Rush Deliveries

Last update: April 28, 2007 - 7:54 PM

For the 10th time in their history, the Vikings used a No. 1 draft pick on a running back. Here were the nine previous to Adrian Peterson:

2001: Michael Bennett, Wisconsin

1993: Robert Smith, Ohio State

1987: D.J. Dozier, Penn State

1982: Darrin Nelson, Stanford

1979: Ted Brown, N.C. State

1973: Chuck Foreman, Miami

1971: Leo Hayden, Ohio State

1967: Clinton Jones, Michigan State

1961: Tommy Mason, Tulane

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