Adrian Peterson

Adrian Peterson

By: Kashif

  

Adrian Lewis Peterson was born on March 21,1985 in Palestine,Texas.He was born to

play football.He started out as a pretty good runner.When he went to Palestine High

School, he tried out for the Palestine High School football team.Adrian became the

runningback in the lineup.In high school, Adrian improved that he became a talented

runningback.After high school, Adrian went to Oklahoma University.He joined Oklahoma’s

football team.After all those years that Adrian worked for, it was finally time for Adrian to

work the tryouts to become a NFL football player.It was dream to become a famous football

player.Since he was a runningback, he had to praticipate in the dash.His grade was good enough to become a NFL football player with a 4.4 yard dash.Adrian signed up with the

Minnesota Vikings.He made the tryouts and became the 7th overall pick drafted to the

Minnesota Vikings.He had heard about Eric Dickerson and how he had made the most

yards in a season.Adrian wanted to have the most yards in a season and become famous

for a thing that was so memorable and how he could get nicknames for doing such a

amazing thing that would be past down for years and years.He was going so well in the

2007 season where he started his NFL career until November 24, 2011 when the Minnesota

Vikings took on the Washington Redskins when his whole career was about to be over.

During the game,Adrian had a direct hit and he tore his ACL and his MCL!Unfortunately,

he returned the next season and was well trained.He really improved that season.He even

scored a 82-yard touchdown and he even tied the NFL longest rushing touchdown!In 2012,

he was 8 yards short  of the record of the most yards in a season.Today, Adrian is remembered as one of the top runningbacks in the league.