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Georgia Southern University Athletics

Georgia Southern Athletics Hall of Fame

Adrian Peterson

Adrian Peterson

  • Class
  • Induction
    2012
  • Sport(s)
    Football
Perhaps the greatest football player in the history of Georgia Southern Athletics…..led Eagles to two national championships and three consecutive title game appearances…..currently leads FCS career records in sixteen different categories including career TDs (84), most games with 100 or more rushing yards (40), most yards gained by a freshman in a season in 1998 (1,932), TDs scored by a freshman (1998), and is the NCAA Division I all-time leading rusher with 6,559 yards in regular season contests….holds 30 school and playoff records…..recipient of the 1999 Walter Payton Award….. ….inducted as a member of the inaugural Southern Conference Hall of Fame class in 2009…….broke or tied 45 records (16 GSU, 14 NCAA, 15 SoCon) in 1998…. Four-time All-American.
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