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Future Hall of Fame player helping Saquon Barkley with rehab

Future Hall of Famer and current Detroit Lions running back Adrian Peterson, who suffered a torn ACL in 2011 and came back even stronger, is helping New York Giants’ running back Saquon Barkley after he suffered a torn ACL back in week two against the Chicago Bears.

What’s really remarkable is that Peterson is still playing at the age of 35.

“To be that poster child for [ACL recovery] is what I envisioned,” Peterson told TMZ. “Because now people, they look at it, and they say, ‘You know what? I can do that. I’ll be able to come back.