Adrian L Peterson

Adrian Lewis Peterson (born March 21, 1985 in Palestine, Texas, nicknamed A.D. ("All Day"), is a able American football active aback for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football Alliance (NFL). He played academy football as a active aback for three years at the University of Oklahoma. At Oklahoma, Peterson set the NCAA apprentice hasty almanac with 1,925 yards (as a accurate apprentice and not a redshirt freshman) as a aboriginal aggregation All-American, if he aswell set the apprentice almanac of runner-up in the Heisman Trophy balloting, and able as the school's third best arch rusher.

Peterson was called by the Minnesota Vikings with the seventh all-embracing aces in the aboriginal annular of the 2007 NFL Draft. Advancing into the league, he was accepted as a tall, cocked agent possessing an ultra-rare aggregate of speed, strength, agility, size, and vision, forth with a awful advancing attitude appear contact. His attenuate aptitude as both a abundant breakaway and ability agent has generally aloft comparisons to able legends, including Eric Dickerson, O.J. Simpson, Walter Payton, Bo Jackson, Gale Sayers, and Jim Brown. As a amateur in the NFL, he has torn abundant authorization and alliance annal for hasty yardage, foremost getting the NFL single-game hasty almanac if he ran for 296 yards on 30 carries on November 4, 2007, adjoin the San Diego Chargers. Afterward his arch aboriginal pro season, Peterson was a near-unanimous best as the NFL Offensive Amateur of the Year . In the 2008 NFL Pro Bowl, Peterson rushed for 129 yards and two touchdowns, accomplishing the added able hasty absolute in Pro Bowl history. Peterson was awarded the MVP accolade for his achievement in the Pro Bowl, which led to a 42-30 achievement over the AFC.



2007 NFL Draft

On January 15, 2007, Peterson declared that he would abandon his chief year of academy and access the 2007 NFL Draft. Concerns about his injuries suffered during academy were acclaimed by the media and abeyant NFL teams. He started twenty-two out of thirty-one amateur in his academy career and absent amateur due to a confused accept his aboriginal year, a top abate abrasion his green year, and a torn collarbone his final year at Oklahoma. His backbone was a application by at atomic two teams in their abstract analysis, which impacted alternative position. Prior to the 2007 NFL Draft, Peterson was compared by able football scouts to Eric Dickerson. ESPN NFL Abstract analyst Mel Kiper, Jr. said of Peterson, "You can accomplish the argument, [Peterson] is the best amateur in this draft, if not, absolutely one of the top three.

On April 28, 2007, Peterson was called by the Minnesota Vikings with the seventh all-embracing aces in the aboriginal annular of the 2007 NFL Draft. Peterson was the aboriginal active aback called in that year's draft. At a columnist appointment during the draft, Peterson announced, "My collarbone, I would say it's 90% healed. A lot of teams apperceive that, and I don't see it endlessly me from getting able for the season.


Minnesota Vikings

Peterson believes he is a amateur that a authorization can body around. In an account with IGN afterward the NFL Draft, he said, "I'm a amateur who is advancing in with the assurance to about-face a aggregation around. I wish to advice my aggregation get to the playoffs, win…and run wild. I wish to accompany humans to the stands. I wish humans to appear to the bold to see what I can do next. Things like that can change the able attitude of an organization. I wish to win. He afterwards told the Star Tribune in an interview, "I wish to be the best amateur to anytime play this game.

Since getting drafted by the Vikings, it had been speculated that Peterson would accept to abide anaplasty to alleviate the collarbone abrasion suffered during college, but it was appear on May 16, 2007 that he will not accept to accept surgery.

Nearly three months afterwards getting drafted, he was active by the Vikings on July 29, 2007. His arrangement is account US$40.5 actor over 5 years, with $17 actor guaranteed.


2007

After just eleven weeks into his amateur division with the Vikings, Peterson was already advised to be a part of the arch active backs in the NFL. Before the season, Peterson appear his goals were to be called Offensive Amateur of the Year and hasty for 1,800 yards over the season, breaking the league's amateur hasty almanac just as he did in his aboriginal division at Oklahoma. The NFL's hasty almanac for a amateur is currently captivated by Eric Dickerson at 1,808 yards.

On August 10, Peterson fabricated his Minnesota Vikings admission in a preseason bold adjoin the St. Louis Rams. Peterson ran for 33 yards on 11 carries with one bolt for two yards. On September 9, 2007, Peterson ran for 103 yards on nineteen carries in his aboriginal NFL approved division bold adjoin the Atlanta Falcons. In accession to his hasty yardage, he denticulate his aboriginal able football touchdown on a sixty backyard canyon reception. Over his aboriginal three approved division games, his 431 yards (271 hasty & 160 receiving) from flat are a aggregation record. For his achievement during the three games, Peterson accustomed the NFL Offensive Amateur of the Ages accolade for both September and October 2007.

His blemish bold as a able came on October 14, 2007 adjoin the Chicago Bears, accent by a three touchdown achievement and a again authorization almanac of 224 yards hasty on 20 carries. Peterson accustomed added aggregation annal for a amateur during this game, which included the a lot of 100-yard amateur hasty and the longest touchdown run from scrimmage. He aswell set an NFL amateur almanac with 361 advantageous yards in a individual game. His 607 hasty yards through the aboriginal 5 amateur of the division is added in NFL history to Eric Dickerson. Afterward Peterson's almanac performance, Deion Sanders, now an NFL Network analyst said the afterward about Peterson: "He has the eyes of a Marshall Faulk, the ability of an Earl Campbell, and the acceleration of an Eric Dickerson. Let’s adjure he has the ability of an Emmitt Smith. He has aswell been compared to Walter Payton and Tony Dorsett by Star Tribune sports announcer Jim Souhan.

Three weeks afterwards on November 4, 2007, Peterson bankrupt his own authorization almanac as able-bodied as the NFL individual bold hasty backyard almanac ahead captivated by Jamal Lewis aback 2003 if he rushed for 296 yards on thirty carries and three touchdowns adjoin the San Diego Chargers. That bold was his added bold of over 200 yards rushing, a accomplishment no added amateur has anytime able in a season. In accession to the NFL hasty almanac in a individual game, it took him able 1,000 yards hasty for the year afterwards just eight games. His 1,036 hasty yards represents the best eight-game achievement by a amateur in NFL history.

On November 11, 2007, just a anniversary afterwards his record-breaking achievement adjoin the Chargers, Peterson afflicted the crabbed accessory bond in his appropriate knee in a bold adjoin the Green Bay Packers. The abrasion occurred in the third division of a 34-0 defeat at Lambeau Field on a low, yet apple-pie accouterment by Packers cornerback Al Harris. Almost a ages afterwards the injury, Peterson alternate to activity on December 2, 2007 adjoin the Detroit Lions scoring two touchdowns and hasty for 116 yards. On December 17 Adrian played in his aboriginal Monday Night Football bold area he had 78 yards rushing, 17 yards accepting and 2 TDs. The next day Adrian was called as the starting active aback for the 2008 NFC Pro Bowl team. On January 2, he was called The Associated Columnist NFL Offensive Amateur of the Year.


Peterson agreeable defenders in the 2008 Pro Bowl.On February 10, 2008, Adrian won the 2008 NFL Pro Bowl MVP accolade with 16 carries for 129 yards hasty forth with 2 touchdowns. The 129 yards hasty was the 2nd a lot of in Pro Bowl history. Adrian was the aboriginal amateur aback Marshall Faulk in 1995 to win the Pro Bowl MVP award.

Adrian Peterson able in added abode in hasty yards (1341) in the 2007 division abaft LaDanian Tomlinson, who able with 1474 hasty yards.

NFL records and awards

Records
Most 200-yard rushing games for a rookie (2)
Most yards rushing in the first eight games (1,036)
Most yards rushing in a single game (296)

Awards
2008 NFL Pro Bowl MVP
2007 NFL AP Offensive Rookie of the Year
2007 Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year
Two 2007 Player of the Month awards
2008 Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY Award