2013: Lone Pass Completion In A Game Against Lions
When Bruce Arians arrived as coach in 2013, he didn’t love the depth of his receiving corps, and developed the idea of using Peterson, an excellent athlete, on offense. He played 38 offensive snaps that season — the last season he’d appear on offense in the NFL — and Week 2, he got to throw the only pass of his career.
Peterson found Kerry Taylor for a 17-yard gain (and coincidentally, also had a 17-yard reception himself in the contest, one of six catches he had in 2013.)
“That play was a very memorable play for me because that was the first time I was throwing a pass and Bruce Arians would always tease me about getting me on offense and he actually called a play,” Peterson said. “It was like, ‘Holy s**t, here we go.'”
