Adrian Peterson is clearly one of the greatest running backs in NFL history, setting record after record. A lock for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Peterson was amazing in college as well. How does he compare to Herschel Walker? Like many before him, Adrian falls short.
In college Walker outgained Peterson by 1,263 yards and ten touchdowns. Both only played three seasons.
Y.AP YD TD…HW YD TD
1 1937 15 1686 15
2 1154 14 1975 20
3 1148 13 1841 17
T 4239 42 5502 52
In their first nine professional seasons Walker outgained Peterson by 2,067 yards and 26 touchdowns. If you want to throw out Herschel’s USFL numbers and tack on the three NFL seasons when Herschel was older, Peterson did outgain Herschel by 1,229 yards and 21 touchdowns. Adrian is already contemplating retirement, so it’s doubtful he will ever approach the 18,537 NFL yards (much less the 25,214 professional yards) posted by Herschel.
Y..…AP..….HWw/USFL…HW NFL
1 1609 13 2301 18 1574 14
2 1885 10 1867 21 1606 08
3 1819 18 2878 22 2019 07
4 1639 13 1574 14 1338 09
5 1109 13 1606 08 1085 09
6 2314 13 2019 07 1029 10
7 1437 11 1338 09 1348 10
8 0093 00 1085 09 1356 07
9 1707 11 1029 10 1028 07
13612 102 15679 118 12383 81
17851 144 21181 170 17885 133 college & pro
Herschel also bested Peterson for most yards, college and pro combined, for their first nine seasons (NFL-only or USFL/NFL combined, see above). All numbers above are combined rushing and receiving yards. This doesn’t take into account the more than 5,000 NFL return yards Herschel also gained. And unlike Walker, Peterson never ventured downfield on the punt coverage team.
Recently Herschel told Dan Patrick not to believe claims that Deion Sanders or Bo Jackson has run a 4.1 second 40 yard dash. Walker says he’s never ran a 4.1, and he’s never been beaten in a race with another football player. http://www.danpatrick.com/2015/12/22/herschel-walker-says-no-player-ever-could-beat-him-in-race/
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