However, in Super Bowl XLII, he scored the go-ahead touchdown with 2:42 left in the fourth quarter on a six-yard pass from Tom Brady. He used to take a lot of Sundays off as a player. He served an additional 60 days in jail for the probation violation.[24]. He was quarterback and ran a bootleg. Born: [99], On April 29, 2008, Moss announced the formation of Randy Moss Motorsports, an auto racing team in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. One day after class, he invites me to play in a pick-up game with his roommate, also a red-shirt freshman. Moss' daughter sets D-III record with 63 pts, Maya Moore legacy extends beyond basketball court, Fudd sits as UConn awaits test results on knee, Baylor women not ranked for 1st time since 2004, USC stuns No. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. See All Sports Games. Possessing much superior speed, size, and leaping ability over most of his defenders, he often was famously known for securing contested catches in tight coverage by physically overpowering them. He had been selected largely due to his extremely strong arm, which the team believed was perfectly suited for Moss's deep routes. However, he will no longer contribute to the Monday night pregame broadcast. It worked really well, at least party because most people were pretty intimidated before they even took the floor against us. I left that court thinking two things: I had no business being on it and Moss was the most insane athlete Ive ever seenand this is before I saw him play football. All-time, Moss ranks second in career touchdown receptions as well as fourth in career receiving yards. On December 29, the Patriots defeated the New York Giants 3835, finishing their regular season with a perfect 160 record. Lather, rinse, repeat. In 1999, he was the leading candidate for the Heisman Trophy and then was suspended because a Dillards employee allowed him and teammate Lavernaues Coles to buy $400 worth of clothing for $21. Thats the only play we really needed. February 23, 2022. Moss described what he saw on the play by saying "any time you see something like that, that looks foul, it looks dirty, it opens your eyes. Moss skipped his junior and senior seasons at Marshall and entered the NFL Draft. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Randy Moss Salary. [47][48], They finished with a 151 record and were poised to represent the NFC in Super Bowl XXXIII. It was an effort on the coaches part to throw 40% of the passes to Moss as a way to keep him involved in the offense more than he had been in the 2001 season when he had stretches in games where he was being shut out, and partly to use more game clock by sustaining long drives to give the Vikings defense a chance to rest. They were Randy Moss and Jason Williams. smh. Facing Army, Moss caught 5 balls for 186 yards and two touchdowns. Randy Moss actually found Jason Williams long before high school. [101] In July 2008, Moss announced that he had bought a 50 percent share in Morgan-Dollar Motorsports, with the team's No. Randy had his name and I had mine.. Former Notre Dame head coach Lou Holtz said "Randy Moss was the best high school football player I've ever seen. He's the reason why LeBron James wore #9 in high school. In the first week of training camp, during an 11-on-11 passing drill, Moss suffered a hamstring injury to his left leg. During that rookie season shortened by a NBA lockout and also highlighted by the arrival of Vinsanity Nike released this great commercial about the good ol boys from DuPont high school. After getting busted for marijuana while on probation, FSU Coach/GOD Bobby Bowden who once told SI, Moss was the only player he ever saw who had the same athletic gifts as Deion Sanders let him go. The following browsers are supported: Chrome, Edge (v80 and later), Firefox and Safari. Moss did not fail an NFL drug test again, and was rotated out of the program after two years. [9] He played in two Super Bowl games, XLII with the Patriots and XLVII with the 49ers, both losses. The greatest threat at the receiver position ever. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. SCNext Top 25: Ranking the best high school girls' basketball teams in the 2022-23 season, The 10 greatest moments of Maya Moore's career. He streaked down the right sideline and caught an 80-yard touchdown pass from Pennington to tie the score at 77. [62], There were rumors leading up to the 2007 NFL Draft that the Raiders were eager to part ways with Randy Moss through a trade. He had 9 receptions for a Pro Bowl record 212 yards and was given the game's Most Valuable Player award. Ironic. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Adding a player of Moss's caliber generated optimism in Oakland,[60] but the Raiders' poor play continued, while Moss suffered nagging injuries which limited his production. Randy Moss's Thanksgiving stats in 1998 were about as efficient as it comes: three catches, 163 yards, three touchdowns. Sydney Moss, the daughter of former NFL receiving great Randy Moss, set the NCAA Division III record for single-game scoring with 63 points for Thomas More College on Friday night in a semifinal win in the Presidents' Athletic Conference tournament. However, he will no longer contribute to the Monday night pregame broadcast. Copyright 2023 Stats Crew, Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics. The accumulated varsity totals are in the last row of each table. This Month in Sports ReferenceFind out when we add a feature or make a change. They should hire someone else to do the You Got Mossed! segment. 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Register now! Lacrosse Stats - MLL - NLL - Lacrosse Search He was scheduled to finish the remainder of his 30-day sentence for misdemeanor battery while in high school. [109] Initially charged with felony Suspicion of Assault with a Deadly Weapon and a misdemeanor marijuana possession, Moss spent the night in jail and was released the following morning. [51] 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. Once the Patriots had Moss on their roster, he quickly agreed to a new one-year contract to replace his old one. A deep throw from Brady on 3rd & 20 on the Patriots final drive to Moss fell just short and incomplete. Sounds to me like Randy Got Mossed!. Warrick was also the subject of my first (of many) sports website in 1998, when I realized I had a future career on the internet. December 13, 2020. Baseball Stats - AL - NL - AAGPBL - Minor League Baseball - Search Moss was claimed off waivers by the Tennessee Titans, the only team to submit a claim, on November 3, 2010. It is highly recommended that you use the latest versions of a supported browser in order to receive an optimal viewing experience. He was placed in solitary confinement for a week and had 60 days attached to his 27-day sentence. Career Stats Watch. He played in Week 7 against Tennessee, but had no receptions in a game for the first time in his career. He also played the following week against the Giants, but again recorded no receptions and was used mainly as a decoy. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. However, he sustained a hamstring injury to his right leg against New Orleans in Week 6 that hampered him for the next five weeks. In a game held at Texas Stadium, Moss torched Dallas with a 163-yard, 3-receptions for 3-touchdowns performance. And ESPN the Magazine released a story about how they met. In October 2010, Moss returned to the Vikings in a trade from the Patriots but was waived less than a month later and then claimed by the Tennessee Titans. 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. Randy Moss said "I didn't really care much about the Randy Ratio when it was brought up. 2005-2023 CBS Interactive. 1:28; Moss confident he'd catch 30 TDs with Mahomes in his prime. Not a member? However, you won't see him on the screen as often. Opposing teams would routinely double cover Moss with techniques such as having a cornerback attempt to jam him at the line of scrimmage, having a corner defend underneath with a safety defending against the deep ball, having a zone defense roll to Moss's side of the field, and assigning "spies" to follow Moss everywhere he went. Like Moss, Williams was also a fan of the Method Man & Redman 1995 hit How High and it shortened his time in Florida. Moss finished the season with a career-high 1,437 yards and league-leading 15 touchdown catches. LeBron played 2 seasons at WR and was All-Ohio both times.99 REC, 1,912 Rec yds, 27 total TD in career. Fly to Bristol, fly (in most weeks) to wherever the Monday night game will be played, fly home. According to the affidavit, Moss committed battery upon Rachelle Washington,[114] causing serious injury, and then refused to allow her to seek medical attention. Transactions . Ha! It offends me that ESPN or any media outlet would hire him in this role when he was nothing short of vile, anti-social and hostile with the media when he played! The tournament was a one-day event that paired celebrities and corporate sponsors with pro fishermen to raise money for the Smile Network, which is a foundation that provides financial assistance to children with treatable mouth problems, such as cleft palate. After a pair of suspensions, he took his flashy game to the NBA and put together one of the most exciting rookie seasons Ive ever witnessed. Our basketball teams used a ferocious 1-3-1 press. Moss time in Tallahassee was short. Join our linker program. Get complete game-by-game stats for wide receiver Randy Moss on ESPN. During a visit to Kevin Garnetts Area 21 in early 2017, the Minnesota Vikings great compared himself to KGs former Minnesota Wolves teammate Latrell Sprewell and said he thought he could have averaged around 20 points a game in the NBA. [citation needed] This enabled the Patriots to absorb Moss's incoming contract under the salary cap. Moss's dream was to play for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish,[19] but he also considered going to Ohio State, where his half-brother, Eric, had played offensive tackle. Randy Moss actually found Jason Williams long before high school. RoY 2007 PFWA Comeback Player She and her father have had very little interaction during her life, according to several reports. Randy Moss Career Stats | StatMuse Randy Moss 6'4", 210 lbs Minnesota Vikings WR Career Stats Game Log Splits Wide receiver Randy Moss played 14 seasons for 5 teams. The Cowboys wanted Moss,[37] but because of many off-field incidents of their own, team owner and GM Jerry Jones did not feel the team could draft Moss. He also earned his sixth Pro Bowl selection. Moss later claimed that the quotes were taken out of context. They just have a sixth, seventh sense", Belichick said. In 2007, Moss was traded to the New England Patriots, where he set the single-season record for touchdown receptions and helped lead the Patriots to a record breaking 160 regular season. [61] Days later, he reiterated his unhappiness with losing games and being a member of the Raiders on his weekly segment with Fox Sports Radio, saying, "I might want to look forward to moving somewhere else next year to have another start and really feel good about going out here and playing football". The Vikings finished the season 97. After the game, Moss told reporters that it would be his final season with the Patriots. Randy Moss contract and salary cap details, full contract breakdowns, salaries, signing bonus, roster bonus, dead money, and valuations. Moss's parents are Maxine Moss and Randy Pratt. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2018. Moss finished his career at Marshall having scored at least one touchdown in all 28 games that he played. [30] 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, behind Ryan Leaf, Peyton Manning, and Charles Woodson, who won the award). Photo Galleries Explore and purchase photos of your local teams. Moss caught 26 touchdown passes that season, at the time a Division I-A record, and was a first-team All-American.[28]. On September 24, 2002, in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, Moss was driving and was preparing to make an illegal turn. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. [55] The extension included a $10 million signing bonus and another $8 million in guarantees.[44]. 2022 NFL Enterprises LLC. So, me personally, it looked dirty. Randy Moss was an All-Pro wide receiver with the Minnesota Vikings and New England Patriots during an NFL career that lasted from 1998 to 2012. As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. He added a 31-yard touchdown reception on the Vikings' first possession of the second quarter to give the Vikings a 210 lead. [112], In April 1996, Moss smoked a joint just prior to turning himself in to jail. "He was quarterback and ran a bootleg. (College Stats), Weighted Career AV (100-95-): 124 (34th overall since 1960). All rights reserved. College Stats; Pro Football Reference; Randy Moss . It was Peters 6-4 roommate that had everyone going crazy. [27], In the 1997 season, Marshall's first in Division I-A, Moss and Quarterback Chad Pennington were the centerpiece of an explosive offense that led the Thundering Herd to the Mid-American Conference title. Height: 6'4" [22] On March 23, 1995, Moss had backed a friend in a hallway fight against a white student who had allegedly used racist comments towards Randy's friend. Hall of Fame: Inducted as Randy Moss Position: WR Height: 6-4 Weight: 215 Birthdate: February 13, 1977 College: Marshall Draft: Selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the 1st round (21st overall) of the 1998 NFL Draft Stats Gamelogs Splits Transactions 100-Yard Receiving Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018 Randy Moss Stats She is one of five kids Randy shares with his ex-girlfriend, Libby Offutt. 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? The official source for NFL news, video highlights, fantasy football, game-day coverage, schedules, stats, scores and more. The Vikings opened the season with a 317 rout against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He served 3 days in jail starting that night and would be required to serve the remaining 27 days within the following 18 months, after he completed his freshman year in college. All three numbers either tied or became a new personal best for Moss. The second game of the season saw Moss pick up right where he left off in 1996. See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details. Moss returned to his home state of West Virginia and became a star at Marshall University. [78] This sentiment was repeated when Moss was inducted into the Hall of Fame, as Belichick went further to say he learned from Moss.[79]. The interview drew criticism from the league office, and his agent tried to spin it that his words were taken out of context. 24/7 Sports News Network. [67], "Im still in awe that Im a part of this organization,"[68] Moss said, clearly thrilled to join a team that could contend for the Super Bowl and to work with Coach Belichick. During his first week in jail, Moss was given a drug test that came back positive. Next thing we knew, he was high-stepping into the end zone like Walter Payton. Learn how your comment data is processed. His first action in a Patriots uniform came against the New York Jets in Week 1. The play would be the feature shot in NFL commercials for years to come. Please see our Contributors and Sources page for data source details. * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader, Transaction, fine, and suspension data since 2002. The Randy Rules, similar to the Jordan Rules, were a defensive strategy that teams employed when facing the Vikings to try and eliminate or reduce Randy's impact on the game, and to prevent Moss from being matched up one-on-one with defenders because of his ability to burn them deep or outjump them in single coverage. See All Sports Games. I have had fun throughout my years and, you know, predominantly in the offseason." In doing so, he became the youngest and fastest player to ever catch over 3,000 yards and 45 touchdowns, earning him his 3rd consecutive trip to the Pro Bowl, and 2nd selection to the All Pro team. Moss has taken home a total of close to $82.5 million as a player. Do you have a blog? Moss has little contact with his father. In the 1990s, the town's high school -- DuPont -- housed two future pro athletes on the basketball team. He was selected to play in 6 Pro Bowls, and won the Offensive Rookie of the Year award. While walking up the stairs to get to the basketball courts at the Leach Center, I hear people screaming like that scene in Blue Chips when Nick Nolte discovers Shaq. [40] 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. Youre talking about in my prime? said Moss to KG. Since the retirement of Terrell Owens at the end of 2010, he had been the NFL's active leader in receiving yards. A week later, Moss posted his third career 200+ yard receiving game, against Kent State. Moss confident he'd catch 30 TDs with Mahomes in his prime. I thought they only hired ex-players with rings. [75] The play occurred in the first half against the Kansas City Chiefs when safety Bernard Pollard dove at Brady's leg while in his throwing motion. [58] NFL on Fox announcer Joe Buck called it a "disgusting act.[59] Moss was fined $10,000 for his actions. I never wanted to throw any short passes to him because he was so fast. [11] On the football field, Moss led the DuPont Panthers to back-to-back state championships in 1992 and 1993. In training camp, Moss worked specifically on 12 new routes that he had rarely run in his first 4 NFL seasons, such as crossing patterns over the middle of the field and hook routes. 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 5 touchdown receptions against Ball State.[29]. Moss surpassed the 23-year-old mark set by Gilbert for Oberlin College against Allegheny College on Feb. 6, 1991. He played during the 2001 season. The strategy was a response to the 'Randy Rules,' as Vikings receiver Chris Walsh called them. On January 15, 2008, Orlando-based radio station WDBO reported that Moss "had" been hit with a temporary injunction for protection against dating violence. Hockey Stats - NHL - WHA - Minor League Hockey - Search Post-football, he began working for ESPN as a studio analyst for its Sunday NFL Countdown and Monday Night Countdown programs. 24/7 Sports News Network. The 'Fun Center' is a portable bedside entertainment system equipped with a TV, DVD player, and 22 Nintendo Wii games. Although the Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, and Green Bay Packers were rumored to have interest in Moss,[72] he decided to return to the Patriots, signing a three-year, $27 million deal on March 3, 2008. His first touchdown was a 48-yard acrobatic grab over defensive back Floyd Young late in the first quarter, in which Moss juggled the ball 3 times before securing it for the score. There was a stipulation that he would have to pay the difference in addition to any other fine if he had another run-in with the league.[52]. Fantasy Basketball. They could have both been representing . I shudder think of Aikmen and Buck on MNF. MaxPreps is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. [21] Moss was initially charged with a felony for kicking the student, but it was later reduced to a misdemeanor. Pennsylvania Valleydawgs He had 982 catches for 15,292 yards and scored 157 touchdowns. We wanted to kill him. He was scheduled to earn $3.5 million in 2001. [89] Moss played eight games with the Titans, starting four. Moss said, "Maybe because I'm unhappy and I'm not too much excited about what's going on, so, my concentration and focus level tend to go down sometimes when I'm in a bad mood". I used to drop back and throw it as high and as far as I could throw it. Ultimately, Moss transferred to Marshall University, about an hour's drive from his home. Via Andrew Marchand of the New York Post, Moss will still appear on Sunday NFL Countdown. The new deal gave him a $500,000 signing bonus, a base salary of $2.5 million, and the ability to earn an additional $1.75 million in incentives. February 13,1977 Randy Moss' Thanksgiving 1998 stats explored. Notre Dame officials suggested he attend Florida State due to the reputation of its coach, Bobby Bowden, for handling troubled players. The Patriots had acquired the draft pick the previous day from the San Francisco 49ers, and the Raiders selected John Bowie. Randy Moss. Moss was also the leading kickoff returner in Division I-AA on the season, with 612 total yards and a 34.0-yard average. The accumulated varsity totals are in the last row of each table. His final game in New England came in Week 4 on Monday Night Football against the Miami Dolphins; he did not record a catch in the game for the first time in his Patriots career as a touchdown pass attempt off a fake spike bounced off his hands in the end zone. I change the channel every time I see him on it! On February 28, 2008, Moss became a free agent after the Patriots decided not to place the franchise tag on Moss. Parade magazine named him to their annual All-American high school football team in 1995[12] and in 2009 named him one of the 50 greatest high school football players of all time. Fantasy Hockey. Moss was the first rookie to score 3 touchdowns on Thanksgiving. In 1994, he was honored with the Harrison H. Kennedy Award as the West Virginia Football Player of the Year. During the 1998 NFL Draft, Moss, who was projected as a high first-round pick,[11] was taken by the Minnesota Vikings with the 21st overall pick after a number of NFL clubseven those in need of a WRwere concerned with Moss's well-documented legal problems.