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METAIRIE, La. — Adrian Peterson was the 2003 U.S. Army National Player of the Year as a senior at Palestine (Texas) High, and Rivals.com's No. 1-ranked prospect in the class of 2004. He was a Heisman finalist as a freshman at Oklahoma, and rushed for 4,041 yards in 31 games there. The Vikings took him seventh overall in 2007, he was the NFL rookie of the year and earned All-Pro in six of his first seven NFL seasons.
Even after missing all but one game of the 2014 season while facing child abuse charges, he came back to win his fifth rushing title in 2015.