Adrian Peterson signs with new NFL team on Wednesday

Adrian Peterson isn’t done in the NFL quite yet.

“Seahawks coach Pete Carroll told reporters they have signed RB Adrian Peterson to their practice squad,” NFL Insider Ian Rappaport tweeted on Tuesday.

The move comes just a week after the Tennessee Titans abruptly waived the former Oklahoma star, though he was initially expected to get thrown into a starting role to fill the void left by Derrick Henry.

The Seattle Sehawks are in desperate need of an offensive spark, coming off a Monday night loss to Washington where Russell Wilson and his supporting cast was held to five-consecutive three-and-outs and beyond the final two-minute drill, sputtered to say the least.

“We’re trying to get ready to win this football game. So, I’ll see if Adrian’s got something to offer us,” Seahawks coach Pete Carroll told reporters about the move.

Peterson played in 16 games in 2020 with the Detroit Lions, starting 10 tilts. He rushed for 604 yards and seven TDs on 156 carries with the Lions.

The 36-year-old has 14,820 total rushing yards in his career, just 449 behind Barry Sanders for fourth-most all time

Adrian Peterson defying the odds

Peterson entered the league in 2007 at the age of 22. He is playing in his 15th NFL season and was a first-round draft pick (No. 7 overall) in the 2007 NFL Draft. He is one of four players drafted that year to still be playing in the league. The other three — Nick Folk, Mason Crosby and Clark Harris — are all special teams players.

The former Oklahoma Sooners star ball-carrier is now among the NFL’s oldest active skill position players, and he is becoming a big-time anomaly. Running backs usually don’t play late into their careers, and the average length of an NFL career is 3.3 years. So, Peterson continues to defy the odds as he looks to build on some of his Hall of Fame-worthy numbers.

Adrian Peterson last revamped his career back in Washington in 2018 and 2019, where he racked up nearly 2,000 yards in two seasons. He was released when Ron Rivera took the helm, and in his final productive campaign in Detroit in 2020, the bruising back finished with 156 carries for 604 yards and seven touchdowns on the ground.