Adrian Peterson arrested for DWI after appearance at Vikings’ NFL draft party

Vikings fable Adrian Peterson was booked into nan Hennepin County Jail connected a fourth-degree driving while impaired complaint earlier being released early Friday greeting successful Minnesota, according to TMZ Sports.

Peterson was reportedly pulled complete astatine 3:20 a.m. aft going 83 successful a 55 mph zone. The 40-year-old erstwhile moving backmost was breathalyzed and blew a .14, good supra nan ineligible limit of a .08.

Peterson, who was astatine U.S. Bank Stadium earlier successful nan evening arsenic a featured impermanent astatine nan team’s 2025 NFL draught party, was booked astatine 5:16 a.m. and took a mug changeable astatine nan region jail.

Adrian Peterson was arrested successful April 2025. Tom Dahlin/WireImage.com

Per jailhouse records obtained by Bring Me nan News, Peterson’s bail was group astatine $4,000 and his tribunal day is May 9. 

Fourth-degree DWI is simply a misdemeanor complaint successful Minnesota and usually applies to first-time offenders.

Peterson, who past played successful 2021, has a spotted ineligible record.

He was indicted by a expansive assemblage successful 2014 connected charges of reckless aliases negligent wounded to a kid and later pleaded nary title to a misdemeanor complaint of recklessly assaulting his son. He was suspended for each but 1 crippled of nan 2014 play complete nan incident.

The erstwhile Vikings moving backmost (28) was busted for a DWI. Getty Images

He besides sewage into problem complete defaulting connected a 2016 indebtedness and successful 2024, had immoderate individual assets forcibly seized to salary backmost an owed $8.3 cardinal to DeAngelo Vehicle Sales LLC.

Additionally, Peterson was arrested successful 2022 complete a home unit incident pinch his woman that caused him to beryllium removed from a level going from Los Angeles to Houston.

His wife, Ashley, later described nan incident arsenic a verbal argument, saying that Peterson did not deed her during nan flight. The Los Angeles District Attorney’s agency dropped nan home unit complaint against Peterson.

Peterson was nan 2012 NFL MVP and a four-time All-Pro, finishing his profession pinch 14,918 rushing yards and 120 touchdowns.