Randy Gene Moss
Randy Gene
Moss, born February 13, 1977, is an ex-American player in the field of
football. He was a player for 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 along with Jerry Rice, he holds the NFL
single-season touchdown reception record (23 in 2007) in addition to the NFL
single-season record for touchdown reception for a rookie (17 in 1998) and is
ranked second in the NFL all-time regular season touchdown list, with 156. Moss
was well known for his skills in securing catch contests and the term
"mossed" has entered football's language. Post-football, he began
working with ESPN as a studio analyst for its Sunday NFL Countdown and Monday
Night Countdown programs. Moss was born in Rand, West Virginia. Moss was a
student at DuPont High School. This was one of the two schools that later amalgamated
to form Riverside High School. He excelled in basketball, football and
baseball. Randy was also a part of the school's debating club. On the football
field, Moss led the DuPont Panthers to state championships in back-to-back
years in 1992 and 1993. His star position was wide receiver. However, Moss also
played safety for free as well as punted kickoffs. He also 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 annual
All-American high school football team in 1995 and in 2009, named him one of
the 50 greatest football players in high school of all time.

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