Ari Peterson, the daughter of former NFL running back Adrian Peterson, is emerging as one of the top Class of 2028 high school basketball prospect in the country at
Minnetonka (Minn.).
Peterson, a 6-foot-1 guard, is averaging 13.2 points per game this season with a high of 21 in December against Park Center. She can score from all over the floor, rebound and
even dunk.
Minnesota, Purdue, Maryland and Oklahoma – where Adrian played between 2004-07 – are among the college programs that have extended offers to Peterson.
Peterson has been playing high school varsity ball since seventh grade when she was at
Providence Academy (Plymouth, Minn.). As an eighth-grader, she averaged 12.2 points and 7.4 rebounds for a state championship squad that went 29-4.
Transitioning to Minnetonka this year, Peterson looks to be getting comfortable with 12 straight games scoring in double figures. The Skippers are 10-6 heading into Friday's home game against Edina.
Adrian Peterson rushed for 5,011 yards and 54 touchdowns in his final two years of high school at
Palestine (Texas) before heading to Norman to play for the Sooners. He was drafted No. 7 overall by Minnesota in 2007 and played for the Vikings until 2016, rushing for 11,747 yards and 97 touchdowns as part of that franchise.
He is still the last non-quarterback to win NFL MVP, accomplishing that in 2012 when he rushed for over 2,000 yards.
The running back was also a track star in high school, just like his mother Bonita Jackson, who won the 1983 Texas state championship in the triple-jump. Adrian's father Norman Peterson played college basketball at Idaho State and professionally in Puerto Rico.
