Randy Gene Moss

Randy Gene Moss, born 13 February 1977, is an ex-American football player. 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 regarded as the best wide receiver in history together with Jerry Rice, he holds the NFL single-season touchdown reception record (23 in 2007) in addition to the NFL single-season record of touchdown receptions for rookies (17 in 1998) and is ranked second on the NFL all-time regular season touchdown list with 156. Moss is famous for his ability to make contested catches. The word "mossed" which is now a part of the football vocabulary, was popularized because of the fact that he was a successful. He began his career as a studio analyst with ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown and Tuesday Night Countdown shows. Moss was a Rand, West Virginia native. He was a student at DuPont High School, one of two schools which eventually merged into Riverside High School, where he excelled in football, basketball, baseball, and track. Randy was also a member of the school's debate club. Moss played a key role in leading the DuPont Panthers football team to two consecutive state championships in 1992, 1993. Moss was an outstanding wide receiver however, he also played free safety, returned kickoffs and punts, as well as was the team's kicker and punter. He was awarded the Kennedy Award in 1994 as West Virginia's Football Player of the Year. Parade magazine named him to their annual All-American high school football team in 1995. in 2009, he was named as one of the 50 most influential football players from high school of all time.