, Peterson appeared in 16 games and started ten games for the Lions in 2020. [192] He finished with 18 carries for 93 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns in the 34–24 loss to the Detroit Lions. Yet it’s his speed that’s truly unusual. [111] Questions remained as to Peterson's durability and the ability of the Vikings offense to take the focus of opposing defenses off Peterson. “When you’re looking for a No. [13], Regarded as a five-star recruit by both the Rivals.com and Scout.com recruiting networks, Peterson was listed as the best running back and overall prospect in the Class of 2004 by Rivals.com. [84] Peterson ran for 33 yards on 11 carries with one catch for two yards. [125] In his final regular season game in 2008, Peterson ran for 103 yards 21 carries, including a 67-yard touchdown run. He loved hanging out with his nine-year-old brother and best friend, Brian, in the east Texas town of Palestine. [41] In the next game, against Tulsa, he had 220 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns to help the Sooners to the 31–15 victory. In the meantime, he also announced his college choice to be the University of Oklahoma. [256][257] He was sidelined for Weeks 13 and 14 due to a neck injury, and was subsequently placed on injured reserve on December 15, 2017. [208] However, on September 17, Peterson was placed on the NFL's Exempt/Commissioner's Permission list, a similar transaction to the Restricted List, which required that Peterson was to "remain away from all team activities". [163], For the first time in his professional career, Peterson failed to record a 1,000-yard season, after playing only 12 games during the year. Peterson was born in Palestine, Texas, to Bonita Brown and Nelson Peterson, who were also star athletes in college. [308][309], In 2018, Peterson was ordered to repay a Minnesota bank for defaulting on a 2016 loan. [105] On January 2, he was named The Associated Press NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. Adrian Peterson College Highlights . [191], Peterson opened his 2013 season by taking his first carry of the year 78 yards for a touchdown. [194][195] On October 10, 2013, Peterson missed practice for a "personal reason" and it was later revealed that his son was in critical condition. He was the starting running back for the NFC team. [60] The team went on a seven-game winning streak including winning the Big 12 Championship game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers. [173] He followed that up with 171 rushing yards and a touchdown in a 34–24 victory in the second divisional matchup with the Detroit Lions. [2], In the 2005 season, Peterson's playing time was limited by a broken foot. [18][44] His 2005 season was also notable for a career-long 84-yard touchdown run as part of a 237-yard and two-touchdown performance in a 42–14 victory over Oklahoma State. Keep in mind, Hill weighs at least 20 pounds less than Peterson and also competed in national track events – receiving the training that comes along with that. 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He was the first rookie since Marshall Faulk in 1994 to win the Pro Bowl MVP award. [209] After accepting a plea deal in early November, Peterson planned to return as early as Week 11. In an interview with IGN following the NFL Draft, he said, "I'm a player who is coming in with the determination to turn a team around. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest running backs in football … München/Glendale - Adrian Peterson hat bei seinem ersten Spiel für die Arizona Cardinals voll eingeschlagen. In 2015, Peterson became the oldest running back to be named first-team All-Pro at 30. But the story of Peterson’s high school production goes well beyond that. [52] Upon the conclusion of the season, he was named a member of the All-Big 12 Conference team. At the 2004 District 14-4A Championships, Peterson ran the second leg on the Palestine 4 × 100 m relay squad, helping lead them to victory with a time of 41.50 seconds. 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