NFL Reinstates Adrian Peterson

The NFL is reinstating Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson.

The league announced that he will become an active NFL player again effective Friday and may participate in all scheduled team activities.

Peterson had been suspended since pleading no contest last November to child-abuse charges involving the disciplining of his four-year-old son with a tree branch.

Commissioner Roger Goodell sent Peterson a letter advising him of his reinstatement. Goodell wrote that Peterson will have to fulfill all the obligations of his plea deal with authorities after he reached a plea deal to reduce a felony charge to a misdemeanor.

Goodell also told Peterson he would have to continue attending counseling while adhering to the league's new personal conduct policy to avoid further discipline.

Peterson's agent has said the star running back wants to play elsewhere next season. But the Vikings say they have no plans to trade him.

(Material from both AP and Metro Networks used in this story)