Adrian Peterson (official thread)

[fourteenandoh]

can't believe no one has sounded off on ap's broken collar bone. i personally feel bad for him. we all know he's a star and will be the same in the NFL, but do you guys think he'll stay in school next year because of this? what a heartbreaker for him because this was the first time his dad saw him play.

 

[methomps]

can't believe no one has sounded off on ap's broken collar bone. i personally feel bad for him. we all know he's a star and will be the same in the NFL, but do you guys think he'll stay in school next year because of this? what a heartbreaker for him because this was the first time his dad saw him play.

Quite the opposite. I think this is very likely going to push him to the NFL. All those agents will be telling him that this shows how quickly it can all end.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dispatch

NO. 23 OKLAHOMA 34 IOWA STATE 9
Peterson suffers broken collarbone, out for season

Sunday, October 15, 2006

Jeff Latzke
ASSOCIATED PRESS

</IMG> Adrian Peterson of Oklahoma dives into the end zone but lands hard and suffers a broken collarbone. He was second in Heisman voting in 2004.


NORMAN, Okla. ? Adrian Peterson weaved around the line, dodged a tackler and broke into the clear before diving across the goal line.
The Heisman hopeful?s latest spectacular touchdown run might turn out to be his last in Norman.
Playing in a college game with his father in the stands for the first time, Peterson suffered a broken collarbone yesterday at the end of the 53-yard run that finished off No. 23 Oklahoma?s 34-9 victory over Iowa State.
He is expected to miss the rest of the regular season, although he could return for a bowl game. The junior tailback is eligible to enter the NFL draft after this season and he?d likely be a first-round pick.
"He made a nice cut, made a great play. He made a bunch of great ones," Sooners offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson said. "Hopefully, that won?t be his last."
Peterson was injured with about 6:35 remaining when he landed hard on the shoulder after falling into the end zone. He got right up and trotted off the field, but with his left arm dangling across the front of his body.
He had 183 yards rushing and two touchdowns playing for the first time in years before his father, Nelson, who had spent about eight years in federal prison for money laundering.
"Just diving into the end zone and when he landed, he landed wrong," Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said. "At this point it looks like the best thing, the earliest he would be ready to play, would be a bowl game."
Peterson started strongly with a 40-yard gain on his first carry to set up a 6-yard touchdown run two plays later.
Nelson Peterson watched it all from the stands just nine days after he was released from an Oklahoma City halfway house. He never saw his son play in high school or as he racked up an NCAA freshman-record 1,925 rushing yards and finished second in the 2004 Heisman voting.
Oklahoma had planned to call father and son into the interview room to discuss their big day. That was all canceled after X-rays revealed the injury.
"I?m pretty sure this will overshadow the kind of game he had," Oklahoma receiver Malcolm Kelly said. "I?m just imagining how I?m feeling right now, but I can only imagine how he?s feeling right now."
Peterson had said he expected his first game in front of his dad to be "exciting and emotional." But Stoops and Peterson?s teammates said he didn?t go out of his way to make it a special occasion.
"Nothing was really said about it. He didn?t say anything about it before the game, but we were all aware of it," quarterback Paul Thompson said.
"It?s kind of hard to tell when he?s not fired up with how he runs, but you could definitely tell that he wanted to have a big game, and he did." Oklahoma (4-2) led 24-7 at halftime. Iowa State dropped to 3-4.

 

[BB73]

The only question is whether he comes back for their bowl game in order to set the school rushing record. He's about 145 yards behind the career leader at OU.

 

[tibor75]

I was annoyed yesterday hearing about his stupid father. I feel for AP - not for his dumbass Dad. Gee, instead of saying how bad it is that he got hurt on his Dad's first game, maybe the retard shouldn't have been a worthless criminal and could have seen him earlier.

 

[osugrad21]

CBS

uh....did they mean AP?

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica] All Day all done: Say a prayer for Oklahoma's Adrian Peterson. On the day his father saw him play for the first time in eight years, OU's magnificent tailback broke his collarbone against Iowa State and likely saw his college career end. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] You wonder how the NFL will view a great college player who now has a history of injury (shoulder, ankle, collarbone). A.D. should view it this way: If he's going to get beat up, he ought to at least get paid for it. The next time Peterson takes a snap, he could have an eight-figure signing bonus in his back pocket. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] You also wonder where the Oklahoma program is headed. An 8-4 season might be overly optimistic at this point. The Sooners need to rebuild, quickly, to become a factor in the Big 12 South and the national scene again. Doing it by next year might be asking too much. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] Doing it by next week? Impossible. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] "A.D. is the focal point not only of this offense but the team," OU quarterback Paul Thompson said. [/FONT]

 

[methomps]

The Sooner fans call him AD for All Day. Also, I think they had Antonion Perkins on the team Peterson's freshman year.

 

[Adam Locked]

I was annoyed yesterday hearing about his stupid father. I feel for AP - not for his dumbass Dad. Gee, instead of saying how bad it is that he got hurt on his Dad's first game, maybe the retard shouldn't have been a worthless criminal and could have seen him earlier.

Exactly, thank you!

 

[Zurp]

I was annoyed yesterday hearing about his stupid father. I feel for AP - not for his dumbass Dad. Gee, instead of saying how bad it is that he got hurt on his Dad's first game, maybe the retard shouldn't have been a worthless criminal and could have seen him earlier.

I don't feel bad for his dad at all. Last week I heard that he was disappointed that he wasn't allowed to go to the RRS, in Dallas, because he wasn't allowed to leave the state. Go cry me a river.

But I guess it isn't politically-correct for that kind of talk on national television.

 

[Best Buckeye]

On ESPN today he said he would be back in time for a bowl game if Okla gets a bowl game.....
:osu:

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

if garfield calls john a loser?

 

[osugrad21]

Link

RB will return for Oklahoma bowl game


NORMAN, Okla. (AP) ? Adrian Peterson plans to play at least one more game for Oklahoma.
The star tailback, speaking publicly for the first time since breaking his collarbone on Saturday, said he intends to play in a bowl game if the Sooners reach the postseason.
"I'm praying each night for a speedy recovery," Peterson said Wednesday at a news conference. "I love to play the game. I would enjoy going out there and playing with the guys and getting back on the field."The junior was injured after falling into the end zone and landing awkwardly on his left shoulder at the end of a spectacular 53-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter of Oklahoma's 34-9 win over Iowa State.
Peterson, whose left arm is in a sling, said he could be back in four to six weeks, but Oklahoma trainer Scott Anderson offered a six-week timeframe for Peterson's return. The injury is being treated without surgery, Anderson said.
Peterson, with coach Bob Stoops standing nearby, didn't take questions about whether he plans to return to school next year or enter the NFL draft.
Oklahoma is 4-2 and 1-1 in the Big 12 entering Saturday's home game against Colorado. The 20th-ranked Sooners need two more wins to become bowl-eligible.
If Peterson makes it back in four weeks, he could conceivably play in Oklahoma's final two regular-season games, at Baylor on Nov. 18 and at Oklahoma State on Nov. 25.
The Big 12 title game is Dec. 2.
"It depends on how things heal," Peterson said. "I've got to take my time and let it heal correctly."
Peterson said he immediately knew something was "seriously wrong" when he hit the turf on his final play. He said he's still in "a lot of pain" but that he plans to maintain his conditioning while the injury heals and attend Oklahoma football practices.
"It's crazy, taking the pounding I take ... to fall like that and unfortunately break a collarbone," he said.
Peterson's injury came while playing for the first time in years with his father, Nelson Peterson, in the stands. Nelson Peterson had spent about eight years in federal prison for money laundering. Oddly, after the game, Adrian Peterson's mother, Bonita Jackson, broke her ankle while playing basketball during a family get-together."I told her this is a day we're never going to forget," he said. "It was a crazy weekend."
Peterson ran for 183 yards and two touchdowns against Iowa State. He has 935 yards and 10 touchdowns this season and is the second-leading rusher in country.
Peterson set an NCAA Division I-A freshman record with 1,925 rushing yards in 2004 as he helped lead Oklahoma to the Bowl Championship Series title game and finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting. He's rushed for at least 100 yards in 22 of his 30 games at Oklahoma, including nine straight to start his career.
His performance Saturday moved him into fourth place on Oklahoma's all-time rushing list. He would need only 150 to match 1978 Heisman Trophy winner Billy Sims' total of 4,118 yards.
"That's something that's pretty cool," Peterson said. "Actually, I didn't really know about it until after the game. It's not something that I've been focusing on."
Despite all his success, Peterson has been fairly injury-prone in his Oklahoma career. He dislocated his left shoulder in fall practice in 2004, reaggravated it during the regular season and then had surgery in the offseason.
He missed one game last season and was severely limited in three others with a sprained right ankle.
"Adrian has always had a great capacity for recovery, and certainly he's motivated," Anderson said.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Stoops expects Peterson play in bowl

cnnsi.com

Oklahoma's Adrian Peterson has missed the last five weeks due to a broken collarbone.


NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said Tuesday he thinks star tailback Adrian Peterson will play again for the Sooners.
"I'm pretty convinced of that," Stoops said. "Things may change but at this point it hasn't for him."
Stoops has ruled out Peterson's return for the 13th-ranked Sooners' game Saturday at Oklahoma State (6-5, 3-4 Big 12), but he believes it's possible the 2004 Heisman runner-up could play in a bowl game. Stoops said he's unsure whether Peterson's broken collarbone would be healed in time for the Big 12 title game in Kansas City, Mo., on Dec. 2.
The Sooners (9-2, 6-1) can make the conference championship game if they beat Oklahoma State and Texas A&M upsets Texas on Friday.
Stoops' decision this week was based on a bone scan that showed Peterson still needed time to heal.
"I understand the healing is going well," Stoops said. "I don't think through that image they can say (he'll be back) this day. I think it's something they will continue to monitor through whatever bone scans they do to determine that."
Peterson has missed five games since breaking the collarbone against Iowa State on Oct. 14. Doctors initially said Peterson may be able to return in six weeks, but Oklahoma had figured it wouldn't have him back until the postseason.
Stoops said Peterson has been running and training and remains "in shape."
"If he could've played last week, he would have played," Stoops said. "He wants to play as soon as he can play. End of story."
Peterson set an NCAA freshman record in 2004 with 1,925 rushing yards, helping the Sooners reach the BCS title game against Southern California. He was hampered last season by an ankle injury, but returned this year to rush for 935 yards in Oklahoma's first six games.
With 3,968 career rushing yards, he would need only 150 to tie 1978 Heisman Trophy winner Billy Sims' school record.
Stoops said he didn't think Peterson would be swayed by talk that he shouldn't jeopardize his NFL career by risking injury in a bowl game.
"I just know how he is. He's going to listen to what he wants to do," Stoops said. "It's his life, and he's been used to people trying to tell him what to do with his life for a long time. He's going to do it how he wants to do it.
"He's the one that has to lay down at night and be satisfied with what he's done."
Stoops said Peterson has been under "immense" pressure during his three years at Oklahoma and "he's tired of listening to people."
"It's easy for people to tell someone what to do when they don't have anything invested in it. He's got a lot invested in it," Stoops said. "He's a bright young guy. He knows what he wants, and a lot of it isn't all fluff that's out there for him.
"There's a lot of substance to him. There's factors and some things he wants to accomplish and wants to do. Things may change, but it'll surprise me. He's a determined guy that sticks to what he wants to do."
Stoops said Peterson still hasn't decided whether to return to Oklahoma for his senior season or go pro.
Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

 

[osugrad21]

ABJ

Peterson won't return

for Big 12 title game
No. 8 Oklahoma will be without star tailback Adrian Peterson when it faces No. 19 Nebraska in the Big 12 championship game Saturday. Peterson, the 2004 Heisman runner-up, has missed six weeks after breaking his collarbone Oct. 14 on a touchdown run against Iowa State. Oklahoma (10-2, 7-1 Big 12) has won all six of its games without Peterson.
``Adrian is not going to play,'' Sooners coach Bob Stoops said Tuesday at his weekly news conference. ``Without being too technical, he's close. He could be cleared to play, but each week that passes the likelihood of it reoccurring is less and less.''

 

[osugrad21]

Dispatch

Peterson?s return gives Sooners players a boost
Thursday, December 14, 2006
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Simply by returning to practice, tailback Adrian Peterson has lifted the spirits of his Oklahoma teammates.
Peterson, who suffered a broken collarbone in October, will return to the lineup when No. 7 Oklahoma plays No. 9 Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 1.
The junior resumed practicing with the Sooners on Friday but hasn?t spoken with reporters yet ? so the Sooners spoke about him.
"He?s getting more and more snaps in there," coach Bob Stoops said. "The players are excited to see him back in there. He?s always been a great and strong team guy. The players have always appreciated how he?s worked and he?ll get more and more snaps leading up to it. It can only be positive."
Peterson ran for 935 yards and scored 10 touchdowns in six games.