ADRIAN PETERSON TICKETED FOR SPEEDING: Minnesota Vikings running back clocked going 109 mph in a 55 mph zone.

      Peterson told The Associated Press on Thursday that he "got a little speeding ticket. I need to be more aware of the speed I was going and not let it happen again."

      The NFL star was pulled over just before 8:30 p.m. Saturday while driving his BMW in a 55-mph zone on state Highway 62 — a normally busy stretch of road known as the Crosstown that connects Minneapolis with southern and western suburbs, Edina police spokeswoman Molly Anderson told the AP.

      She said Peterson was given a citation and allowed to drive away after what appeared to be a "very routine" traffic stop.

      Anderson, 24, says he was definitely speeding, but not at the 109 mph clocked by cops.

      "I know it was a speeding ticket, and that's what I got issued for," Peterson said, adding he was en route to the downtown hotel where the team stays the night before home games when he was stopped by police. He said he was not late at that point.

      "After I got pulled over, then I was late," Peterson said.