Adrian Peterson was back on the practice field Wednesday for the Minnesota Vikings, just three months after having surgery for a sports hernia, and told reporters he's close to 100 percent.

Adrian Peterson said Wednesday he's "pretty much 100 percent" after having surgery to repair a sports hernia in February. Bruce Kluckhohn/USA TODAY Sports

The 2012 NFL MVP had surgery on Feb. 7. He told ESPN's Josina Anderson in a telephone interview on the day of his surgery that he suffered the injury in Week 11 against the Lions, "but I didn't know the extent I was hurt then."

On Wednesday, he told reporters that he's "pretty much 100 percent."

"You know, me knowing my body I'd like to be a little stronger in some areas. But I'm feeling great," he told reporters.

He participated in all the Vikings' drills on Wednesday.

He had to work on the side during organized team activities last season after surgery to repair his torn ACL. Peterson said returning from the sports hernia surgery is much easier than trying to come back from major knee surgery, although he "earned a lot more respect for [his] abdominal muscles."

"It was a cakewalk compared to recovering from the ACL and what I had to go through to bounce back from that," he said.