Jerry Rice

**Jerry Lee Rice** (an haife shi a ranar 13 ga Oktoba, 1962)  tsohon ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne ɗan ƙasar Amurka wanda ya yi wasa na tsawon shekaru 20 a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasa (NFL). Ya lashe gasar Super Bowl guda uku tare da San Francisco 49ers kafin ya yi wasanni biyu a ƙarshen aikinsa tare da Oakland Raiders da Seattle Seahawks . Saboda nasarorin da ya samu da kuma rikodin da ya yi, ana ɗaukar Rice a matsayin mafi girman mai karɓar ƙwallon ƙafa a kowane lokaci kuma ɗaya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasa a tarihin NFL.    Tarihin rayuwarsa a gidan yanar gizon Pro Football Hall of Fame na hukuma ya sanya shi "mai karɓar ƙwallon ƙafa mafi yawa a tarihin NFL tare da jimillar nasarorin aikinsa".  A shekarar 1999, *Jaridar Sporting News* ta sanya Rice a matsayi na biyu a bayan Jim Brown a cikin jerin "Manyan 'Yan wasa 100 na ƙwallon ƙafa".  A shekarar 2010, an zaɓe shi ta hanyar shirin NFL Films na NFL Network. *Manyan 'Yan wasa 100: Manyan 'Yan wasan NFL* a matsayin mafi kyawun ɗan wasa a tarihin NFL. 

Rice ta buga ƙwallon ƙafa ta kwaleji tsawon shekaru huɗu tare da Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils, inda ta kafa ƙungiyar 'yan wasa ta ƙasa (NCAA) da dama da kuma samun rikodin ƙungiyoyi, ciki har da zama jagora a tarihin NCAA da ta samu touchdowns. Ya shiga 49ers bayan an zaɓe shi da zaɓe na 16 a cikin jerin 'yan wasan NFL na 1985. Bayan ɗan ƙaramin kakar wasa, Rice ta fito a kakar wasa mai zuwa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun 'yan wasan da suka samu touchdowns a gasar, inda ta jagoranci NFL a karɓar yadi da touchdowns, wani abin da ya samu sau shida. A shekarar 1987, Rice ta kafa tarihi na mafi yawan 'yan wasan da suka samu touchdowns a kakar wasa, tare da 22, a kakar wasa mai gajarta ta wasanni goma sha biyu. Ya lashe gasar zakarun 'yan wasa a jere a 1988 da 1989, kuma shi ne MVP na tsohon gasar. Rice ta haɗu da 'yan wasan quarterback Joe Montana da Steve Young waɗanda ake ganin suna cikin mafi kyau a tarihin NFL, suna taimaka masa ya jagoranci gasar a yadi da touchdowns sau shida, da kuma a liyafa sau biyu.

Tun daga shekarun 1990, Rice ta lashe gasar Super Bowl ta uku a shekarar 1994, kuma ta sake lashe kyautar 'Yan wasan da suka fi kowa cin kwallaye a shekarar. Bayan ta murmure daga raunin gwiwa da kuma koma baya a wasanta, San Francisco ta sake shi a watan Yunin 2001, inda Raiders suka sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar shekaru hudu. Ya ci gaba da fara wasa a kungiyar, kuma ya taimaka wajen jagorantar su zuwa gasar Super Bowl XXXVII, inda Tampa Bay Buccaneers suka kayar da su, lamarin da ya shafi tarihin Super Bowl mara lahani da Rice ta taba kafawa a baya. A tsakiyar shekarar 2004, Raiders suka sayar da shi ga Seahawks, inda ya shafe kakar wasa ta karshe.   Ya sanya hannu na dan lokaci da Broncos, inda ya yi ritaya jim kadan kafin fara kakar wasa ta 2005.

Rice ita ce jagorar aiki a mafi yawan manyan rukunan kididdiga na masu karɓar 'yan wasa masu yawa,  ciki har da liyafa, karɓar touchdowns, karɓar yadi, yadi scrammage, da jimillar touchdowns, tana riƙe da rikodin bayan kakar wasa na waɗannan ƙididdiga, kuma ta taɓa riƙe rikodin kakar wasa ɗaya na yadi da touchdowns. Ya zira maki fiye da kowane ɗan wasa mara kick a tarihin NFL tare da 1,256.  An zaɓi Rice zuwa Pro Bowl sau 13 (1986–1996, 1998, 2002) kuma an naɗa shi All-Pro sau goma sha biyu a cikin kakar wasa 20 na NFL, gami da goma na ƙungiyar First-Team All-Pros, waɗanda suka fi kowane ɗan wasa. An shigar da Rice cikin Pro Football Hall of Fame a 2010 da kuma College Football Hall of Fame a 2006. An shigar da Rice cikin Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame a 2007, kuma a wannan shekarar an shigar da shi cikin Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame . NFL ta karrama shi a matsayin memba na NFL 1980s All-Decade Team da NFL 1990s All-Decade Team, da kuma duka NFL 75th Achievement Team da NFL 100th Achievement Team duk-time .

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Jerry Lee Rice Sr. a ranar 13 ga Oktoba, 1962, a Starkville, Mississippi,  kuma ya girma a Crawford, Mississippi, shi ne na shida cikin yara takwas.  Crawford ƙaramin gari ne, yana da mazauna 600 kacal.  Mahaifin Rice, Joe, mai ginin tubali ne wanda ke gina gidaje da hannu, yayin da yake riƙe da wasu ayyuka don biyan bukatun iyalin.  Rice ta bayyana Joe a matsayin "mutum mai tauri" kuma ya riƙe shi da 'yan uwansa cikin mawuyacin hali.  Eddie B., mahaifiyar Rice, ta rene Rice yayin da Joe ke aiki, kuma bayan Rice ta tafi ta share gidajen iyalai masu arziki.  Rice da 'yan uwansa sau da yawa suna aiki tare da mahaifinsu suna gina gidaje, suna kama tubali a saman ginshiƙai don tabbatar da cewa mahaifinsa yana da tubali da zai shimfiɗa.  Bai ga yin tubali a matsayin makomarsa ba yana cewa "ya koya mini ma'anar aiki tuƙuru."  Iyalan Rice sun sha wahala a fannin kuɗi, inda wani lokacin Rice ba ta da tufafi da yawa ko kuma cin abinci mai daɗi a kan teburi.  Yana kula da iyalinsa, shi da 'yan'uwansa suna ɗebo masara, auduga, karas, da ciyawa.  Rice ta yi ikirarin cewa yana jin kunya tun yana yaro kuma ba shi da abokai da yawa. 

Rice ta halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta BL Moor da ke Oktoc, Mississippi . Duk da cewa ya buga wasannin ƙwallon kwando da ƙwallon ƙafa, Rice da farko bai buga wasanni a makarantar sakandare ba.  Yana jin daɗin buga ƙwallon ƙafa ta sandlot da kallon ƙwallon ƙafa a talabijin. Mahaifiyarsa ta hana shi shiga ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta makarantar a shekararsa ta farko, domin ta yi tunanin cewa ƙwallon ƙafa "ta yi wa Rice wahala".  A lokacin shekarar karatun Rice ta biyu, mataimakin shugaban makarantar ya kama shi yana tsallake aji tare da abokinsa, wanda hakan ya sa shi tsoro da gudu. Bayan Rice ta gudu, shugaban makarantar ya yi mamakin saurinsa, kuma ya sanar da kocin ƙwallon ƙafa na makarantar, Charles Davis, wanda ya ba Rice matsayi a ƙungiyar.  Da farko ba shi da farin ciki game da wannan, mahaifiyar Rice ta yi haƙuri bayan ta fahimci cewa "gwargwadon yadda na yi faɗa da shi, haka ya ƙara ƙuduri aniya, don haka na daina." 

Rice ta buga wasanni da dama a makarantar sakandare, ciki har da running back, defensive back da tight end, amma matsayin da ya fi ƙwarewa a kai shi ne wide receiver .  A lokacin hutun kakar wasa kafin shekararsa ta farko, ya yi horo ga ƙungiyar ta hanyar gudu mil da dama zuwa gidansa saboda ba shi da abin hawa.  Rice ta yi kakar wasa ta farko a matakin junior, galibi tana buga wide receiver da defensive back.  A shekararsa ta ƙarshe, Rice ta kasance zaɓi a Mississippi All-State a wide receiver.

Saboda ƙaramin girman Moor, kaɗan ne daga cikin ƙididdigarsa aka rubuta a hukumance.  A cewar ɗan jaridar wasanni Glenn Dickey, Rice ta kama liyafa sau 50 da kuma touchdowns sau 30 a matsayin babban ɗan wasa, wanda ya taimaka wajen jagorantar ƙungiyar zuwa rikodin  a cikin kakar wasa biyu ta ƙarshe.   Shi da ɗan wasan tsakiya na Moor, Willie Gillespie, sun kasance abin dogaro sosai, wanda ya isa a yi musu laƙabi da Johnny Unitas da Raymond Berry .  Baya ga ƙwallon ƙafa, Rice ta kuma buga ƙwallon kwando a matsayin mai gaba kuma ta shiga ƙungiyar tsere da tsalle, tana fafatawa a tsalle mai tsayi . 

Rice ta sami lambobin waya sama da 40 daga makarantun NCAA Division IA ; fifikonsa shine ya halarci Jami'ar Jihar Mississippi, amma ba su ba shi tallafin karatu na wasanni ba.  Ya sha'awar Jihar Mississippi Valley, wani ɓangare saboda kocin makarantar, Archie Cooley, ya yi mummunan hari - wanda ya isa har Cooley aka yi masa lakabi da "The Gunslinger."  Bayan Cooley ya kalli Rice tana wasa da kanta kuma bayan ya ziyarci harabar makarantar, Rice ta himmatu wajen yin wasa a Jihar Mississippi Valley. 

## Aikin kwaleji
Rice ta halarci Jami'ar Jihar Mississippi Valley daga 1981 zuwa 1984.  Lokacin da Rice ta isa Jihar Mississippi Valley, ya halarci makarantar bazara da kuma shirin shiga jami'a na farko kafin kakar wasa ta yau da kullun. Biyu daga cikin tsoffin abokan aikinsa daga BL Moor suma suna nan, amma dukansu sun tafi kafin fara sansanin horo.  Rice ta yi karatun dabarun samun dabarun daga Gloster Richardson, tana mai cewa: "Na ji daɗin duk abin da zan iya." 

A shekarar 1981, a kakar wasan farko ta Rice, ya kama katunan wasa 30 na tsawon yadi 428 da kuma katunan wasa biyu.  A shekarar 1982, shekararsa ta biyu a gasar, Rice ta buga kakar wasa ta farko tare da dan wasan tsakiya na farko Willie Totten .  Sun zama abokai kuma sun yi atisaye har zuwa yamma.  A karkashin jagorancin Cooley, Mississippi Valley State ta yi wani hari "na musamman", inda ta buga 'yan wasa hudu masu fadi wadanda ke yin layi a gefe daya na filin.  Rice ta kama katunan wasa 66 na tsawon yadi 1,133 da kuma katunan wasa bakwai.  Tare, Totten da Rice suka zama sanannun "The Satellite Express."  Nasarar da suka samu a filin wasa bai sanya kudi a aljihunsa ba, kuma sau da yawa ya dogara ga abokai don abinci, yana mai cewa abincin da aka ba shi a Mississippi Valley "bai isa ga mutum mai girma ba". 

Rice ta yi kamfen ɗin da ya kafa tarihi a shekarar 1983, wanda ya haɗa da maki na NCAA don liyafa (102) da yadi na karɓar yadi (1,450). An naɗa shi a matsayin ɗan wasa na farko a ƙungiyar Division I-AA All-American .  Ya kafa tarihi a wasanni ɗaya a NCAA tare da liyafa 24 da Jami'ar Southern . Ya sami laƙabin "Duniya," saboda iyawarsa ta kama duk wani abu da aka jefa kusa da shi. 

A shekara ta 2002, Rice ta kama katunan wasa 92 na yadi 1,211 da touchdowns bakwai, yayin da aka sanya mata suna ga ƙungiyarsa ta 13 ta Pro Bowl, da kuma ƙungiyar All-Pro ta biyu.    Abokin wasan Rice, Rich Gannon, wanda ya fara wasan kwata-kwata a ƙungiyar Raiders, an nada shi a matsayin ɗan wasan da ya fi kowanne a NFL a kakar wasa ta 2002.  A wasan da suka yi da Tennessee Titans, inda Rice ta samu maki bakwai na yadi 144 da touchdown, ya zarce Walter Payton a matsayin wanda ya fi kowa a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa, da yadi 21,281 na ƙwallon ƙafa.  Ya zira kwallaye 200 a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa a kan Broncos .  Oakland ta kammala kakar wasa da rikodin 11-5 kuma ta shiga kakar wasa ta baya.   Sun yi nasara a zagayen Divisional a kan Jets, 30-10. Rice ta sami touchdown mai nasara a nasarar.  Ƙungiyar ta yi nasara a gasar cin kofin AFC a kan Tennessee Titans,  41–24, inda ta kai ga Super Bowl . A can, a kan Buccaneers, wanda tsohon kocin Raiders Jon Gruden ya horar,  an doke su da ci 21–48, inda Gannon ya jefa ƙwallo biyar, ciki har da uku don touchdowns, kuma Rice ta yi liyafa biyar don yadi 77 da touchdown ɗaya.  Har zuwa wannan lokacin, Rice ba ta yi rashin nasara ba a Super Bowl, bayan ta riga ta ci uku tare da San Francisco.  Gaskiyar cewa ya rasa Super Bowl ta mamaye shi har ya yi kuka a ɗakin otal ɗinsa bayan wasan. 

An sayar da Rice ga Seattle Seahawks wasanni shida a kakar wasa ta 2004 a madadin zaɓen zagaye na bakwai kuma ya sake haɗuwa da kocin Seattle Mike Holmgren, wanda a baya ya yi aiki tare da Rice a matsayin mai kula da hare-haren San Francisco.  Bayan ya yi magana da Largent, an ba shi izinin sanya rigar Largent mai lamba 80 mai ritaya.  A wasan *ƙwallon ƙafa ta Litinin da daddare* da Dallas Cowboys, Rice ta kafa tarihin aiki na haɗa yadi ta hanyar kama ƙwallon taɓawa ta yadi 27 daga Matt Hasselbeck, tarihin aikinsa na 35.  Ya kammala wannan wasan sau takwas na yadi 145 da kuma taɓawa ɗaya.  Jimillar Rice ta sami karɓa sau 25 na yadi 362 na karɓa da kuma taɓawa uku tare da Seahawks, tana da karɓa sau 30 na yadi 429 da kuma taɓawa uku a jimilla a kakar wasa.  Yana da shekaru 41, ya sami damar buga wasanni 17 a kakar wasa ta wasanni 16, domin an yi ciniki da shi kafin makon hutun Oakland da kuma bayan wasan Seattle, kuma bai taɓa rasa wasa ba, don haka ya buga wasanni shida ga Raiders da kuma wasanni 11 ga Seahawks.  Rice ya buga wasansa na ƙarshe na ƙwararru wanda ba na preseason ba ga Seattle, rashin nasara a Wild Card Round da St. Louis Rams inda bai kama kwallo ba. 

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