San Diego running back Melvin Gordon was so excited to see Adrian Peterson return to the Vikings this week, he had his pal Trae Waynes email him a picture of Peterson's locker.
Gordon, a rookie with the Chargers, grew up with Vikings rookie cornerback Waynes in Kenosha, Wis. The former Wisconsin tailback has long admired Peterson, so he reached out to Waynes when the Vikings' all-time leading rusher returned to practcie this week.
"He's a huge Adrian Peterson fan," Waynes said Thursday about Gordon, who finished runner-up in Heisman Trophy balloting last December. "He was saying to me, 'What's he like?