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Adrian Lewis Peterson (born March 21, 1985) is an American football running back for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). 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 as the Sooners' third all-time leading rusher. Following his first pro season, in which he set an NFL record for most rushing yards in a single game (296), Peterson was named the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. He was then awarded the MVP award for his performance in the Pro Bowl and became only the fifth player in NFL history to have more than 3,000 yards through his first two seasons. In 2010, he became the fifth fastest player to run for 5,000 yards, doing so in his 51st game. In 2012, Peterson became the sixth fastest player to reach 8,000 rushing yards, ending the season with 2,097 rushing yards, just nine yards shy of breaking Eric Dickerson's single season all-time record. Peterson amassed 2,314 all-purpose yards from scrimmage in 2012, tying Marcus Allen for the eighth-highest total ever. For his efforts, he received the NFL MVP Award and the AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award for the 2012 NFL season. Peterson also achieved the #1 spot on the NFL Network's Top 100 Players of 2013.〔Rosenthal, Gregg (June 24, 2013) (Ranking the NFL Network's top 10 players of 2013 ). NFL.com. Retrieved on November 4, 2013.〕 During the 2013 season, Peterson became the third fastest player to reach 10,000 rushing yards in NFL history. Peterson was indicted on September 11, 2014, by a Montgomery County, Texas, grand jury on charges of reckless or negligent injury to a child that occurred on May 18, 2014. On February 26, 2015, Peterson was reinstated to the league after U.S. District Court Judge David Doty ruled in the NFL Players Association's lawsuit against the NFL on Peterson's behalf.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/12387081/adrian-peterson-reinstated-judge-overturns-decision )〕 ==Early years== Peterson was born in Palestine, Texas, to Bonita Brown and Nelson Peterson, who were also star athletes in college.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/Peterson/Peterson_bio.html )〕 His father was a shooting guard for Idaho, but his dream of an NBA career was derailed when a gun that his brother was cleaning discharged into his leg.〔 His mother, a three-time Texas state champion at Westwood High School, attended the University of Houston on an athletic scholarship as a sprinter and long jumper.〔 Peterson's best friend was his older brother Brian. Peterson's father nicknamed him "All Day," because his father said he could go all day. At age 7, Peterson saw his 9-year-old brother Brian killed by a drunk driver as he rode his bicycle.〔 It was around that time that Peterson began to deal with his pain through sports and became interested in football. He was the star of the Pee Wee football team coached by his father and played in the popular Pop Warner Football program when he was 12.〔 When Peterson was 13, his father was arrested for laundering money for a crack cocaine ring.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adrian Peterson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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