Randy Moss

**Randy Moss** (born February 13 1977) is a former American football player. He played as a wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots and San Francisco 49ers. He played college football at Marshall University. Moss was picked in the 1998 NFL Draft, in the first round with the 21st overall pick by the Minnesota Vikings. Moss played his NFL career with the Tennessee Titans, Oakland Raiders, Minnesota Vikings and New England Patriots, and has also played in 7 Pro Bowls. In 2007 (in which the Patriots went 16-0), Moss caught 23 touchdowns and helped quarterback Tom Brady set a record with 50 touchdown passes that year. However, he has sometimes been criticized for his lack of effort, which was most evident with Oakland and during Moss's second stint with Minnesota in 2010. He currently works as a studio analyst for ESPN's NFL Sunday Night Countdown.

## Health

On December 13, 2024, Moss announced that he was battling bile duct cancer and he underwent a Whipple procedure to get rid of it.

## Other websites

- Randy Moss' Official website
- Moss's career stats

## Infobox (nfl biography)

- **name**: Randy Moss
- **image**: Randy Moss - San Francisco vs Green Bay 2012 (5).jpg
- **caption**: Moss with the 49ers
- **number**: 84, 18, 81
- **position**: Wide receiver
- **birth place**: Rand, West Virginia
- **height ft**: 6
- **height in**: 4
- **weight lbs**: 210
- **high school**: Riverside High School (West Virginia), DuPont (Belle, West Virginia)
- **college**: Marshall Thundering Herd football, Marshall
- **draftyear**: 1998
- **draftround**: 1
- **draftpick**: 21
- **pastteams**: * Minnesota Vikings (–)
* Oakland Raiders (–)
* New England Patriots (–)
* Minnesota Vikings ()
* Tennessee Titans ()
* San Francisco 49ers ()
- **highlights**: * 6× Pro Bowl (1999 Pro Bowl, 1998–2001 Pro Bowl, 2000, 2003 Pro Bowl, 2002, 2004 Pro Bowl, 2003, 2008 Pro Bowl, 2007)
* 4× First-team All-Pro (1998 All-Pro Team, 1998, 2000 All-Pro Team, 2000, 2003 All-Pro Team, 2003, 2007 All-Pro Team, 2007)
* National Football League Rookie of the Year Award, NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (1998)
* Pro Bowl MVP (2000 Pro Bowl, 1999)
* 5× List of National Football League season receiving touchdown leaders, NFL receiving touchdowns leader (1998, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2009)
* National Football League Comeback Player of the Year Award#PFW.2FPFWA Comeback Player of the Year award .281972.E2.80.93present.29, PFWA NFL Comeback Player of the Year (2007)
* Minnesota Vikings Ring of Honor
* National Football League 2000s All-Decade Team, NFL 2000s All-Decade Team
* NCAA Division I Football Championship, NCAA I-AA national champion (1996 Marshall Thundering Herd football team, 1996)
* Mid-American_Conference_football_individual_awards#Offensive_Player_of_the_Year, MAC Offensive Player of the Year (1997)
* Fred Biletnikoff Award (1997)
* Consensus College Football All-America Team, All-American (1997 College Football All-America Team, 1997)
;NFL records
* 23 receiving touchdowns in a season
* 17 receiving touchdowns in a rookie season
- **statlabel1**: Reception (American football), Receptions
- **statvalue1**: 982
- **statlabel2**: Receiving yards
- **statvalue2**: 15,292
- **statlabel3**: Yards per reception
- **statvalue3**: 15.6
- **statlabel4**: Receiving touchdowns
- **statvalue4**: 156
- **nfl**: MOS699912
- **pfr**: MossRa00
- **hof**: randy-moss