Adrian Peterson
Adrian Peterson
Adrian Lewis Petersonis an American football running back for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Vikings seventh overall in the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oklahoma. Peterson set the NCAA freshman rushing record with 1,925 yards as a true freshman during the 2004 season. As a unanimous first-team All-American, he became the first freshman to finish as the runner-up in the Heisman Trophy balloting. Peterson finished his college football career...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth21 March 1985
CityPalestine, TX
CountryUnited States of America
We're going to have to establish some form of a passing game, ... We just can't run it on everybody.
We're not going to be able to run the ball on every team. We're not going to be able to do that, ... We've got to establish a passing game, and I feel like once we do that, then this team might be unstoppable.
I've been running like this since I was seven.
I definitely run up right, and I've got pretty good speed.
To me, when you got a 20-year-old running back or 21-year-old receiver that's just coming out of college and you're out working these guys, age really don't matter. So it's easy for me to see what it is. People say it's all about age, but to me, it's mind over matter.
I run angry. Football allows me to take out some of my pain on the field.
I want to help my team get to the playoffs, win, and run wild.
I run to daylight when I see an opening,
If we run well, and that's their main focus ? stopping the run ? it forces them to change up (their game plan).
I don't know how you prepare for him. You have to pay notice to what he is. The game plan is different with each running back. We have to know which tailback is in the game.
Sometimes I sit back and think, 'Is this really happening?'
To be honest, I'm kind of shocked. They just threw a monkey up in here or something like that.
We came out there and we played smash-mouth football,
I would sacrifice 1,000 yards rushing to win a Super Bowl. But I want to be the first back to have back-to-back 2,000-yard seasons.