• Running back says he looks forward to return

Many have speculated on whether Adrian Peterson has played his last game at Oklahoma. The junior running back doesn’t think so.

“I’m looking forward to playing,” he said Wednesday. “I don’t know how soon it will be when I recover, but I’m looking forward to playing. So don’t be surprised.”

Peterson made his first public comments since breaking his collarbone in the fourth quarter of the Sooners’ 34-9 victory over Iowa State last Saturday. He suffered the injury on a 53-yard touchdown run to cap a 183-yard rushing performance.

After the game, OU coach Bob Stoops announced the injury would keep the All-American running back out for the rest of the regular season.

But Peterson offered a time frame that could put him back on the field sooner.

“They say 4-6 weeks,” he said. “It just depends on how things heal. I’ve just got to sit back and just take my time and let it heal correctly.”

The 20th-ranked Sooners host Colorado at 6 p.m. Saturday.

They will definitely be without his services against the Buffaloes. Peterson will also miss the Oct. 28 game at Missouri, Nov. 4 game at Texas A&M and Nov. 11 home finale against Texas Tech.

But if Peterson makes it back in four weeks, he could conceivably play in Oklahoma’s final two regular-season games, at Baylor Nov. 18 and at Oklahoma State Nov. 25.

Head athletics trainer Scott Anderson said it’s too early to speculate on a time table.

“(The recovery) course is expected to take six weeks,” he said. “We will, of course, have assessments during this period of time as we go through and manage and track his recovery.”

The injury dampened what was supposed to be a big day for Peterson and his family.

His father attended the game and was watching him play for the first time in person since Peterson was 12 years old. Nelson Peterson had spent about eight years in federal prison for money laundering.