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Seahawks sign RB Adrian Peterson to practice squad

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Dec 1, 2021 6:54 PM ET

For the second time this season, veteran running back and future Hall of Famer Adrian Peterson is back.

As Chase Goodbread noted for the NFL's website, Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll confirmed Wednesday the team has signed Peterson to its practice squad.

The seven-time Pro Bowl selection remained available through the start of the campaign and until the Tennessee Titans took a flier on him last month after starting ball-carrier and former Most Valuable Player candidate Derrick Henry went down with a foot injury. Peterson mostly failed to impress, however, and the Titans waived him last week after he accumulated 82 yards and a touchdown on 27 carries in three games.

The 36-year-old is fifth on the all-time rushing yards list with 14,902. Current Hall of Famer Barry Sanders is fourth with 15,269 yards.

ESPN's Seth Walder notes fans should keep expectations realistic regarding what Peterson can possibly offer Seattle or any team at this point:

Since the start of 2020 Adrian Peterson has accrued -111 rush yards over expectation, per @NextGenStats.

That's lowest among all players in that timeframe. https://t.co/yDuJpK1LUD
— Seth Walder (@SethWalder) December 1, 2021

However, the Seahawks fell to 3-8 on the season via Monday's 17-15 loss to the Washington Football Team and, thus, are risking nothing of note by giving a living legend a chance to at least reach 15,000 career rushing yards before he rides off into the sunset.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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