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New San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Randy Moss catches a ball during NFL football practice at the team's training facility in Santa Clara, Calif., Thursday, May 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma ...
- Small Town West Virginia
- Moss Makes A Name For Himself
- College Plans Suffer A Blow
- More Bad News
- Moss Heads to Marshall
- National Champs
- Moss and Marshall Keep Winning
- Moss Drops in The 1998 NFL Draft
- No Ordinary Rookie
- 1998
Randall Gene Moss was born on February 13, 1977, in Rand, West Virginia. The town of Rand is just a few miles from the West Virginia capitol of Charleston. However, it might as well be a world away from the bright lights of the big city. Moss’s birthplace is rural, a bit run down, and economically depressed. If a person hopes to leave the community...
Moss may have been a multi-sport star, but what really brought him national attention was his exploits on the gridiron. As is typical for small-town teams, Moss played numerous positions. He was a receiver and defensive back, played special teams, and was DuPont’s kicker and punter. In 1992 and 1993, the Panthers won state titles with Moss running ...
Not able to ignore the kid from West Virginia, Holtz made his way to Rand and visited Moss and his mother at their home. It was during that visit that the coach noted the respect he gave his mother. Just when it looked like his dream would come true, Moss took part in a racially motivated fight. In the spring of his senior year, he confronted a whi...
Holtz’s next call was to coach Bobby Bowden at Florida State. Bowden knew who Moss was but didn’t recruit him because of his interest in the Irish. Now that he wouldn’t be matriculating to Notre Dame, Bowden talked to the president of FSU who was skeptical due to Moss’s legal troubles. Eventually, the president agreed to accept Moss on one conditio...
By now, two of the best college football programs in the country had passed on Moss, and he was running out of opportunities. Not long after getting kicked off the Seminoles, Moss noticed there was a new coach at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. Bob Pruett had been the defensive coordinator at the University of Florida and recruite...
Now that Moss was officially a member of Marshall’s team, he proceeded to showcase the talent that Holtz gushed about. During the 1996 season, Moss teamed with quarterback Chad Penningtonto form a prolific, high-scoring offense. While the Herd put up points in bunches, Moss (dressed in his black and white striped socks) caught 78 passes for 1,709 y...
In 1997, Marshall became a new NCAA’s top division member. For most programs, that means a few years of adjusting to the higher level of competition. That wasn’t the case for Moss and the Herd. During the second game of the year against Army, Pennington found Moss for a 90-yard bomb that was his longest touchdown catch in college. A few weeks later...
Moss had two years of college eligibility left, but he chose to enter the 1998 NFL Draft. After all, he had accomplished so much in only two years that there was nothing left to prove. Instead of attending the NFL Combine in February, Moss opted to showcase his skills for scouts at Marshall’s pro day. That afternoon, NFL personnel got an up-close l...
In 1997, the Vikings had finished the regular season 9-7 and advanced to the Divisional round before losing to the 49ers. The following year, Moss joined an organization that included Cris Carter, Jake Reed, Randall Cunnigham, Brad Johnson, and Robert Smith, a solid offensive line, and a good defense. Carter took the rookie under his wing and showe...
Right out of the gate, Moss started proving the draft day doubters wrong. In Week 1 against Tampa Bay, he caught four passes for 95 yards and two scores. A few weeks later, Minnesota played Green Bay on Monday Night Football. Moss had five catches for 190 yards and two touchdowns. The Vikings headed into their bye week 5-0 and Moss’s teammates marv...
Randy Gene Moss (born February 13, 1977) is an American former professional football wide receiver who played 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. Widely regarded as one of the greatest wide receivers of all time, [2 ...
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