Adrian Peterson on Lincoln Riley: 'I don't see him going anywhere...but I've seen stranger things'

Former Sooner told Detroit media on a Zoom call that Riley's offensive abilities at OU are renowned and that Riley is "a players coach"

John E. Hoover|

Former Oklahoma running back Adrian Peterson, one of the Sooners’ all-time greats, was asked Thursday about OU coach Lincoln Riley.

“He’s a players coach about his business, and that’s what you need,” Peterson said.

For most of Riley’s four seasons in Norman, there has been speculation about him taking an NFL job.

On that topic, Peterson offered up the following:

“I don’t see him going anywhere, you know,” Peterson said. “I don’t. But who knows? You know, I’ve seen stranger things.”

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Published Dec 10, 2020

JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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