Oklahoma running back Adrian Peterson will skip his senior season and enter the NFL draft.
"In the end, I think I just realized that this is a business decision and that it is time for me to take that next step," Peterson said in a statement released by the university Monday, the deadline for underclassmen to declare themselves eligible for the draft.
"It wasn't easy," he said. "I haven't been sleeping much. I just put it all in God's hands."
Peterson To Go Pro