Scout.com > Oklahoma Peterson is a Minnesota Viking Story URL: http://oklahoma.scout.com/2/639591.html Staff SoonersIllustrated.com Apr 28, 2007 It's official. Adrian Peterson has a home in the NFL. Peterson was selected by the Minnesota Vikings with the 7th pick of the first round. See inside for notes on Peterson's selection as well as links to articles discussing the Vikings' pick. (Photo/Getty Images) Peterson became the seventh-straight Sooner to be taken in the first round of the NFL Draft. He is the 31st player to be drafted in the Stoops era and the first Sooner drafted by the Vikings since they selected Mike Gaddis in the sixth round in 1992. Click the links below for more information on Peterson to the Vikings. Peterson Q&A -- Ready to roll: NFL.com Vikings Draft Journal: Vikings.com Peterson in First Round to Vikings: SoonerSports.com Copyright © Scout.com and SoonersIllustrated.com