Randy Gene Moss

Randy Gene Moss was born February 13, 1977. He is an American footballer. 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. Widely regarded as the greatest wide receiver of all-time along with Jerry Rice, he holds the NFL single-season record for touchdown receptions (23 in 2007) in addition to the NFL single-season record for touchdown reception for rookies (17 in 1998) and is second on the NFL all-time regular season touchdown reception list, with 156. Moss is famous for his ability to get contested catches. The term "mossed" which has been incorporated into the football vocabulary, became popularized due to this. His career began as a studio announcer for ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown and Tuesday Night Countdown shows. Moss was born in Rand, West Virginia. He attended DuPont High School. It was one of two schools which was later amalgamated into Riverside High School. There Moss excelled in basketball, football, baseball, track, and other sports. Randy was also on the school’s debate team. Moss was the captain of the DuPont Panthers football team to two consecutive state championships in 1992, 1993. He was an excellent wide receiver however, he also played free safety, returned punts and kickoffs, as well as was the team's kicker and punter. He received the Kennedy Award in 1994 as West Virginia's Football Player of the Year. Parade magazine named him to their All-American high-school football team in 1995, and in 2009, he was named one of the 50 best football players from high schools ever.