Randy Gene Moss

Randy Gene Moss (born February 13 1977) is an ex- American football player. He was an American footballer who played 14 seasons within the National Football League (NFL) which included the Minnesota Vikings and Oakland Raiders and the New England Patriots and Tennessee Titans. Together with Jerry Rice, he is generally regarded as the most outstanding wide receiver to ever play. He holds the NFL single-year touchdown reception record (23 in 2007), and the rookie NFL single season touchdown reception record (17 in 1998). He also ranks 2nd in the NFL all time regular season touchdown receptions list , with 156. Moss was famous for his prowess in securing contested catches and the word "mossed" is now part of football vernacular. After his career in football, he started working as a studio announcer at ESPN for their Sunday NFL Countdown program and Monday Night Countdown. Moss was born in Rand, West Virginia. He attended DuPont High School. It was one of two schools that later merged into Riverside High School. There Moss excelled in football, basketball tracks, and many other sports. Randy was also a member of the school's debate team. Moss was a DuPont Panthers' football player who helped them win back-to-back state championships, in 1992 and 1993. Moss was a top wide receiver. He also was a free safety, and punt return. In 1994, he won by the Kennedy Award as the West Virginia Football Player of the Year. 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 football players of all-time.