Vikings running back Adrian Peterson started for the Vikings on Sunday against San Diego at TCF Bank Stadium after his wife, Ashley, in the morning gave birth to a son, Axyl Eugene Peterson.
It's the second child Peterson has had with his wife, whom he married in 2014. It is his seventh child overall.
Ashley Peterson had said in June the baby was due in October.
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