Oklahoma football: Ranking the Top-7 Sooner RBs of all-time

KANSAS CITY, MO - DECEMBER 4: Adrian Peterson #28 of the University of Oklahoma Sooners carries the ball against the University of Colorado Buffaloes in the Big 12 Championship game on December 4, 2004 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. Oklahoma defeated Colorado 42-3 to win the Big XII Championship. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images) /

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No. 1 — Adrian Peterson

Two words: “All Day.”

The freshmen season by Adrian Peterson may be the best running-back performance in Oklahoma football history. AD set an NCAA freshmen rushing record with 1,925 yards in 2004, and found paydirt 15 times.

The power, elusiveness, and speed was all on full display from Peterson. In 13 games in his freshmen season, Peterson rushed for 100 yards or more in all but two games. AD rushed for 200 yards or more in two games in his freshmen season.

The Sooners lost to USC in the National Championship game in 2005, but that doesn’t take away from the dominant freshmen season Peterson had. AD followed up his freshmen campaign with 1,108 yards his sophomore season along with 14 TDs. In 2006, AD’s season was cut short with a collarbone injury against Iowa State in Week 6. Peterson returned for the Fiesta Bowl vs Boise State, where the Sooners were upset by the Bronchos in overtime.

Peterson would go on to have a very successful NFL career, and in fact is still playing at 37 years of age. He has close to 15,000 rushing yards and 126 total touchdowns along with 7 Pro Bowls to his credit in his NFL career.

AD goes down as one of the best players to never win a Heisman, although he was runner-up in the voting his freshman season in 2004.

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