Randy Gene Moss
Randy Gene
Moss (born February 13, 1977) is an ex- American football player. He was a
player with the Minnesota Vikings (Oak Raiders), New England Patriots (New
England Patriots), Tennessee Titans (Tennessee Titans) and the San Francisco
49ers in the National Football League. Widely regarded as the greatest wide
receiver of all time, together with Jerry Rice, he holds the NFL single-season
record for touchdown receptions (23 in 2007) as well as the NFL single-season
record for touchdown reception for rookies (17 in 1998) and is ranked second on
the NFL all-time regular season touchdown list with 156. Moss was well known
for his prowess in securing contestable catches, and the term
"mossed" has become part of the football's lexicon. Moss began his
career as a studio analyst for ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown and Tuesday Night
Countdown shows. Moss was born in Rand, West Virginia. Moss was a student at
DuPont High School. This was one of two schools later consolidated to become Riverside
High School. He excelled in basketball, football and baseball. Randy was also
on the school's debate team. Moss led the DuPont Panthers football team to two
consecutive state championships in 1992 and 1993. Moss was an outstanding wide
receiver, but also played free safety returning punts and kickoffs, as well as
was the team's punter and kicker. He was honored with the Kennedy Award in 1994
as West Virginia's Football Player of Year. Parade magazine named him to their
All-American high-school football teams in the year 1995. In 2009, they named
him one the top 50 high-school footballers of all time.
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