• Height - 6'2"
• Weight - 218
• 40 Time - 4.40 (Combine Time)
  

Draft Projection - Top 5

NFL Impact - Peterson is coming off his Junior year in which he missed significant time due to a collarbone injury. However, Perterson returned for the Fiesta Bowl before announcing he will leave for the NFL draft. Peterson has a rare blend of power and size that make his an intriguing RB prospect. After bursting onto the scene his Freshman season, Peterson was slowed the last 2 years by injuries making his durability one of the top concerns with him. Even with that, Peterson is regarded as the top back in the draft by many and looks to be heading for a top 10 pick.

What are your thoughts on Adrian Peterson? Who could be calling his name in April?

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Got into the Peterson thing a little several weeks back, and will get back into it very soon. One thing you gotta look at is Oklahoma Running Backs in general. Running backs do very well in this system at the college level. This is by no means the sole reason to knock the guy though, I want to state that now before someone picks that one comment and runs with it.

I don't get overly hung up in the stats a kid puts up in college. I like to watch them run, and watch their style of run. 99% of the time, you won't change very much about their running style at the NFL level. If you do, you make them even less successful than they would have been.

Peterson is a bruiser, and a less than smart runner. He has an amazing amount of athletic ability, so much that he overpowers at the college level most of the time. He also has been beat up quite a bit at the college level. Not so much this recent injury, but just weekly beating and nagging injuries that he has ran through. It is because of his running style. I think the injuries will only increase at the NFL level.

his height is not optimal either. At 6'2", it is going to be hard for him get low and get through the line of scrimmage. Running through wide open canyons that OU creates is one thing. Slipping through small cracks at the NFL level is another. Given a couple more years to mature, I think he takes on more of a fullback look than a running back look.

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I think that all depends on what kind of system he falls into at the NFL level. Peterson is a very good runner in the open field when he has to be and can create more options with his size. Remember years ago people said the same about a young man named Emmitt Smith. He was undersized, not fast enough, not a smart runner. However, put into a system in Dallas where he didn't have to be the " MAN" paired with Aikman ,irvin and not to mention one of the most dominating O lines in history. Talent has to do with a lot of success in the NFL however, being in the right place at the right time doesn't hurt to bad either.

I think it's clear Perterson is going to need a decent to good offensive line to be successful. behind a line like Celveland, he will get beat up unless they rebuild it pretty quick.

Yeah Peterson would be just another version of Reuben Droughns in cleveland.

If Peterson goes to the right team, he'll do just fine. The kid can carry the ball, but needs holes to succeed.

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Lions should take this kid in a heartbeat. Their only success in the draft is to take a kid from Oklahoma or Oklahoma State, slap #20 on him, and watch him run.

Let's see....A college runningback with 1 good season and a college plagued season under his belt.

I seem to remember a couple of other guys like that? What were there names? Oh yeah, Tim Biakabatuka and KiJana Carter? Those ring a bell?

Anyways, he's a physically dominant back in college. He relies on talent. But he's not a smart runner, which will hurt him in the NFL. In college, talent is enough to be great, but you have to be smart to play in the NFL. That's the difference between a first round success and a first round bust.

Jury is still out on AP, no word as of yet.

he could be good in Houston

Converted to a Draft Projection thread. I agree, Houston would be a great fit.

Honestly, I don't really see very many scenarios where Peterson comes off the board without a tradeup before Houston at #8. That being said, I have no earthly idea how in the world the Texans let him get past #9. They passed on having Bush, counting on Domanick Davis, and the lack of depth crushed their season essentially when he went IR in the preseason. Peterson will be the best available on the board when they come up, and I think it'd be a huge mistake right now to pass on a RB again.

Peterson is aiming to run a 4.2-4.3 40 time today during his skill workouts.

Think he will make it?

4.2-4.3??? Didn't think he has that kind of speed. If he does, look out, he'll secure a spot in the top 5.

Oklahoma RB Adrian Peterson unofficially ran the 40-yard dash in 4.38 seconds Sunday, Feb. 25.

Sounds like the Browns really like AP

Several teams speak highly of him, that is just what teams do when they are picking high in the draft. They tell every player that they are interested, just in case something happens that causes that player to end up with them.

The only exception I know of recently is the Houston Texans, where management told Vince Young that they were not going to draft him, because they wanted a quarterback that they could win with. Dumbasses.

Peterson's official 40 time is 4.40, tied for 1st of all RB's, second in the vertical with a 38.5, and tied for 1st in the broad jump at 10 feet 2 inches.......

this guy just made TONS of money at the combine........most amazing about what he put up was the fact that his brother had been shot and killed just prior to the combine.....

I honestly think he just may have sealed up the #3 pick in this draft with that performance, depending on what Detroit actually ends up DOING with the #2 pick.......we know who they SHOULD take, but Matt Millen still is president of that team...........

He is getting good marks from his 40 time, that is for sure. Broad jump was very nice. Vertical jump won't really matter for him in terms of draft position.

Something we don't talk about is the 3 cone shuttle, not sure if he competed or not, but he isn't listed in the top 10. This gets alot of weight among scouts for running backs. He was also nowhere to be seen from what I can tell in either of the other shuttles.
These are very important tests for running backs.

NORMAN, Okla. -- Former Oklahoma running back Adrian Peterson, rated the No. 1 running back in the 2007 draft and a possible No. 3 overall pick by the Cleveland Browns, spent a good deal of time catching passes at the Sooners pro day workout Tuesday, something he did little of in his three seasons as a player.

Peterson ran the short shuttle on Tuesday, the only drill he didn't complete at last month's NFL combine, then went through an individual workout, mostly working as a wide receiver to test his hands.

According to scouts who watched the workout, Peterson spent time both working out of the slot and split-out wide, caught every pass that was catchable during the drill and impressed scouts with his fluidness as a receiver.

"You can really tell he's been working on his hands," Browns general manager Phil Savage said.

Peterson had only 24 receptions in the 31 games he played at Oklahoma,

As a runner, though, Peterson had few peers in the college game. He gained 4,045 yards as a Sooner, including 1,925 as a freshman, when he finished second in the balloting for the Heisman Trophy. But he was hampered by injuries as a sophomore (ankle) and junior (collarbone) and started only seven games each season. He nevertheless gained more than 1,000 yards in each.
ESPN.com - NFL/DRAFT07 - Peterson spends pro workout catching passes