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Adrian Peterson - Minnesota Vikings
POS: RB
HT: 6-1    WT: 217
DOB: 3/21/1985
AGE: 28
COLLEGE: Oklahoma
2012 ADP: 19
Injury Status: probable
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2012 Fantasy Football Outlook
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MIN  2/21/2013
Peterson (hernia) will be available for offseason workouts, ESPN 1500's Tom Pelissero reports. Peterson has already proven himself...Join Now for Full Analysis!

    SNAPS   RUSHING   RECEIVING   RED ZONE  
WEEK OPP   OFF DEF ST   ATT YD 20+ 40+ AVG TD   REC YD 20+ 40+ AVG TD TAR   RS IN10 IN5 TAR IN10 IN5  
Week 13 at GB   45 0 0   21 210 3 2 10.0 1   1 10 0 0 10.0 0 2   3 0 0 0 0 0  
Week 14 Chi   44 0 0   31 154 1 1 5.0 2   2 16 0 0 8.0 0 2   5 4 3 1 1 1  
Week 15 at StL   40 0 0   24 212 2 2 8.8 1   0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0   5 2 2 0 0 0  
Week 16 at Hou   51 0 0   25 86 3 0 3.4 0   1 4 0 0 4.0 0 2   3 1 1 1 1 1  
Week 17 GB   58 0 0   34 199 4 0 5.9 1   1 2 1 0 2.0 1 2   10 5 1 0 0 0  
Week 17 at GB   0 0 0   22 99 0 0 4.5 0   1 8 0 0 8.0 0 3   0 0 0 0 0 0  
    SNAPS   RUSHING   RECEIVING   RED ZONE  
WEEK OPP   OFF DEF ST   ATT YD 20+ 40+ AVG TD   REC YD 20+ 40+ AVG TD TAR   RS IN10 IN5 TAR IN10 IN5  
Week 1 Jac   32 0 0   17 84 1 0 4.9 2   1 3 1 1 3.0 0 1   4 4 2 3 1 1  
Week 2 at Ind   43 0 0   16 60 0 0 3.8 0   3 20 2 1 6.7 0 3   3 1 0 0 0 0  
Week 3 SF   49 0 0   25 86 1 0 3.4 0   2 21 0 0 10.5 0 4   5 5 4 0 0 0  
Week 4 at Det   46 0 0   21 102 0 0 4.9 0   4 20 1 0 5.0 0 4   0 0 0 1 0 0  
Week 5 Ten   44 0 0   17 88 2 0 5.2 0   3 15 0 0 5.0 0 3   3 1 0 0 0 0  
Week 6 at Was   70 0 0   17 79 1 0 4.6 0   7 50 0 0 7.1 0 8   3 0 0 0 0 0  
Week 7 Ari   41 0 0   23 153 2 0 6.7 1   2 6 1 0 3.0 0 4   3 1 0 4 3 2  
Week 8 TB   47 0 0   15 123 1 1 8.2 1   1 4 0 0 4.0 0 1   1 0 0 0 0 0  
Week 9 at Sea   41 0 0   17 182 3 1 10.7 2   3 11 1 0 3.7 0 4   4 3 2 1 0 0  
Week 10 Det   61 0 0   27 171 2 1 6.3 1   3 5 0 0 1.7 0 4   5 1 0 0 0 0  
Week 11   BYE WEEK
Week 12 at Chi   58 0 0   18 108 1 0 6.0 0   6 30 0 0 5.0 0 7   3 0 0 0 0 0  
Week 13 at GB   45 0 0   21 210 3 2 10.0 1   1 10 0 0 10.0 0 2   3 0 0 0 0 0  
Week 14 Chi   44 0 0   31 154 1 1 5.0 2   2 16 0 0 8.0 0 2   5 4 3 1 1 1  
Week 15 at StL   40 0 0   24 212 2 2 8.8 1   0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0   5 2 2 0 0 0  
Week 16 at Hou   51 0 0   25 86 3 0 3.4 0   1 4 0 0 4.0 0 2   3 1 1 1 1 1  
Week 17 GB   58 0 0   34 199 4 0 5.9 1   1 2 1 0 2.0 1 2   10 5 1 0 0 0  
Week 17 at GB   0 0 0   22 99 0 0 4.5 0   1 8 0 0 8.0 0 3   0 0 0 0 0 0  
Accuscore Projections
  RUSHING   RECEIVING  
Time Frame   ATT YD 20+ 50+ AVG TD   REC YD 20+ 50+ AVG TD TAR  
Week 17   34.0 199.0 10.0 4.0 5.9 1.0   1.0 2.0 0.1 0.0 2.0 1.0 1.4  
Rest of Season   34 199 10 4 6 1   1 2 0 0 2 1 1  

Recent Season Stats
    SNAPS   RUSHING   RECEIVING   RED ZONE  
Year G   OFF DEF ST   ATT YD 20+ 40+ AVG TD   REC YD 20+ 40+ AVG TD TAR   RS IN10 IN5 TAR IN10 IN5  
2007 14   - - -   238 1341 - - 5.6 12   19 268 - - 14.1 1 28   17 - - 1 - -  
2008 16   - - -   364 1760 - - 4.8 10   21 125 - - 6.0 0 39   54 - - 0 - -  
2009 16   - - -   314 1383 12 3 4.4 18   43 436 5 2 10.1 0 57   65 42 30 4 2 0  
2010 15   0 0 0   283 1298 9 2 4.6 12   36 341 5 0 9.5 1 50   43 27 19 6 3 1  
2011 12   0 0 0   208 970 7 2 4.7 12   18 139 6 3 7.7 1 23   40 23 12 10 6 2  
2012 16   770 0 0   348 2097 27 8 6.0 12   40 217 7 2 5.4 1 51   60 28 15 11 6 5  

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MIN  2/7/2013
Peterson underwent surgery Thursday to repair a sports hernia, ESPN.com reports. Now we know why the Vikings started...Join Now for Full Analysis!
  1/6/2013
Peterson carried the ball 22 times for 99 yards in Saturday's playoff loss to the Packers. A respectable effort for Peterson t...Join Now for Full Analysis!
  1/4/2013
Peterson (sore abdomen) was a full participant in practice Friday and is listed as probable for Saturday's playoff game at Green Bay. Even though Peterson missed practic...Join Now for Full Analysis!
  1/3/2013
Peterson (sore abdomen) returned to practice Thursday after sitting out Tuesday and Wednesday, ESPN 1500 am Twin Cities reports. Peterson has indicated that his abd...Join Now for Full Analysis!
  1/2/2013
Peterson (abdomen/groin) sat out practice again Wednesday, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports. There's little doubt, however, that...Join Now for Full Analysis!