Randy Gene Moss
Randy Gene
Moss (born February 13th 1977) is a former American footballer. He was an
American football player who played 14 seasons in the National Football League
(NFL), including with the Minnesota Vikings and Oakland Raiders and the New
England Patriots and Tennessee Titans. Along with Jerry Rice, he is generally
regarded as the most outstanding wide receiver of all time. Moss holds the NFL
single-year touchdown record (23 in 2007) and also the first NFL single season touchdown
record (17 in 1998). He also ranks in the top spot on the NFL all-time regular
season touchdown receptions list with 156. Moss was well known for his skills
in securing contested catches and the word "mossed" has become part
of the the football lexicon. Following football, he began working for ESPN as
an analyst for its studio Sunday NFL Countdown and Monday Night Countdown
programs. Moss was an Rand, West Virginia native. Moss was a student at DuPont
High School. This was one of two schools later merged to create Riverside High
School. He excelled at football, basketball 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. His
primary position was wide receiver. But he also played free safety, punted
kickoffs, and was the team's punter and kicker. 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 annual All-American high school football team in
1995 and in 2009, they named him among the 50 best high school football players
of all time.
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