Randy Gene Moss

Randy Gene Moss was born on February 13, 1977. He is an American football player. 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. Along with Jerry Rice, he is generally regarded as the most outstanding wide receiver of all time. Moss holds the NFL single-year touchdown reception record (23 in 2007) as well as the rookie NFL single season touchdown record (17 in 1998). He is also as the second highest in the NFL all time regular season touchdown receptions list with 156. Moss is known for his ability secure contested catches. The word "mossed", which is now a part of the vocabulary of football, became popularized due to this. After his career in football and broadcasting, he began working as a studio analyst for ESPN for their Sunday NFL Countdown program and Monday Night Countdown. Moss was born in Rand, West Virginia. Moss was a student at DuPont High School. This was one of two schools later combined to form Riverside High School. He excelled in basketball, football and baseball. Randy was also a member of the school’s debate team. Moss was a DuPont Panthers' football player that led them to back-to-back state championships, in 1992 and 1993. Moss was an outstanding wide receiver however, he also played free safety as well as returned punts and kickoffs, as well as was the team's kicker and punter. He was awarded the Kennedy Award for West Virginia Football Player's of the Year in the year 1994. Parade magazine named him to their All-American high-school football teams in the year 1995. In 2009 they named him as one of the 50 most outstanding high school footballers of all time.