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ADRIAN PETERSON

Peterson, Adrian Lewis
Height: 6-1 Weight: 218
Born: March 21, 1985 Palestine, TX
High School: Palestine (TX)

Year	College	Status
2004	Oklahoma	Lettered
2005	Oklahoma	Lettered
2006	Oklahoma	Lettered

Draft: 1st round (7th overall) 2007 Minnesota Vikings

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YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
2007 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2007 MIN NFL	28	RB	14	9
2008 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2008 MIN NFL	28	HB	16	15
2009 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2009 MIN NFL	28	RB	16	15
2010 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2010 MIN NFL	28	HB	15	15
2011 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2011 MIN NFL	28	HB	12	12
2012 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2012 MIN NFL	28	HB	16	16
2013 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2013 MIN NFL	28	HB	14	14
2014 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2014 MIN NFL	28	RB	1	1
2015 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2015 MIN NFL	28	HB	16	16
2016 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2016 MIN NFL	28	HB	3	3
2017 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2017 NO NFL	28	RB	4	1
2017 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2017 ARI NFL	23	RB	6	6
2017 Year (NFL)2017 Year NFL			10	7
2018 Washington Redskins (NFL)2018 WAS NFL	26	RB	16	16
2019 Washington Redskins (NFL)2019 WAS NFL	26	RB	15	15
2020 Detroit Lions (NFL)2020 DET NFL	28	RB	16	10
2021 Tennessee Titans (NFL)2021 TEN NFL	8	RB	3	2
2021 Seattle Seahawks (NFL)2021 SEA NFL	21	RB	1	1
2021 Year (NFL)2021 Year NFL			4	3
15 Years (NFL)15 Years NFL			184	167

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	4/28/2007	2007 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2007 MIN NFL
Signed	7/30/2007	2007 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2007 MIN NFL
Injured Reserve	12/26/2011	2011 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2011 MIN NFL
Exemption	9/17/2014	2014 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2014 MIN NFL
Injured Reserve	9/23/2016	2016 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2016 MIN NFL
Activated	12/17/2016	2016 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2016 MIN NFL
Unrestricted Free Agent	3/9/2017	2016 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2016 MIN NFL
Signed	5/1/2017	2017 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2017 NO NFL
Traded	10/10/2017	2017 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2017 ARI NFL
Injured Reserve	12/15/2017	2017 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2017 ARI NFL
Released	3/13/2018	2017 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2017 ARI NFL
Signed	8/20/2018	2018 Washington Redskins (NFL)2018 WAS NFL
Unrestricted Free Agent	3/13/2019	2018 Washington Redskins (NFL)2018 WAS NFL
Signed	3/18/2019	2019 Washington Redskins (NFL)2019 WAS NFL
Released	9/4/2020	2020 Washington Football Team (NFL)2020 WAS NFL
Signed	9/7/2020	2020 Detroit Lions (NFL)2020 DET NFL
Unrestricted Free Agent	3/17/2021	2020 Detroit Lions (NFL)2020 DET NFL
Practice Squad	11/2/2021	2021 Tennessee Titans (NFL)2021 TEN NFL
Signed	11/5/2021	2021 Tennessee Titans (NFL)2021 TEN NFL
Released	11/23/2021	2021 Tennessee Titans (NFL)2021 TEN NFL
Practice Squad	12/2/2021	2021 Seattle Seahawks (NFL)2021 SEA NFL
Practice Squad Elevation	12/4/2021	2021 Seattle Seahawks (NFL)2021 SEA NFL
Practice Squad (Injured)	12/29/2021	2021 Seattle Seahawks (NFL)2021 SEA NFL

AWARDS
2007 Sporting News All-NFL
2007 Pro Bowl All-NFC
2007 Pro Football Weekly All-NFC
2010 Pro Football Weekly All-NFC
2012 Associated Press NFL Player of the Year
2012 Pro Football Weekly NFL Player of the Year
2012 Associated Press NFL Offensive Player of the Year
2012 Pro Football Weekly NFL Offensive Player of the Year
2012 The Sporting News NFL Offensive Player of the Year
2012 Associated Press All-NFL
2012 Associated Press All-NFL
2012 Sporting News All-NFL
2012 Pro Bowl All-NFC
2012 Pro Football Weekly All-NFC
2015 Associated Press All-NFL
2015 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
2015 Sporting News All-NFL
2015 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFC

SNAP COUNTS	TOTAL	OFF	OFF%	DEF%	ST	ST%
2012 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2012 MIN NFL	770	770	74.4	0.0	0	0.0
2013 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2013 MIN NFL	674	674	64.7	0.0	0	0.0
2014 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2014 MIN NFL	43	43	4.2	0.0	0	0.0
2015 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2015 MIN NFL	665	665	65.1	0.0	0	0.0
2016 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2016 MIN NFL	84	84	8.0	0.0	0	0.0
2017 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2017 NO NFL	44	44	4.2	0.0	0	0.0
2017 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2017 ARI NFL	257	256	22.8	0.0	1	0.2
2017 Year (NFL)2017 Year NFL	301	300			1
2018 Washington Redskins (NFL)2018 WAS NFL	481	481	47.2	0.0	0	0.0
2019 Washington Redskins (NFL)2019 WAS NFL	407	407	42.4	0.0	0	0.0
2020 Detroit Lions (NFL)2020 DET NFL	314	314	30.0	0.0	0	0.0
2021 Tennessee Titans (NFL)2021 TEN NFL	54	54	4.6	0.0	0	0.0
2021 Seattle Seahawks (NFL)2021 SEA NFL	18	18	1.8	0.0	0	0.0
2021 Year (NFL)2021 Year NFL	72	72			0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	3811	3810			1

SCORING	TD	X2	X2A	DX	S	PTS
2007 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2007 MIN NFL	13	0	0	-	-	78
2008 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2008 MIN NFL	10	0	0	-	-	60
2009 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2009 MIN NFL	18	0	0	-	-	108
2010 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2010 MIN NFL	13	0	0	-	-	78
2011 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2011 MIN NFL	13	0	0	-	-	78
2012 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2012 MIN NFL	13	1	1	-	-	80
2013 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2013 MIN NFL	11	0	0	-	-	66
2015 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2015 MIN NFL	11	0	0	0	-	66
2017 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2017 ARI NFL	2	0	0	0	-	12
2017 Year (NFL)2017 Year NFL	2	0	0	0	-	12
2018 Washington Redskins (NFL)2018 WAS NFL	8	0	0	0	-	48
2019 Washington Redskins (NFL)2019 WAS NFL	5	0	0	0	-	30
2020 Detroit Lions (NFL)2020 DET NFL	7	0	0	0	-	42
2021 Tennessee Titans (NFL)2021 TEN NFL	1	0	0	0	-	6
2021 Seattle Seahawks (NFL)2021 SEA NFL	1	0	0	0	-	6
2021 Year (NFL)2021 Year NFL	2	0	0	0	-	12
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	126	1	1	0	-	758

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
2007 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2007 MIN NFL	238	1341	5.6	73t	12	62	11	5	4
2008 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2008 MIN NFL	363	1760	4.8	67t	10	81	20	4	9
2009 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2009 MIN NFL	314	1383	4.4	64t	18	74	12	2	6
2010 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2010 MIN NFL	283	1298	4.6	80t	12	70	9	2	1
2011 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2011 MIN NFL	208	970	4.7	54	12	49	7	3	1
2012 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2012 MIN NFL	348	2097	6.0	82t	12	85	27	8	3
2013 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2013 MIN NFL	279	1266	4.5	78t	10	59	8	3	3
2014 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2014 MIN NFL	21	75	3.6	17	0	3	0	0	0
2015 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2015 MIN NFL	327	1485	4.5	80t	11	71	10	4	6
2016 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2016 MIN NFL	37	72	1.9	13	0	3	0	0	1
2017 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2017 NO NFL	27	81	3.0	11	0	5	0	0	0
2017 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2017 ARI NFL	129	448	3.5	27t	2	15	2	0	3
2017 Year (NFL)2017 Year NFL	156	529	3.4	27t	2	20	2	0	3
2018 Washington Redskins (NFL)2018 WAS NFL	251	1042	4.2	90t	7	47	5	3	2
2019 Washington Redskins (NFL)2019 WAS NFL	211	898	4.3	32	5	41	6	0	2
2020 Detroit Lions (NFL)2020 DET NFL	156	604	3.9	38	7	34	4	0	0
2021 Tennessee Titans (NFL)2021 TEN NFL	27	82	3.0	16	1	4	0	0	0
2021 Seattle Seahawks (NFL)2021 SEA NFL	11	16	1.5	7	1	2	0	0	1
2021 Year (NFL)2021 Year NFL	38	98	2.6	16	2	6	0	0	1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	3230	14918	4.6	90t	120	705	121	34	42

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
2007 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2007 MIN NFL	28	19	67.9	268	14.1	60t	1	13	3	1	0
2008 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2008 MIN NFL	39	21	53.8	125	6.0	16	0	4	0	0	0
2009 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2009 MIN NFL	57	43	75.4	436	10.1	63	0	16	5	2	1
2010 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2010 MIN NFL	50	36	72.0	341	9.5	34	1	17	5	0	0
2011 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2011 MIN NFL	23	18	78.3	139	7.7	22	1	5	2	0	0
2012 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2012 MIN NFL	51	40	78.4	217	5.4	20	1	10	1	0	1
2013 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2013 MIN NFL	40	29	72.5	171	5.9	22	1	11	1	0	2
2014 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2014 MIN NFL	3	2	66.7	18	9.0	9	0	1	0	0	0
2015 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2015 MIN NFL	36	30	83.3	222	7.4	49	0	8	1	1	1
2016 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2016 MIN NFL	6	3	50.0	8	2.7	7	0	0	0	0	0
2017 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2017 NO NFL	3	2	66.7	4	2.0	3	0	0	0	0	0
2017 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2017 ARI NFL	16	9	56.3	66	7.3	13	0	3	0	0	0
2017 Year (NFL)2017 Year NFL	19	11	57.9	70	6.4	13	0	3	0	0	0
2018 Washington Redskins (NFL)2018 WAS NFL	26	20	76.9	208	10.4	52	1	9	3	1	1
2019 Washington Redskins (NFL)2019 WAS NFL	23	17	73.9	142	8.4	22	0	7	3	0	1
2020 Detroit Lions (NFL)2020 DET NFL	18	12	66.7	101	8.4	23	0	4	1	0	0
2021 Tennessee Titans (NFL)2021 TEN NFL	4	4	100.0	8	2.0	5	0	0	0	0	0
2021 Year (NFL)2021 Year NFL	4	4	100.0	8	2.0	5	0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	446	320	70.2	2552	8.0	63	6	111	25	5	7

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	20+	40+
2007 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2007 MIN NFL	16	412	25.8	53	10	2
2008 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2008 MIN NFL	1	16	16.0	16	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	17	428	25.2	53	10	2

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	REC	YDS
2007 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2007 MIN NFL	4	3	3	3	0
2008 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2008 MIN NFL	9	4	2	2	0
2009 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2009 MIN NFL	7	6	0	0	-12
2010 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2010 MIN NFL	1	1	0	0	0
2011 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2011 MIN NFL	1	0	3	3	0
2012 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2012 MIN NFL	4	2	0	0	0
2013 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2013 MIN NFL	5	3	1	1	0
2015 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2015 MIN NFL	7	3	3	3	0
2016 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2016 MIN NFL	1	1	0	0	0
2017 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2017 ARI NFL	3	2	1	1	0
2017 Year (NFL)2017 Year NFL	3	2	1	1	0
2018 Washington Redskins (NFL)2018 WAS NFL	3	2	0	0	0
2019 Washington Redskins (NFL)2019 WAS NFL	3	2	3	3	0
2021 Tennessee Titans (NFL)2021 TEN NFL	0	0	1	1	0
2021 Seattle Seahawks (NFL)2021 SEA NFL	1	0	0	0	0
2021 Year (NFL)2021 Year NFL	1	0	1	1	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	49	29	17	17	-12

DEFENSE	TKL	MT
2007 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2007 MIN NFL	4	4
2008 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2008 MIN NFL	4	4
2010 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2010 MIN NFL	3	3
2011 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2011 MIN NFL	1	1
2012 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2012 MIN NFL	2	2
2013 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2013 MIN NFL	2	2
2016 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2016 MIN NFL	1	1
2017 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2017 ARI NFL	1	1
2017 Year (NFL)2017 Year NFL	1	1
2018 Washington Redskins (NFL)2018 WAS NFL	1	1
2019 Washington Redskins (NFL)2019 WAS NFL	2	2
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	21	21

PENALTIES	Called	Declined	Accepted	Yards	Nullified Yards	Stalled Drives
2007 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2007 MIN NFL	1	0	1	5	0	1
2008 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2008 MIN NFL	2	1	1	5	0	1
2009 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2009 MIN NFL	1	0	1	15	0	0
2011 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2011 MIN NFL	2	0	2	15	4	2
2015 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2015 MIN NFL	1	0	1	5	0	0
2017 Arizona Cardinals2017 ARI NFL	3	1	2	20	24	0
2017 Year (NFL)2017 Year NFL	3	1	2	20	24
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	10	2	8	65	28	4

Last Updated: August 19, 2025