Randy Moss
Career information High school: Belle (WV) DuPont College: Marshall NFL Draft: 1998 / Round: 1 / Pick: 21 Debuted in 1998 for the Minnesota Vikings Last played in 2012 for the San Francisco 49ers Career history Minnesota Vikings (1998–2004) Oakland Raiders (2005–2006) New England Patriots (2007–2010) Minnesota Vikings (2010) Tennessee Titans (2010) San Francisco 49ers (2012) Career highlights and awards NFL 4× First-team All-Pro (1998, 2000, 2003, 2007) 7× Pro Bowl (1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2009) Pro Bowl MVP (1999) AFC Champion (2007) NFC Champion (2012) 4× NFL Receiving Touchdowns Leader (1998, 2000, 2003, 2007) NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (1998) NFL Alumni Wide Receiver of the Year (1998) PFWA Comeback Player of the Year (2007) NFL 2000s All-Decade Team New England Patriots All-2000s Team 50 Greatest Vikings NFL record most TD receptions in a season (23) NFL record most TD receptions in a season by a rookie (17) Other NFL records College First-team All-American (1996, 1997) Fred Biletnikoff Award (1997) Paul Warfield Trophy (1997) USA Today High School All-American (1994) Career NFL statistics Receptions 982 Receiving yards 15,292 Receiving TDs 156 Stats at NFL.com Randy Gene Moss (born February 13, 1977) is a retired American football wide receiver who played 14 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He holds the NFL single-season touchdown reception record (23, set in 2007), the NFL single-season touchdown reception record for a rookie (17, in 1998), and is second on the NFL all-time regular season touchdown reception list with 156. Randy Moss is generally considered among the greatest wide receivers of all time. Moss played college football for Marshall University, and twice earned All-America honors. He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the first round of the 1998 NFL Draft, where he played for seven years before a trade in 2005 brought him to the Oakland Raiders. On April 29, 2007, Moss was traded to the New England Patriots for a fourth-round draft pick. On October 6, 2010, Moss returned to the Vikings in a trade from the Patriots. However, his stint in Minnesota was short-lived, as he was waived by the team less than a month later, and claimed by the Tennessee Titans. After sitting out the 2011 season, Moss signed a one-year contract with the 49ers for the 2012 season then opted to retire prior to the 2013 season.