However, Moss, who was entering the final year of the rookie contract he signed in 1998, was seeking a long-term deal that would make him the highest-paid player in the NFL. [148] NFL on Fox announcer Joe Buck called it a "disgusting act.[149] Moss was fined $10,000 for his actions. 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Tennessee was docked $100,000 for the Alabama field storm, but school president Randy Boyd declared, with a victory cigar in hand, It doesnt matter. Thaddeus Moss' breakout 2019 season was pretty much the only season on record for the 21-year-old. Notre Dame officials suggested he attend Florida State due to the reputation of its coach, Bobby Bowden, for handling troubled players. [96] Minnesota lost in the Divisional Round to the St. Louis Rams 4937, despite Moss catching nine passes for 188 yards and two touchdowns. 81. [116] In Week 12 against the Pittsburgh Steelers, he had eight receptions for 144 receiving yards and one touchdown in the 2116 loss. [234] The Titans stated that they did not plan to re-sign Moss for the 2011 season, and he became a free agent. [142] He also played the following week against the New York Giants, but again recorded no receptions and was used mainly as a decoy. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. 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[13] On the football field, Moss led the DuPont Panthers to back-to-back state championships in 1992 and 1993. Ten ridiculous stats from Randy Moss' college career with Marshall 20.3: . PoY 1985 UPI He also played center field for the baseball team. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? [201], In 2008, Moss hauled in 69 catches for 1,008 yards and 11 touchdowns despite losing quarterback Tom Brady in the first game of the season. In a game held at Texas Stadium, Moss torched Dallas with a 163-yard, 3-receptions for 3-touchdowns performance. [47][48] A controversial comment was made by Randy Moss in 1997 at a ceremony at Marshall University where he was commenting in regards to the 1970 plane crash that killed most their football team that the crash "was a tragedy, but it really wasn't nothing big". "[307] On March 3, 2008, Washington filed papers with the Broward County Circuit Court clerk's office requesting that the restraining order be dissolved. [157] He finished the year with 1,005 receiving yards on 60 catches as the Raiders went 412. [37], The first game of the season was on the road against the West Virginia Mountaineers where Marshall lost 4231. [122] One of the strategies the Vikings' first-year head coach came up with was a formula to get Moss the ball more often. [87][88] In Week 10, against the Chicago Bears, Moss had 12 receptions for a career-high 204 receiving yards in the 2724 victory. [11], Moss was born in Rand, West Virginia. Florida State head coach Bobby Bowden said "He was as good as Deion Sanders. Former Notre Dame head coach Lou Holtz said "Randy Moss was the best high school football player I've ever seen." [40], A week later, Moss posted his third career 200+ yard receiving game, against Kent State in a 4217 victory. [220] The Boston Herald reported weeks later that Moss requested a trade following the game. [80][81][82][83] As a rookie, he finished third in voting for MVP and Offensive Player of the Year. [41] Two weeks after that was his fourth and final 200+ yard game in college, recording 13 catches for 205 yards and a Marshall single-game record of five touchdown receptions against Ball State. [69], His first Monday Night Football game came in Week 5 against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field. Moss claimed that the joint was not his, and that he had let friends use his car prior to the accident. Trying to pull out a last-second win, Pennington connected with Moss on a 40-yard pass on the final play of the game, but he was stripped of the ball as time expired. Birthdate: February 13, 1977. Coveted by schools from all around the country, Woodson signed with his dream school, Michigan, in the spring of 1996. Four times of ten point nine four and twenty-one nine five seconds. During his first week in jail, Moss was given a drug test that came back positive. [134] In the following game against the Seattle Seahawks, he had eight receptions for 133 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns in the 347 victory. [225], Two days after the Patriots' game against Miami, Moss was traded to the Minnesota Vikings, in exchange for the Vikings' third-round selection (later used to select quarterback Ryan Mallett) in the 2011 NFL Draft. Randall Gene Randy Moss (born February 13, 1977) is a former American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, Las Vegas Raiders, New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans, and the San Francisco 49ers. He is currently a sports analyst. Moss had six receptions for 75 yards and a touchdown in the loss. Bill Belichick spoke with Moss for the first time about the possibility of joining the Patriots at 2:30 Sunday morning. College Football at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles. During his first stint with the Minnesota Vikings, from 1998 to 2004, Moss earned a total of $45.7 million. The interview drew criticism from the league office, and his agent tried to spin it that his words were taken out of context. "[124] In Week 15 against the New Orleans Saints, he had 11 receptions for 113 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns in the 3231 victory. Only Randy Moss is taller than Perriman on this list. [166], One of the conditions of the trade was that Randy Moss would have to restructure his contract for salary cap reasons. Moss was claimed off waivers by the Tennessee Titans, the only team to submit a claim, on November 3, 2010. [210] The touchdown reception was the 140th of his career, which moved him into a tie for second place with Terrell Owens. [127][128] Moss was named to his fourth Pro Bowl. Although the Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, and Green Bay Packers were rumored to have interest in Moss,[194] he decided to return to the Patriots, signing a three-year, $27 million deal on March 3, 2008. [172] He followed up the Jets game with three consecutive games, wins over the San Diego Chargers, Buffalo Bills, and Cincinnati Bengals, going over the 100-yard mark with two receiving touchdowns in each. [85], In Week 4, Moss had four receptions for 120 receiving yards and two touchdowns in the 2114 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Randy Moss. Selection 21. [204] In a snowy Week 6 game against the winless Tennessee Titans, Moss caught three touchdown passes from Tom Brady, two of them in the second quarter of the 590 victory as Brady set a record for most touchdown passes in a single quarter with five. Subscribe to Stathead Football: Get your first month FREEYour All-Access Ticket to the Pro Football Reference Database. All values from 1998 Marshall Pro Day/private workout. [16], In addition to playing football at DuPont, Moss was twice named West Virginia Player of the Year in basketball (in 1994 when he was co-player of the year and in 1995), where he was a teammate of future NBA player Jason Williams. The 1996 Marshall Thundering Herd went undefeated and won the Division I-AA title, with Moss having four touchdown receptions in the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game. Former Notre Dame head coach Lou Holtz said "Randy Moss was the best high school football player I've ever seen. WebPlayers: 73 pro players Drafted: 45 players Top AV: Randy Moss (124) Colleges Index Marshall NFL/AFL Players All Drafted Players Players' Pro Stats An ad blocker has likely [28], In 1996, while serving his 30-day jail sentence in a work-release program from 1995, Moss tested positive for marijuana, thus violating his probation, and was dismissed from Florida State. In the 2001 season, the Vikings record was 41 when Moss had 40% of the passes thrown his direction, and 110 in other games.[114]. Draft Info. [97] Moss was fined $40,000, which was later reduced to $25,000, during that game due to squirting an NFL referee with a water bottle. In response, Moss said "That was really me talking in the past tense of way back in the beginning of my career and my childhood especially in high school and college. Moss did not fail an NFL drug test again, and was rotated out of the program after two years. [185] He earned his sixth Pro Bowl selection and fourth first team All-Pro nomination. As a sophomore in 1992, at the age of 15, Moss joined the track & field team and was the West Virginia state champion in the 100 and 200 meters with times of 10.79 seconds[19] and 21.95 seconds,[20] respectively. [101] Culpepper had been the team's first-round draft pick in 1999; with a pick they received from the Redskins for quarterback Brad Johnson. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. 2004 was the first season in his career that he failed to reach the 1,000-yard mark. WebGet complete game-by-game stats for wide receiver Randy Moss on ESPN. [182], On December 29, the Patriots defeated the New York Giants 3835, finishing their regular season with a perfect 160 record. [citation needed], Moss skipped his junior and senior seasons at Marshall and entered the NFL Draft. Moss has five children: Lexi Adkins, Sydney, Senali, Thaddeus, and Montigo. "[198] Matt Cassel replaced Brady for the rest of the season. [121], After replacing Dennis Green on an interim basis to end the 2001 season, Mike Tice was officially named head coach on January 10, 2002. We present them here for purely educational purposes. [170][171] Moss had two years remaining on his current deal and was scheduled to earn $9.75 million in 2007 and $11.25 million in 2008. The affidavit out of Broward County reveals Moss cannot come within 500 feet of the victim and cannot use or possess firearms. [104] For the second time in three seasons, Moss punished the Dallas Cowboys in Dallas on Thanksgiving Day, including a spectacular second half touchdown in which Moss caught the ball with his entire body out of bounds, aside from his toes. [98], Moss earned his second straight Pro Bowl appearance, and turned in a record-breaking performance. [citation needed] In Week 16 against the Green Bay Packers, Moss had four receptions for 136 receiving yards and one touchdown in the 3328 loss. [289], On April 29, 2008, Moss announced the formation of Randy Moss Motorsports, an auto racing team in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Skip to main Fantasy. "[304], On January 15, 2008, Orlando-based radio station WDBO reported that Moss "had" been hit with a temporary injunction for protection against dating violence. [60] On draft day, Dallas went so far as to have a scout in Charleston, West Virginia, the same town where Moss and his mother were watching the draft. [43] He won the Fred Biletnikoff Award as the season's outstanding receiver regardless of position, and was a finalist for the 1997 Heisman Trophy, finishing fourth in the balloting. 1998: [226] The Patriots also sent a 2012 seventh-round selection to the Vikings as part of the trade. Moss's first NFL game would also be his first multi-touchdown game as he recorded four receptions for 95 yards and two touchdowns. [229] Wilf reportedly considered firing Childress and keeping Moss,[230] but Moss was officially waived the next day, November 2. Wide Receiver; Follow. [93] In the regular season finale against the Detroit Lions, he had five receptions for 155 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown in the 2417 victory. Moss was also the leading kickoff returner in Division I-AA on the season, with 612 total yards and a 34.0-yard average. He also had a 75-yard touchdown catch on the Vikings' first possession of the game that was nullified due to an offensive holding penalty. Sports wrote, "Every week, in addition to out-leaping at least one defender for a touchdown, [Moss] keeps making incredible one-handed grabs that make you mutter, 'How the heck did he come up with that? [61] Dallas star receiver Michael Irvin even called to apologize to Moss, because Irvin's own off-field problems were a main reason Moss was not drafted by Dallas. 2/13/1977. Draft Info. [143] He played in Week 7 against the Tennessee Titans, but had no receptions in a game for the first time in his career. After the draft, Moss signed a 4-year, $4.5 million contract that included an additional $4 million in bonuses and incentives. [176] In Week 9, against the Indianapolis Colts, he had nine receptions for 145 yards and a touchdown in the 2420 victory. Randy Moss was born on February 13, 1977. [214] His 13 receiving touchdowns tied for the league lead.
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