Randy Gene Moss

Randy Gene Moss, born on 13th February 1977, is an ex-American player in the field of football. He was a player in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, Oakland Raiders, New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans, and the San Francisco 49ers. He is widely recognized as Jerry Rice's best wide receiver. He holds the NFL single season touchdown reception record of 23 in 2007, the NFL rookie single-season touchdown reception record (17 in 1998) and is ranked second on NFL's all-time regular-season touchdown receptions with 156. Moss was well-known for his prowess in securing contested catches and the word "mossed" has been incorporated into football vernacular. Following football, he began working for ESPN as an analyst in the studio for their Sunday NFL Countdown and Monday Night Countdown programs. Moss was born at Rand, West Virginia. He attended DuPont High School, one of two schools later consolidated into Riverside High School, where he was a star in football, basketball as well as baseball and track. Randy was also a part of the school's debate team. Moss was a DuPont Panthers' football player who led them to back-toback states championships in 1992 and 1993. Moss was an outstanding wide receiver. He also was a free safety, and returned punts. In 1994, he was honoured with the Kennedy Award as the West Virginia Football Player of the Year. Parade magazine named him to their annual All-American high school football team in 1995 and in 2009, he was named among the 50 best football players from high school of all time.

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