Adrian Peterson
The record picks him up in 2007 with Alligators; how he first arrived is not on file. Across 14 seasons and 128 starts he played for Alligators, Caleboys, there goes the Naberhood and Hitmen.
His best season was 2012: 259 points across 14 starts, +97.3 above replacement for Alligators, the best running back in football that year. That is part of a career worth +370.5 PAR, 10th in league history. He started for 1 championship team (2014), producing −0.7 in playoff weeks across his career.
He was traded in 2014, from Alligators to there goes the Naberhood. He went back into the draft pool twice, most recently in 2020, taken in the 7th round by there goes the Naberhood. The tail was not kind: 2018 came in at −24.7 across 10 starts. He finishes on 1st in the Alligators Ring of Honor and the Alligators All Cool Pete Team at RB.
The career
One axis. Tenure above, the board below, PAR by season in the plot. Fourteen seasons on the axis, 2007 to 2020.
Season by season
| Season | Franchise | Starts | Points | NFL rank | Playoff PAR | PAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Alligators | 11 | 171.7 | RB3 | +1.3 | +27.2 |
| 2008 | Alligators | 14 | 210.7 | RB3 | −0.1 | +25.8 |
| 2009 | Alligators | 15 | 279.0 | RB2 | +17.8 | +95.3 |
| 2010 | Alligators | 14 | 210.4 | RB3 | −6.4 | +34.1 |
| 2011 | Alligators | 12 | 189.2 | RB9 | −7.5 | +41.3 |
| 2012 | Alligators | 14 | 258.6 | RB1 | +13.3 | +97.3 |
| 2013 | Alligators | 15 | 209.7 | RB6 | −19.1 | +29.8 |
| 2014 · title | Alligators | 1 | 9.3 | RB112 | — | −1.9 |
| 2015 | Caleboys | 13 | 196.7 | RB2 | — | +62.5 |
| 2016 | Caleboys | 2 | 5.7 | RB116 | — | −17.6 |
| 2017 | Caleboys | 3 | 44.4 | RB53 | — | +12.1 |
| 2018 | there goes the Naberhood | 10 | 104.1 | RB16 | — | −24.7 |
| 2019 | Hitmen | 3 | 31.5 | RB28 | — | −2.6 |
| 2020 | there goes the Naberhood | 1 | 1.8 | RB33 | — | −8.1 |