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By Week 16, Peterson was leading the NFL in rushing with 1,898 yards and averaging 6.0 yards a carry. In addition, he had 11 touchdowns, along with 215 receiving yards. [168] Peterson in the week 17 game against Green Bay, where he came nine yards short of breaking the all-time rushing record
Minnesota Vikings back Adrian Peterson is the third most recent player to have surpassed 2,000 yards rushing, having finished the 2012 season with 2,097 yards rushing, just 8 yards short of Dickerson's record. [5]
Peterson was born to Porter R. and Reatha M. Peterson; his father works at a plant that makes Energizer batteries. [3] Adrian Peterson was a two-time all-state, all-area selection and team MVP at Santa Fe High School in Alachua, Florida where he rushed for 4,949 yards during his prep career to earn All-America honors from ESPN and Blue Chip Illustrated.
Barkley is 268 yards away from Dickerson's record of 2,105 yards, ... Adrian Peterson - 2,097 (2012) Jamal Lewis - 2,066 (2003) ... Dickerson is also aware that Barkley could set the rushing mark ...
His 14,918 career rushing yards rank fifth all-time and his 120 career rushing touchdowns rank fourth all-time. If Peterson took a snap in 2023, he would be the second running back since the 1970 ...
Peterson rushed for 14,918 yards in his career, leading the league in rushing three times. He's one of six running backs to rush for 2,000 yards in a season and was eight yards shy of breaking ...
Most rushing yards in a season: 2,097, Adrian Peterson ; Most rushing yards in a rookie season: 1,341, Adrian Peterson ; Most rushing yards in a game: 296, Adrian Peterson (November 4, 2007) – NFL record; Longest run: 95, Chester Taylor (October 22, 2006) Most seasons with 1,000+ yards rushing: 7, Adrian Peterson (2007–2010, 2012–2013, 2015)
Byron "Whizzer" White, a future associate justice of the US Supreme Court, won the league rushing title in 1938 and 1940 Gale Sayers led the NFL in rushing in 1966 and 1969 Eric Dickerson led the league in rushing in 1983 and 1984, his first two seasons in the league, and won two more titles in 1986 and 1988 Emmitt Smith was the league's rushing champion four times, including three consecutive ...