Adrian Peterson hit with second DWI arrest this year — also facing potential weapons charge

Adrian Peterson was arrested for DWI and unlawfully carrying a weapon in Sugar Land, Texas. 

The incident occurred on Sunday morning, according to multiple reports. 

Peterson was taken into custody around 9:30 a.m. local time by Sugar Land Police, KHOU 11 reported. 

Adrian Peterson #28 of the Detroit Lions looks on prior to their game against the Washington Football Team at Ford Field on November 15, 2020 in Detroit. Getty Images

Online jail records confirmed that he was booked on a charge of driving while intoxicated and unlawfully carrying a weapon. 

There are few details about what led to the arrest and police told KHOU 11 that they couldn’t release additional information about it due to the active investigation.

It wasn’t immediately clear why Peterson was in the Sugar Land area, though he does hail from Palestine, Texas, which is a few hours north of Sugar Land. 

This would be Peterson’s second DWI arrest in a year after he was stopped by police in Minnesota in April around 3 a.m. following the Vikings draft day party. 

Peterson was stopped then for going 83 in a 55 mph zone. 

He then blew a .14 BAC, which was well over the legal limit of .08 in the state of Minnesota. 

In June, a video was published of Peterson getting into a fistfight at a poker game that had occurred on May 27 in Houston. 

Police were not involved in the fistfight. 

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Peterson, who won the MVP in 2012, hasn’t played in the NFL since 2021 but had an extensive career, spending 10 years with the Vikings before time with the Rams, Cardinals, Washington, Lions, Titans and Seahawks.

He recorded 14,918 rushing yards along with 120 rushing touchdowns during the course of his NFL career.