(Reuters) - Minnesota Vikings fans welcomed back Adrian Peterson with a standing ovation on Sunday and the running back thanked them with 192 yards of offense in the Vikings' first victory of the season.
Peterson, 30, played only one game for Minnesota last season after he was suspended following child abuse charges involving the disciplining of his 4-year-old son that were eventually reduced to a misdemeanor.
“It felt good,” Peterson, a six-times Pro Bowler and the 2012 league most valuable player, said about the ovation. “If you could have seen me running through the tunnel, I had a lot of energy from that warm welcome.