Team

GAMES/STARTS (regular season, playoffs) 2007 (14/9), 2008 (16/15, 1/1), 2009 (16/15, 2/2), 2010 (15/15), 2011 (12/12). Totals- 73/66, 3/3.

• Holds Vikings career rushing TDs record and is poised to break career rushing yards record in only his 6th NFL season.
• Became the 1st Vikings RB to lead the NFL in rushing in 2008, setting the team record with 1,760 yards.
• Set NFL single-game rushing record with 296 yards vs. San Diego in 2007, the 8th game of his career.
• Has made trips to Africa in 2010 and 2011 working on hearing-related initiatives and charities.

OFF THE FIELD Has taken mission trips to Africa the past 2 offseasons, 2010 and 2011, working with Starkey Hearing to provide hearing aids to disadvantaged children and adults, joining other NFL stars on the trips...Works with youth through his All Day Foundation, with the motto “Giving Back Every Day, All Day”...Hosted Special Olympics of Minnesota Punt, Pass and Kick events at Winter Park in 2008 and 2009...Comes from an athletic family as mother, Bonita Jackson, was a track and field star and father, Nelson Peterson, was a collegiate basketball player at Idaho State...His uncle, Ivory Lee Brown, was an NFL player and suited up for the Vikings in 1993...Endured the tragic loss of his brother as a youth and his stepbrother the night before the NFL Scouting Combine...Majored in sociology.

HONORS Named to 50 Greatest Vikings team as part of 50th season celebration in 2010...2008 and 2009 Associated Press All-Pro 1st Team…2008  Bert Bell Player of the Year Award by Maxwell Club…2008  FedEx Ground Player of the Year…2007, 2008, 2009 Pro Bowl starter...2010 Pro Bowl selection...Pro Bowl MVP as rookie…2007 Associated Press  Offensive Rookie of the Year...2007  Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year…2007 Associated Press  All-Pro 2nd Team…2007 and 2008  Vikings Offensive MVP as voted by teammates…2007 Pro Football Weekly  All-Rookie Team...NFL  Rookie of the Month in September 2007 and October 2007...NFC Offensive Player of the Week at Chicago (10/14/07), vs. San Diego (11/4/07), vs. Green Bay (11/9/08), vs. Detroit (9/26/09), vs. Arizona (10/9/11)...FedEx Ground Player of the Week at Chicago (10/14/07), vs. San Diego (11/4/07), vs. Arizona (10/9/11).

PRO In 5 seasons with the Vikings he has posted 4 of the top 5 single-season rushing yardage marks in club history- #1, #3, #4 and #5...Holds Vikings career record with 64 rushings TDs...Ranks 2nd in Vikings history for career rushing yards, 66 yards behind Robert Smith (6,818 to 6,752)...Ranks 2nd in team history for career 100-yard rushing games with 27, trailing Robert Smith’s 29...Set Vikings record with 18 rushing TDs in 2009 and ranks 2nd in team history for total TDs in a season, trailing Chuck Foreman’s 22 in 1975...Tied for Vikings career rushing TDs record with 52, matching mark of Chuck Foreman and Bill Brown...Set Vikings single-season rushing record with 1,760 yards in 2008...Set a Pro Bowl record for career rushing TDs with 4…Became the 1st Viking to lead the NFL in rushing in 2008…Tabbed by the Maxwell Club as the Bert Bell Award winner as the Player of the Year...Re-wrote the Vikings rookie record book with one of the biggest debut seasons in NFL history en route to the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year awards...Set NFL single-game rushing mark with 296 yards vs. San Diego (11/4/07)...Came to the Vikings as the 10th RB selected by the team in the 1st round...The only Vikings RBs selected as high or higher were Tommy Mason (#1, 1961), Clinton Jones (#2, 1967) and Darrin Nelson (#7, 1982)...The lone OU Sooner drafted by the Vikings in the 1st round.

2011 Ran for 970 yards in 12 games during the season, falling just 66 yards shy of the Vikings career rushing yards record...Broke the Vikings career rushing TDs record vs. Tampa Bay (9/18) with his 53rd career score on a 1-yard run in the 1st quarter...Missed 3 games following ankle injury suffered vs. Oakland (11/20)...Had season cut short by knee injury at Washington (12/24), going on injured reserver before the seaon finale...Ended season with 12 rushing TDs, giving him 64  for his career...Ranked 3rd in NFL with 12 rushing TDs...Broke the 100-yard mark 3 times during the season, moving his career total to 27...Tied career-best with 3 rushing TDs vs. Arizona (10/9) in the 1st win of the season...Named NFC Offensive Player of the Week and FedEx Ground Player of the Week vs. Arizona...Posted season-best 175 yards on the ground vs. Green Bay (10/23).

2010 Earned 4th trip to Pro Bowl...Rushed for 1,298 yards, the 5th-best total in team history...Tied for Vikings career rushings TDs record with 52, matching total of Chuck Foreman and Bill Brown...Tied for the 5th-best mark in Vikings history with 12 rushing TDs...Notched career-long rush with 80-yard TD burst vs. Detroit (9/26)...Moved into 3rd place in team history for career rushing yards with 5,782...Had 5 games with 100+ yards rushing, giving him 24 games over the 100-yard mark for his career...Notched his 4th career 3-rushing TD game vs. Buffalo (12/5)...Had a streak of 350 offensive touches without a fumble (11/29/09-12/28/10), the 2nd-longest streak in Vikings history.

2009 Earned 1st-Team Associated Press All-Pro and selected to the Pro Bowl...Set Vikings record with 18 rushing TDs and led all NFL non-kickers in scoring...Posted the 3rd-highest single-season rushing total in team history...Teamed with Sidney Rice to form the NFC’s top rushing-receiving tandem with a combined 2,695 yards (1,383 rushing/1,312 receiving)...Moved into tie for 3rd in team history with 40 career rushing TDs...Moved into 2nd in Vikings history with 19 career 100-yard rushing games...Ranked 2nd in the NFC in rushing yards...Had career-best 43 receptions for 436 yards...Ran for 3 TDs to set a team playoff record and tied a team playoff record with 3 total TDs with his performance at New Orleans (1/24/10) in NFC Championship game...His 122 rushing yards at New Orleans are the 3rd-most in a playoff game in Vikings history...Set a Vikings opening-day record with 180 yards rushing at Cleveland (9/13).

2008 Led NFL in rushing and set Vikings single-season record with 1,760 yards, becoming the 1st Vikings RB to lead the League in rushing yards…Recognized by Maxwell Club with the Bert Bell Player of the Year award, 1st-Team Associated Press  All-Pro honoree, Pro Bowl starter and voted by teammates as Vikings Offensive MVP...Tied for 2nd in Associated Press voting for Offensive Player of the Year and finished 4th in AP polling for NFL MVP…Set Vikings record with 10 games over the 100-yard mark…Set team record for rushing attempts with 363, breaking the old record held by Chester Taylor in 2006 by 60 carries…Set Vikings record for yards rushing per game at 110.0…Ran for 192 yards vs. Green Bay (11/9), the 4th-best single-game rushing total in team history, giving him the 1st, 2nd and 4th-most rushing yards in a game in Vikings history…Named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance vs. Green Bay (11/9) along with FedEx Ground Player of the Week…Earned FedEx Ground Player of the Week honors for games vs. Houston (11/2) and at Arizona (12/14).

2007 Burst onto the NFL scene with a record-breaking rookie season…Earned Offensive Rookie of the Year honors from Associated Press and Diet Pepsi Rookie of the Year…Named a starter in the Pro Bowl and earned MVP of the game...Led the NFC with 1,341 rushing yards, ranked 2nd in the NFL and had the 2nd-best single season in Vikings history…Set an NFL single-game record with 296 rushing yards vs. San Diego (11/4), breaking the old record of 295 by Jamal Lewis…Set the #1 and #2 single-game rushing totals in Vikings history with the 296 vs. San Diego and 224 at Chicago (10/14)…Ranked 1 behind the Vikings single-season record with 12 rushing TDs…Teamed with Chester Taylor to set a Vikings record for combined rushing yards with 2,185…The Vikings set a team rushing record with 2,634 yards and helped team rank #1 in the NFL in rushing offense…Led the NFL in rushing yards per game with 95.8…Set Vikings record with an average of 5.6 yards per carry…Set Vikings record with 4 rushes of 50+ yards during the season and tied a Vikings record with 7 plays of 50+ yards (4 runs, 1 reception, 2 kickoff returns).

COLLEGE A 3-time All-Big 12 1st-Team honoree...2004 Heisman Trophy runner-up...2004 AP 1st-Team All-America, the 1st OU true freshman to earn the honor and the 1st true freshman on the team since 1996 (Dre Bly)...Played 31 games over 3 seasons...Set the school record with 1,925 yards as a freshman in 2004, breaking Billy Sims’ record of 1,896 in 1978...Broke Ron Dayne’s NCAA freshman rushing record...Ranks 3rd in OU history with 4,045 yards and 4th with 41 rushing TDs...The only OU RBs with more career yards are Billy Sims and Joe Washington...Broke the 100-yard mark 22 times in 31 games.

PREP Was the consensus national player of the year as a senior at Palestine (TX) High...Broke the 2,000-yard mark as a junior and senior...Competed in basketball and track.