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Adrian Peterson

Adrian Lewis Peterson

Position: RB
Height: 6-2    Weight: 217 lbs.
Born: March 21, 1985 in Palestine, TX
College: Oklahoma

1-time Pro Bowler

Drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the 1st round (7th overall) of the 2007 Draft

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
2007* 22 MIN RB 14 9 238 1341 12 73 5.6 95.8 17.0 19 268 14.1 1 60 1.4 19.1 1609 13 4
2008 23 MIN 16 363 1760 10 67 4.8 110.0 22.7 21 125 6.0 0 16 1.3 7.8 1885 10 9
Career 30 9 601 3101 22 73 5.2 103.4 20.0 40 393 9.8 1 60 1.3 13.1 3494 23 13

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
2007* 22 MIN RB 14 9 16 412 0 53 25.8 2021
2008 23 MIN 16 1 16 0 16 16.0 1901
Career 30 9 17 428 0 53 25.2 3922

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
2007* 22 MIN RB 14 9 0 4 3 0 0
2008 23 MIN 16 0 9 2 0 0 4 0
Career 30 9 0 13 5 0 0 4 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
2007* 22 MIN RB 14 9 12 1 78
2008 23 MIN 16 10 60
Career 30 9 22 1 138

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

2007 NFL AP Offensive Rookie of the Year

Pro Bowls

2007

Rushing Att

2008 NFL 363 (2-- 39)

Rushing Yds

2007 NFL 1341 (2)
2008 NFL 1760 (1-- 21)

Rushing TD

2007 NFL 12 (2)
2008 NFL 10 (8)

Long Rush

2007 NFL 73 (6)

Yds/Rushing Att

2007 NFL 5.6 (2-- 56)
2008 NFL 4.8 (5)
Active 5.2 (2)
Career 5.2 (14)

Rushing Yds/Game

2007 NFL 95.8 (1-- 98)

2008 NFL 110.0 (1-- 29)

Touchdowns

2007 NFL 13 (6)

Rushing/Receiving TD

2007 NFL 13 (6)

Yds From Scrimmage

2007 NFL 1609 (4)
2008 NFL 1885 (1-- 78)

All-Purpose Yds

2007 NFL 2021 (6)
2008 NFL 1901 (5)

Touches

2008 NFL 385 (1-- 59)

Yds/Kick Return

2007 NFL 25.8 (9)

   

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
2007 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
2007 22 14 RB 239 103 3 8
2008 23 16 RB 249 100 3 4
488 203

College

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Passing Rushing Receiving
Year Age College/Univ G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Y/A Cmp% Rate Y/G Att Yds TD Y/A Y/G Rec Yds TD Y/R
2004 19 oklahoma 13 339 1925 15 5.7 148.1 5 12 0 2.4
2005 20 oklahoma 11 220 1108 14 5.0 100.7 9 50 0 5.6
2006 21 oklahoma 7 188 1012 12 5.4 144.6 10 136 1 13.6
31 747 4045 41 5.4 130.5 24 198 1 8.3