Adrian Peterson is more than just a football player. We found a bunch of facts on the Vikings website and we wanted to write up a little profile of Adrian Peterson to give you a background.
- Has taken mission trips to Africa the past 2 offseasons, 2010 and 2011
- Working with Starkey Hearing to provide hearing aids to disadvantaged children and adults, joining other NFL stars on the trips
- Works with youth through his All Day Foundation, with the motto “Giving Back Every Day, All Day”
- Hosted Special Olympics of Minnesota Punt, Pass and Kick events at Winter Park in 2008 and 2009
- Comes from an athletic family as mother, Bonita Jackson, was a track and field star and father, Nelson Peterson, was a collegiate basketball player at Idaho State
- His uncle, Ivory Lee Brown, was an NFL player and suited up for the Vikings in 1993
- Endured the tragic loss of his brother as a youth and his stepbrother the night before the NFL Scouting Combine
- Majored in sociology
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