The goal is for Josh Benson to walk again. Adrian Peterson is optimistic it will happen.
Benson, 16, was paralyzed from the waist down last August in an ATV accident. He has been credited with pushing his girlfriend out of the way, saving her before the crash.
Benson, who was a running back at Hinckley-Finlayson High School, was honored last month with the 2015 Courage Award by the Minnesota Chapter of the National Football Foundation. On Thursday, he was invited to attend a Vikings practice that concluded offseason drills, and he received some inspirational words from Peterson.