Team

GAMES/STARTS (regular season, playoffs) 2007 (14/9), 2008 (16/15, 1/1), 2009 (16/15, 2/2). Totals- 46/39, 3/3.

• Annually hosts Punt, Pass and Kick event for Special Olympics Minnesota athletes.

• Set Vikings record by scoring 18 rushing TDs in 2009, leading the NFL in scoring by non-kickers for the 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.

OFF THE FIELD 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 event at Winter Park in 2008 and 2009...Earned $10,000 for the University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital for twice earning FedEx Ground Player of the Week award…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...Hosted football camp in Norman, OK the past 2 summers...Has a daughter, Adeja.

HONORS 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...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)... FedEx Ground Player of the Week at Chicago (10/14/07), vs. San Diego (11/4/07).

PRO In 3 seasons with the Vikings he has posted 3 of the top 4 single-season rushing yardage marks in club history- #1, #3 and #4...Ranks 2nd in team history for career 100-yard rushing games with 19, 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...Set Vikings single-season rushing record with 1,760 yards in 2008, now holding the 1st and 3rd-best single-season totals in team history in only 2 seasons...Moved into 5th place in Vikings history in career rushing yards with 4,484 and tied for 3rd place with 40 career rushing TDs…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...Ranks 5th in NFL history for most rushing yards in a players’ opening 3 seasons with 4,484 yards…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.

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.