Adrian Peterson will join the Minnesota Vikings for organized team activities on Tuesday.

"I'm returning because I want to. I'm a part of this football team and I owe it to the guys I play with and to our coaches," Peterson wrote Tuesday morning in an email to ESPN. "I was planning on coming in this week, and I'm looking forward to getting back on the field. It's what I love to do."

Peterson felt he didn't receive adequate support from the Vikings' organization last year during his child abuse scandal.

The Vikings, however, maintained they would not trade Peterson, and he decided to return to the team after talking with Mike Zimmer.