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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

Career AV: 23 (3890th overall since 1950)

2-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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

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Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. 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 AV
2007* 22 MIN RB 28 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 11
2008*+ 23 MIN RB 28 16 15 363 1760 10 67 4.8 110.0 22.7 21 125 6.0 0 16 1.3 7.8 1885 10 9 13
2009 24 MIN 28 9 181 917 11 64 5.1 101.9 20.1 21 199 9.5 0 44 2.3 22.1 1116 11 4
Career 39 24 782 4018 33 73 5.1 103.0 20.1 61 592 9.7 1 60 1.6 15.2 4610 34 17 24

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
2007* 22 MIN RB 28 14 9 16 412 0 53 25.8 2021
2008*+ 23 MIN RB 28 16 15 1 16 0 16 16.0 1901
Career 39 24 17 428 0 53 25.2 5038

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
2007* 22 MIN RB 28 14 9 0 4 3 0 0
2008*+ 23 MIN RB 28 16 15 0 9 2 0 0 4 0
2009 24 MIN 28 9 0 4 0 -12 0
Career 39 24 0 17 5 -12 0 4 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
2007* 22 MIN RB 28 14 9 12 1 13 78
2008*+ 23 MIN RB 28 16 15 10 10 60
2009 24 MIN 28 9 11 11 66
Career 39 24 33 1 34 204

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Awards

2007 NFL AP Offensive Rookie of the Year
2008 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)

Pro Bowls

2007
2008

First-Team All-Pro

2008

Rushing Att

2008 NFL 363 (2/39)
2009 NFL 181 (3)
Active 782 (23)

Rushing Yds

2007 NFL 1341 (2)
2008 NFL 1760 (1/21)
2009 NFL 917 (3)
Active 4018 (18)
Career 4018 (169)

Rushing TD

2007 NFL 12 (2)
2008 NFL 10 (8)
2009 NFL 11 (2)
Active 33 (17)
Career 33 (149)

Long Rush

2007 NFL 73 (6)
2009 NFL 64 (10)

Yds/Rushing Att

2007 NFL 5.6 (2/57)
2008 NFL 4.8 (5)
2009 NFL 5.1 (9)
Active 5.1 (6)
Career 5.1 (22)

Rushing Yds/Game

2007 NFL 95.8 (1)
2008 NFL 110.0 (1/30)
2009 NFL 101.9 (2/64)
Active 103.0 (1)
Career 103.0 (2)

Touchdowns

2007 NFL 13 (6)
2009 NFL 11 (2)

Rushing/Receiving TD

2007 NFL 13 (6)
2009 NFL 11 (2)

Yds From Scrimmage

2007 NFL 1609 (4)
2008 NFL 1885 (1/78)
2009 NFL 1116 (4)

All-Purpose Yds

2007 NFL 2021 (6)
2008 NFL 1901 (5)
2009 NFL 1116 (9)

Touches

2008 NFL 385 (1/59)
2009 NFL 202 (4)

Yds/Kick Return

2007 NFL 25.8 (9)

 
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
2007Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
2008Associated Press: 1st 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
2009 24 9 RB 178 95 3 3
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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