Adrian Peterson
Peterson in 2010
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| No. 28 Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | March 21, 1985 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Palestine, Texas | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Palestine (TX) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Oklahoma | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2007 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7 | ||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 15, 2016 | |||||||||||||
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| Rushing yards: | 11,747 |
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| Rushing average: | 4.9 |
| Rushing touchdowns: | 97 |
| Receiving yards: | 1,945 |
| Receiving touchdowns: | 5 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
 Peterson's NFL Combine workout
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Peterson gets drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the 2007 NFL Draft
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Adrian Lewis Peterson (born March 21, 1985) is an American football running back for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Vikings seventh overall in the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oklahoma. Peterson set the NCAA freshman rushing record with 1,925 yards as a true freshman during the 2004 season. As a unanimous first-team All-American, he became the first freshman to finish as the runner-up in the Heisman Trophy balloting. Peterson finished his college football career as the Sooners' third all-time leading rusher.
Following his first pro season, in which he set an NFL record for most rushing yards in a single game (296), Peterson was named the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. 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 2010, he became the fifth fastest player to run for 5,000 yards, doing so in his 51st game.
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. Peterson amassed 2,314 all-purpose yards from scrimmage in 2012, tying Marcus Allen for the eighth-highest total ever. For his efforts, he received the NFL MVP Award and the AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award for the 2012 NFL season. Peterson also achieved the No. 1 spot on the NFL Network's Top 100 Players of 2013. During the 2013 season, Peterson became the third fastest player to reach 10,000 rushing yards in NFL history.
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