All Day — holder of the NFL single-game rushing record and one of the most powerful runners in history.
Adrian Lewis Peterson was born in Palestine, Texas in 1985. Minnesota Vikings selected him seventh overall in the 2007 NFL Draft after two seasons at Oklahoma. His 15-season career produced 14,820 rushing yards — the second-highest total in NFL history behind Emmitt Smith — and 120 rushing touchdowns. He set the NFL single-game rushing record with 296 yards against the San Diego Chargers in November 2007 — his seventh NFL game. He won the NFL MVP in 2012 after rushing for 2,097 yards — the second-highest single-season total in NFL history — just 9 yards short of Eric Dickerson's 1984 record, doing so after reconstructive knee surgery just over nine months earlier. He was selected to seven Pro Bowls and named All-Pro six times. His combination of power — he ran over defenders rather than around them — with elite speed and exceptional vision made him the most dominant single-season rusher of his generation. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2023, his first year of eligibility. He holds the Minnesota Vikings all-time rushing record by a vast margin.
NFL MVP (2012)
Career Honours
- NFL MVP (2012)
- Rushing title 6x
- Pro Bowl 7x
- Hall of Fame (2023)