Randy Gene Moss (born February 13, 1977) is a former American footballer who plays 14 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He holds the record for a single-season NFL touchdown reception (23 in 2007), a record of a single-season NFL season touchdown for a rookie (17 in 1998), and is second in the NFL's regular season earnings list all the time by 156.
Moss played college football for Marshall University, and twice won the All-America award. He was recruited by Minnesota Vikings in the first round of the 1998 NFL Draft, where he played for seven years before trading in 2005 taking him to Oakland Raiders. On April 29, 2007, Moss traded to the New England Patriots to select the fourth draft round. On October 6, 2010, Moss returned to Viking in the trade of the Patriots. However, his second assignment in Minnesota was short-lived, as he was released by the team less than a month later, and claimed by the Tennessee Titans. After sitting in the 2011 season, Moss signed a one-year contract with the San Francisco 49ers for the 2012 season and opted to retire before the 2013 season. On February 3, 2018, he was selected to join the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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Initial years
Moss was born and lives in Rand, West Virginia. He studied at DuPont High School, one of two schools that later consolidated into Riverside High School, where he excelled in football, basketball, baseball and tracks. Randy is also on the school debating team. On the soccer field, Moss led DuPont Panthers to a back-to-back country championship in 1992 and 1993. He was a star in wide receivers but also played free security, back kickoffs and punts, and kickoffs and team players. In 1994, he was honored with the Kennedy Award for Best West Virginia Footballer of the Year. The magazine's' Parade renamed it to their annual All-American high school football team in 1995 and in 2009 named him one of the top 50 high school football players of all time. At DuPont, he is a team mate of Chicago Bears midfielder Bobbie Howard.
In addition to playing football in DuPont, Moss twice named Player of the Year in basketball (1993, 1994), where he is a teammate of future NBA players Jason Williams.
As a second year student in 1992, at the age of 15, Moss joined the track & amp; field teams and champions of the state of West Virginia at 100 and 200 meters with a time of 10.94 seconds and 21.95 seconds, respectively. This is the only year he competes on the school track team, but he then joins the Marshall track team and lowers his 200m time to 21.15 seconds. He also played in midfield for the baseball team.
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College career
Moss's dream is to play for Notre Dame Fighting Irish, but she also considers going to Ohio State, where her half brother, Eric, has played offensive tactics. Former head coach of Notre Dame Lou Holtz said, "Randy Moss is the best high school soccer player I've ever seen." Florida State chief coach Bobby Bowden said: "He's as good as Deion Sanders, Deion is my measuring stick for athletic ability, and this boy is just the bigger Deion."
After initially signing a letter of intent to play college football with Notre Dame in 1995, Moss took part in a racial race in high school that left one person hospitalized. On March 23, 1995, Moss had supported a friend in a fight in the hallway against a white student suspected of using racist comments against Randy's friend. Moss was initially accused of committing a crime for kicking a student, but was later reduced to a minor crime. On August 1, 1995, Moss pleaded guilty to two counts of minor battery offenses and was sentenced to 30 days behind bars in Central South Regional Prison in Charleston, West Virginia. She underwent three days in jail starting that night and will be asked to serve the remaining 27 days in the next 18 months, after she completes her first year in college. Moss was removed from DuPont and completed his education at Cabell Alternative School.
Notre Dame later rejected his registration application, but this did not stop other famous college football programs from giving him a chance. Notre Dame officials suggested he attend Florida State because of the reputation of his coach, Bobby Bowden, for dealing with troubled players.
Freshman (redshirt) (1995)
Because he signed a letter of intent at Notre Dame, the NCAA considered him a transfer student to Florida State, so he had to redshirt the 1995 football season.
New season (1996)
In 1996, while serving a 30-day jail term in a work-release program from 1995, Moss tested positive for marijuana, breaching his probation, and fired from Florida State. He had an additional 60 days in jail for a probation offense.
In the end, Moss was transferred to Marshall University, about an hour's drive from his home. Since Marshall later became the Division I-AA school, NCAA rules allowed him to move there without losing further eligibility. In 1996, he arranged the NCAA Division I-AA records for most of the matches with catchdown catch in a season (14), most consecutive matches with catchdown catch (13), most passing passes caught in one season (28 - tying Jerry's 1984 Rice Record), and most received yards obtained by new students in one season (1,709 in 78 catches), a record that still survives. Moss is also the return of the leading kickoff in Division I-AA this season, with a total of 612 yards and an average of 34.0 yards. Marshall was unbeaten and won the Division I-AA title in the last season before moving on to Division I-A.
At the Southern Conference indoor track championship, he ran as far as 200 meters in 21.15 seconds, losing the conference record of just 0.2 seconds. Despite the fact that he did not race competitively for four years, his time of 21.15 seconds was one of the best in the country that year.
Season sophomore (1997)
In the 1997 season, Marshall's first Division I-A, Moss, and Quarterback Chad Pennington were at the center of the explosive breach leading Herdering Herd to the Mid-America Conference title. Moss captured 26 goals this season, at the time of the I-A Division record, and was the All-American main team.
The first match of the season was at West Virginia University where Marshall lost. The second game of the season saw Moss pick up exactly where he left off in 1996. Facing the Army, Moss caught 5 balls for 186 yards and two touchdowns. One touchdown went for 79 yards where Pennington threw the ball to the left side. Moss jumped over an army defender to snatch the ball out of the air on the 40-yard line while safety hit his teammate, dropping both men. Moss ran the last 50 yards untouched to get a score. Another touchdown acceptance is his 90-yard long career coming on a short screen passing in the third down. Moss caught the ball on the right side of the field in his own 8 yard line, ran past 3 midfield defenders on the 15-yard line, struck two defenders coming from both sides of the left hash mark on the 25-yard Line, then ran past the last defender in the line 50 yards before finally seeing the daylight on the left side.
A week later, Moss posted his third receiving game of 200 yards, against Kent State. Two weeks after that was the last 200 yards game and the fourth was in college, recording 13 catches for 205 yards and a Marshall single-game recording 5 touch receptions against Ball State.
In 1997 Ford Motor City Bowl against Ole Miss, Moss added his 26th goal of the season to Marshall's first offensive game of the struggle. He darted on the right side and caught an 80-yard touchdown bait from Pennington to tie the score at 7-7. The NCAA rules at the time did not allow statistics from bowl games to be combined with regular season statistics, so the goals did not formally increase the season's record of goals. Both teams exchanged positions several times in the fourth quarter before Ole Miss ran back Deuce McAllister scored on a 1-yard touchdown with 31 seconds to play, giving them a 34-31 advantage. Trying to pull victory at the last minute, Pennington hooked up with Moss with a 40-yard pass in the final game of the match, but he was stripped of the ball when time expired. Moss finished the game with 6 receptions for 173 meters.
Moss ended his career at Marshall after scoring at least one goal in his 28 matches. He won the Fred Biletnikoff Award as the world's largest wide receiver, and became a finalist for the 1997 Heisman Cup (finishing fourth in a vote, behind Ryan Leaf, Peyton Manning, and award-winning Charles Woodson).
College statistics
- Includes statistics from 1997 Motor City Bowl against Ole Miss
NCAA records
Division I-AA - regular season
- Most games with a touchdown reception in one season - 11 (1996)
- Most games in succession with a touchdown reception in one season - 11 (1996)
- Most receive the yard acquired by new students in one season - 1073 (1996)
- Most of the touch receptions were captured by new students in one season - 19 (1996 - record for all NCAA divisions)
Division I-AA - playoff
- Most touch receptions in one game - 4 (vs. Montana, December 21, 1996)
- Most yest receive in one game - 288 (vs. Delaware, November 30, 1996)
- Most of the touch reception in a tournament - 9 (4 games in 1996)
- Most yest receive in tournament - 636 (4 games in 1996)
Professional career
1998 NFL Draft
During the 1998 NFL Draft, Moss, projected as a high first round pick, was picked up by Minnesota Vikings with 21 overall picks after a number of NFL clubs - even those in need of WR - concerned with well documented Moss legal Issues. Before Moss's draft was quoted as saying the teams who passed it "will regret the moment they see what kind of player I am and what kind of guy I am." The team most often quoted to pass on Moss is the Dallas Cowboys. Moss grew up Cowboys fans and wanted to play for Cowboys. Cowboys want Moss, but because of many incidents off their own pitch, team owners and GM Jerry Jones do not feel the team can make a Moss draft. Moss felt that Cowboy lied to him because they had told him they were going to recruit him. On the day of the draft, Dallas went so far as to find in Charleston, West Virginia, the same town where Moss and his mother supervised the draft. Dallas recipient Michael Irvin was even called to apologize to Moss, because Irvin's off-field problems were the main reason Moss was not recruited by Dallas. After the draft, Moss makes the point of beating the Cowboys every time he faces them, getting his first chance to do so in his 13th Sunday rookie season. In a match held at the Texas Stadium, Moss burned Dallas with a 163-yard, 3-touchdown performance.
After the draft, Moss signed a 4-year contract, $ 4.5 million which includes an additional $ 4 million in bonuses and incentives. As part of the deal, he received a signing bonus of $ 2 million. Moss initially wore training camp # 18 (the number he would eventually use for Oakland) but switched to a more conventional # 84 before the preseason began.
Minnesota Vikings
1998 season
In 1998, Moss helped Vikers become the number one offense that ever existed at the time, setting a single season record for scoring (later surpassed by the 2007 New England Patriots, a team that also featured Moss) with 556 points.
Viking opened the season with a 31-7 defeat against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Moss's first NFL game will also be his first multi-touchdown game as he recorded 4 receptions for 95 yards and two touchdowns. His first NFL reception came in the third game of the game with 11-yard operands from Brad Johnson. His first goal was a 48-yard acrobatic struggle behind Floyd Young's defensive late in the first quarter, where Moss juggled the ball 3 times before securing it to score. He added a 31-yard touchdown reception at Viking's first possession of the second quarter to give the Viking a 21-0 lead.
His first Monday Night Football game came on Sunday 5th against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field. He has 5 receptions for 190 yards and two touchdowns, including a touchdown of 52 meters and 44 meters, and two other receptions from 46 meters and 41 meters. He also has a 75-yard touchdown catch on Viking's first possession of the game being canceled due to an offensive holding penalty.
They finished with a 15-1 record and are ready to represent the NFC in Super Bowl XXXIII. However, the Atlanta Falcons shocked Vikings by winning the 30-27 NFC Game Championship in extra-time, with Gary Anderson losing a field goal late in the fourth quarter which will finish the game, having ended with the first perfect first regular season by a kicker in NFL history.
At the end of the 1998 regular season, Moss was crowned Pro Bowl and NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year for his 17th rookie-record touchdown and total third highest (1313) total.
season 1999
In 1999, Moss had an impressive season, capturing 80 passes for 1,413 yards and 11 touchdowns, including returning the ball for touchdown. He went on to record five receptions for 127 yards and a touchdown in the Vikings 27-10 NFC playoff winoff win over the Dallas Cowboys. Minnesota lost in the division round to St. Louis Rams 49-37, although Moss caught nine passes for 188 yards and two touchdowns. Moss was fined $ 40,000, which was later reduced to $ 25,000, during the game because it sprayed an NFL referee with a water bottle. There is a provision that he must pay the difference in addition to other fines if he has another run-in with the league.
Moss earned his second straight appearance, the Pro Bowl, and turned into a record-breaking performance. He has 9 receptions for the Pro Bowl record of 212 meters and is awarded the Most Valuable Player.
season 2000
The 2000 season featured second-year quarterback Daunte Culpepper leading the team. Culpepper had been the draft choice of the team's first round in 1999; with the pick they received from the Redskins for quarterback Brad Johnson. He has been chosen largely because of his very strong arm, which the team believes is perfect for deep Moss routes. The decision proved true. Culpepper is a rookie sensation, Viking starts 7-0, and Moss is a leading MVP candidate. For the second time in three seasons, Moss penalized Dallas Cowboys in Dallas on Thanksgiving Day, including a spectacular half goal where Moss caught the ball with his entire body out of bounds, next to his toes. His drama will be a feature of NFL ad retrieval for years to come. Moss finished the season with a career high of 1,437 yards and led 15 catches of touchdown league. Thus, he became the youngest and fastest player ever to capture more than 3,000 yards and 45 goals, earning him his third consecutive trip to the Pro Bowl, and the 2nd selection to the All Pro team. Vikings will successfully reach the NFC Championship game, only to be blown 41-0 by the New York Giants.
season 2001
At the end of the season, Moss and his agent DantÃÆ'Ã… © DiTrapano started negotiating a new contract with Minnesota Vikings. He is scheduled to earn $ 3.5 million in 2001. But Moss, who entered the final year of the rookie contract he signed in 1998, is looking for a long-term deal that will make him the highest paid player in the NFL. His agent said, "We want to break the quarterback tradition as the highest paid player." One option Viking has is to apply a franchise mark after the season ends, but sources state that Moss will ask for trades if that happens because it will still be less than what he can order on the open market.
Just before the start of the training camp in July, Viking owners Red McCombs signed Moss to an 8-year, $ 75 million contract extension. Extensions include signing bonuses of $ 10 million and other $ 8 million guarantees.
Despite finishing the season with 10 goals and posting at least 1,000 receiving yards for his fourth consecutive season, Moss failed to make the Pro Bowl for the first time in his career.
season 2002
After replacing Dennis Green temporarily to end the 2001 season, Mike Tice was officially named head coach on January 10, 2002. One of Vikings' first-year head coach strategies came up with a formula to get Moss balls more often. Coach Tice calls it Randy Ratio. It was an attempt on the part of the coach to throw 40% passes into Moss as a way to get him involved in more offense than he did in the 2001 season when he stretched in the game where he was being closed, and partly to use more game hours by defending long drive to give the Viking defense a chance to rest. An assistant coach will stand on the sidelines during the game and track how many times Moss is thrown, and then tell Tice about the percentage so she always realizes it. In the 2001 season, the Viking record was 4-1 when Moss had 40% of the passes thrown at him, and 1-10 in the other match.
The strategy was a response to Randy's Rule, when Vikings called Chris Walsh to call them. Randy's rules, similar to the Jordan Rules, are the defense strategies that the team uses when facing Vikings to try and eliminate or reduce Randy's impact on the game, and to prevent Moss from matching one-on-one with defenders because of his ability to burn them in or surpass them in scope single. The opposing team will routinely multiply Moss with techniques such as having a cornerback effort to throw it on the line of soccer practice, having a corner defense under it with a safe defense against the deep ball, having the zone's defense roll over to the Moss side of the field. , and assigns "spies" to follow Moss wherever he goes.
Coach Tice discussed the strategy, explaining that Moss would run shorter and medium-sized routes and fewer deep patterns. At the training camp, Moss works specially on 12 new routes he rarely runs in his first four NFL seasons, such as midfield crossing patterns and hook routes. Coach Tice said, "When we say Randy Ratio, everyone in the league thinks, 'OK, now they will throw the ball into the field for Randy more and more.' That's so far from the truth.In fact, we might throw the ball into the field for Randy this year even less. "
Randy's ratio did not last long, because Tice erased the idea in the middle of the 2002 season. Randy Moss said, "I do not really care about Randy Ratio when I grew up, I just want to win." While Moss captures 106 high operas, he also has a low career 7 reception receptions, and Vikings are fighting for a 6-10 record. Tice advises after the season that it was a mistake to inform the opponent about his offensive gameplan, but it is a tool "to motivate [Moss] and say he is that person."
season 2003
Moss's fortune took a better turn on the soccer field during the 2003 regular season, where he became the second wide receiver in NFL history (behind Jerry Rice in 1995) to play more than 12 matches (he played 16) while on average more than 100 yards and one touchdown per contest. He finished with 111 receptions for 1,632 yards and 17 touchdowns. The three numbers are tied or become the new best person for Moss. Vikings finished 9-7 for the season. One of the things Moss remembered that year was when she was passed to Moe Williams for the second last touchdown at home to Denver.
At the end of the season, he attends the power of Viking & amp; conditioning program and adding five pounds of muscle to his body.
season 2004
Moss started the season with a powerful catch of 8 goals in the first five games of the season. However, he suffered a hamstring injury in his right foot against New Orleans in Week 6 which stalled him for the next five weeks. He played in Week 7 against Tennessee, but did not have a reception in the game for the first time in his career. He also played the following week against the Giants, but again noted no reception and was used primarily as a decoy. The injury finally made him absent for 3 weeks in a row. He returned to the lineup on Sunday 12 with a touchdown shot against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Although he finished the season with 13 goals in 13 matches, he recorded the lowest position in his career (49) and received a yard (767). 2004 was the first season of his career to fail to reach 1,000 yards.
Moss made Pro Bowl five times in his career for seven years with Minnesota Vikings (1998-2000, 2002, and 2003).
Oakland Raiders
On March 2, 2005, Moss traded to Oakland Raiders for Napoleon Harris and Raiders' first (7th overall) linebacker, interpreted by Minnesota to broad receiver Troy Williamson) and seventh picks in the NFL draft. Added a player of the caliber of Moss optimism generated in Oakland, but the bad game of the Raiders continued, while Moss suffered intimidating injuries that limited his production. He surpassed 1,000 marks on the final day of the 2005 season, finishing the year with 1,005 receiving yards on 60 catches. However, Moss only managed 553 yards at 42 balls in 2006.
Moss was not happy in Oakland, and on November 14, 2006, when he was honored as a kickback repellent by having an award named after him, he answered questions about his graduation and lackluster efforts in several games. Moss said, "Maybe it's because I'm unhappy and I'm not very excited about what's happening, so my concentration and focus level tend to go down sometimes when I'm in a bad mood". A few days later, he repeated his unhappiness by losing the match and becoming a member of the Raiders in his weekly segment with Fox Sports Radio, saying, "I may want to look forward to moving to another place next year to start again and really feel good about going come here and play soccer ".
New England Patriots
2007 season
There was a rumor leading up to NFL Draft 2007 that the Raiders were eager to part with Randy Moss through trade. The first year's Raiders head coach, Lane Kiffin, went so far as to contact their division competitor, Denver Broncos, to "measure interest", but the Patriots and Green Bay Packers are the two teams most interested in acquiring Moss. Packers QB Brett Favre, who once said, "No one in this league puts fear on people more than Randy Moss," trying to persuade the team's management to trade for him, but the deal that both parties can agree on does not get done.
During the first day of the NFL Draft, the Patriots and Raiders discussed the trade several times before reaching an agreement. Bill Belichick spoke with Moss for the first time about the possibility of joining the Patriots at 2:30 am Sunday morning. Moss then boarded the plane and arrived in Boston that morning on April 29 and had to pass a team that was physically managed. After he was cleared by Patriot officials, the trade was completed which sent Randy Moss to New England in exchange for the fourth round of election in the 2007 NFL Draft. The pick draft had been acquired by Patriots the previous day from the San Francisco 49ers, and the Raiders chose John Bowie.
One of the trading conditions is Randy Moss having to restructure his contract for salary reasons. Just hours before the Moss trade finished, New England midfielder Tom Brady changed $ 5.28 million from his basic salary in 2007 to a signing bonus spread across the remaining part of his contract so as to free hat space. This allows the Patriots to absorb Moss signing contracts under the pay cap. Moss has two years left on his current contract and is scheduled to earn $ 9.75 million in 2007 and $ 11.25 million in 2008. After the Patriots have Moss on their list, he quickly approves a new one-year contract to replace that long. The new deal gives him a $ 500,000 signing bonus, a $ 2.5 million base salary, and the ability to earn an additional $ 1.75 million in incentives.
"I am still amazed that I am part of this organization," said Moss, obviously happy to join a team that can compete for the Super Bowl and work with Coach Belichick. "I think he is a coach who can motivate me, he has a proven track record."
In the first week of the training camp, during the 11-on-11 training, Moss suffered a hamstring injury in his left leg. As a precaution, his injuries prevented Moss from participating in pre-season games and he lost most of the other camps.
His first act in Patriot's uniform came against the New York Jets in Week 1. He quickly calmed down critics who claimed his skills had deteriorated by hauling 9 receptions for 181 yards, including a 51-yard touchdown pass in which he ran past 3 Jets defenders.
On November 4, 2007, James Black, NFL Editor for Yahoo! Sports writes, "Every week, in addition to outperforming at least one defender for a goal, [Moss] continues to make a remarkable one-handed fight that makes you mumble, 'How did he get that?'" Two weeks later, he added 4 high career reception receptions in one game against Buffalo.
On December 29, the Patriots defeated the New York Giants 38-35, finishing their regular season with a perfect 16-0 record. Moss caught two touchdowns passing a total of 23, breaking the singular season record of 22 touchdown receptions previously set by Jerry Rice (in 12 games in the 1987 strike-shortened season). In the same game, Tom Brady broke Peyton Manning's single-season record set in 2004 with a 50th goal. Moss recorded 98 catches for 1,493 meters in 2007, the highest total width in the history of the Patriot franchise and the third highest number of catches, after team mate Wes Welker 112 captured the same season and Troy Brown's 101 in 2001. He also grabbed his sixth Pro Choice bowl. The 2007 season featured touchdowns in 13 of 16 games (including 8 multi-touchdown games), nine 100-yard matches, and six reception receptions of 40 or more yards.
Super Bowl XLII
Despite his record breaking of the 2007 season, Moss was relatively calm in the playoffs for 2 straight games without touchdown for the first time throughout the season. However, in the Super Bowl XLII, he scored a touchdown with 2:42 remaining in the fourth quarter with a 6 yard pass from Tom Brady. However, this is still not enough to allow the highly favored Patriot to eclipse the only unbeatable season with a Super Bowl victory, held by the Miami Dolphins 1972. Eli Manning made the Giants down the field connected with Plaxico Burress, who proved to be the winner of the match and upset over Moss and Patriots.
2008 season
On February 28, 2008, Moss became a free agent after Patriot decided not to place a franchise label on Moss. Although the Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, and Green Bay Packers are reportedly interested in Moss, he decides to return to the Patriots, signed a three-year, $ 27 million contract on March 3, 2008. The contract includes signing $ 12 million in bonuses, and a total of $ 14, 1 million is guaranteed.
The first game of the 2008 season saw Brady suffer from a torn ACL on his left knee while attempting a bait to Randy Moss. The drama took place in the first round against Kansas City Chief when Bernard Pollard's safety pigeoned at Brady's feet while in a throwing move. Moss explains what he sees on the game by saying "every time you see something like that, that looks dirty, looks dirty, it opens your eyes, so I personally, it looks dirty." Matt Cassel replaces Brady for the rest of the season.
In 2008, Moss was pulled in 69 catches for 1,008 yards and 11 goals despite losing quarterback Tom Brady in the first game of the season.
2009 season
In the 2009 season opener, Moss won 12 highs for 141 yards in a 25-24 victory over Bills. In the 5th Sunday against the Denver Broncos, Moss placed deep within the scope on the Broncos Hail Mary effort to end the first half, and intercepted Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton. In a snowy sixth Sunday game against an unsuccessful Tennessee Titans, Moss captured three goals from Tom Brady, two of them in the 2nd quarter when Brady scored for most goals in a quarter with five. This is the 34th Moss multi-touchdown game, and its 8th game with 3 or more goals.
During the weeks of Patriots bye, Belichick declared that Moss "was the smartest recipient ever." He compared Moss's ability to see the field and anticipate the game with Tom Brady, and Lawrence Taylor who Belichick coached with the New York Giants. He says Moss not only knows what he does on the game, but what others do on the pitch too. "That's what makes them special: They only have the sixth, seventh sense," says Belichick.
In Week 9 against Miami Dolphins Moss added 6 catches for 147 yards and 1 goal. The touchdown acceptance was 140 of his career, which moved him into a tie for 2nd place with Terrell Owens.
The following week, in Sunday's inaugural match against the Indianapolis Colts, Moss had 179 yards and two touchdowns, including a 63-yard touchdown in the 2nd quarter that propelled him in front of Terrell Owens to have the only 2nd place in the career touchdown of the reception.. In the same game, he became the 11th player in NFL history with 900 receptions and 7th player to reach 14,000 careers who received the yard.
He finished the season with 83 receptions for 1,264 yards and 13 touchdowns.
season 2010
In the weeks leading up to the Patriots' 2010 season opener against Cincinnati Bengals, Moss, who entered the final year of his contract told CBS Sports he "did not feel like" in New England missing a contract renewal offer. Moss will continue to catch 5 passes for 59 yards in Week 1. After the match, Moss told reporters that it will be his last season with the Patriots. The Boston Herald reported a few weeks later that Moss asked for trades after the game.
Moss had two receptions on Sunday 2 against the New York Jets, including a 34-yard touchdown he caught one hand after beating All-Pro cornerback Darrelle Revis. The next week against Buffalo Bills, Moss has two more catches, both for touchdown. His final game in New England came on Sunday 4 on Monday Night Football against Miami Dolphins; he did not record a catch in the game for the first time in his Patriot career as a goal bait attempt from a false spike bouncing in his hand in the final zone.
Return to Minnesota
Two days after the Patriots match against Miami, Moss traded to the Minnesota Vikings, in exchange for a third-round selection of Vikings (later used to select Ryan Mallett's quarterback) in the NFL Draft 2011. The Patriots also sent the seventh round selection of 2012 to the Vikings as part of the trade.
On November 1, less than four weeks after being trafficked to Minnesota, Viking head coach Brad Childress told the Viking player in a team meeting that Moss would be released by the team, one day after he criticized Childress and his teammates in a press conference following Viking losses to Patriots at Gillette Stadium. Just before the press conference, Moss reportedly told team owner Zygi Wilf that Childress was unfit to train in the NFL and had to be fired. Wilf reportedly considered firing Childress and keeping Moss, but Moss was officially released the next day, November 2nd. Childress was eventually dismissed on 22 November.
Tennessee Titans
Moss has been claimed freely by Tennessee Titans, the only team to file a claim, on November 3, 2010. Moss played eight matches with The Titans, starting four. He made six catches for 80 yards and no goals.
Moss completed the 2010 season with the lowest career position in the reception (28) and received the yard (393). The Titans stated that they did not plan to sign Moss for the 2011 season, and he became a free agent.
Retire and early comeback
On August 1, 2011, Moss's agent, Joel Segal, announced Moss's decision to retire from professional football.
On February 13, 2012, his 35th birthday, Moss announced that he was out of retirement and ready to play again. In a live video chat with his fans via Ustream, Moss stated, "I want to play football.Your boys will come back here and play soccer, so I'm very excited, I have some things I need to adjust in life."
San Francisco 49ers
Moss has participated in, founded, and funded many charitable endeavors since joining the NFL, primarily aimed at helping children. Many times when talking about her charitable work, she says she just hopes to "see a smile." She had donated clothes and food to needy families, gave free backpacks to schoolchildren in the Boston area, and signed autographs. He has also babbled children into amusement parks, NBA games, and even NFL matches where he has played.
On June 29, 2005, he launched Randy Moss Celebrity Charity Invitational Bass Tournament. The tournament is a one-day event that celebrities and corporate sponsors partner with pro fishermen to raise money for Smile Network, which is a foundation that provides financial aid to children with treatable mouth problems, such as a gaping ceiling. The tournament motto is "fish for a smile."
In 2008, Moss established the Links for Learning Foundation, established to help children in their home country in West Virginia, and build learning centers for the most needy student population. In June, he and his former teammate in high school, Jason Williams hosted his first annual golf charity tournament at Sleepy Hollow Country Club in Hurricane, West Virginia.
In March 2009, the Moss Foundation made a donation that enabled Charleston and West Virginia Women's and Children's Hospital to purchase Starlight Children's 'Fun Centers' for their patients. The 'Fun Center' is a portable bedside entertainment system equipped with a TV, DVD player and 22 Nintendo Wii games.
On the morning of November 24, 2009, Moss flew home to West Virginia to personally distribute Thanksgiving dinners to families in the Charleston area. He stayed only a few hours before going back to Massachusetts to practice Patriot later on.
Controversy
Traffic incident
On September 24, 2002, in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, Moss was driving and preparing for an illegal transition. The traffic control officer (Amy Zaccardi), realizing what he would do, was standing in front of his Lexus 2002 car, ordering him to stop. The eyewitness account of the event was different at the moment, but Moss did not obey the officer's orders, and he was hit by his vehicle and fell to the ground. Moss was arrested, and his vehicle search revealed a joint that was less than a gram of marijuana in the ashtray. Originally accused of a Suspicion of Assault felony with a Deadly Weapon and possession of criminal marijuana, Moss spent the night in jail and was released the following morning. Moss pleaded guilty to violation of traffic violations and ordered to pay a $ 1,200 fine and conduct 40 hours of community service. While criminal prosecutions are discarded, the civil suit filed by the traffic controller carries a large penalty penalty "in the low to mid six figure". Moss claims that the joint is not his, and that he has let friends use his car before the accident.
Playoff incident months fully dressed
On January 9, 2005, Minnesota Vikings played the Green Bay Packers division contenders in the NFC wildcard playoff game. Moss completed the game with 4 catches for 70 yards and two goals in a 31-17 win. After the second score, Moss ran to the end of the final goal zone and pretended to pull his trousers onto the moon of Green Bay fans. NFL on Fox broadcaster Joe Buck called it a "disgusting act". Green Bay fans have a tradition of daydreaming buses from the departing team, and Moss taunts the tradition on the field.
Cannabis uses
In April 1996, Moss smoked together shortly before turning himself into a prison. He is scheduled to complete the remaining 30-day penalty for light batteries while in high school. During his first week in prison, Moss was given a positive drug test. He was placed in solitary confinement for a week and had 60 days attached to his 27 day sentence. Coach Bobby Bowden was revoked of scholarship and Moss was dismissed from Florida State University for a failed drug test.
Moss tested positive in 2001 for cannabis under the NFL substance abuse program and was subjected to two years of randomized additional drug screening. The first violation of the NFL drug policy can result in up to 10 tests per month. Moss did not fail the NFL drug test again, and was screened out of the program after two years.
In August 2005, during an interview with Bryant Gumbel, Moss admitted that he had sucked marijuana during his NFL career "every blue month." When asked if he is still using marijuana at the moment, Moss replied "I might, I might have fun, and, you know, hopefully... I will not get in trouble with the NFL by saying that, you know. throughout my years and, you know, especially at the end of the season. "The interview invited criticism from the league office, and his agent tried to play it that his words were taken out of context. In response, Moss said, "It was really I talked in the past way back in the beginning of my career and my childhood - especially in high school and college."
Dating violent allegations
On January 15, 2008, Orlando-based radio station WDBO reported that Moss "had been" hit with a temporary order for protection against violence in courtship. According to the statement, Moss batteries Rachelle Washington, causing serious injury, and then refuses to let her seek medical attention. A written statement outside Broward County revealed Moss could not come within 500 feet of the victim and could not use or own a firearm. The next day, in a locker room press conference, Moss claimed that the woman was just looking for money "for the accident," because her lawyer came to her lawyer, threatened the lawsuit, and asked for money to be completed before she became public to the media. Moss says he has known Washington for about eleven years. He also stated in his defense that he never attacked a woman in his entire life, and asked the media and fans to "find out the facts" before "hurry [to] judge." In addition, Moss's lawyer, in an e-mail to the Boston Globe, accused her lawyer of "threatening and trying to extort money" from Moss. On March 3, 2008, Rachelle Washington filed letters to the courtroom of the Clerk of the Broward County Circuit Court who requested that the detention order be dissolved and the case was closed. No criminal charges have been filed in the incident.
Personal life
Moss's parents are Maxine Moss and Randy Pratt. Moss has little contact with his father. He has a sister named Lutisia and brother Eric, who has a brief assignment in the NFL as an offensive attack with Minnesota Vikings. Moss has four children with his former girlfriend, Libby Offutt - Sydney, Senali, Thaddeus, and Montigo. Thaddeus plays football as a final tight/defensive end for Boone County High School, St. Albans High School (W.Va) and Lincoln (RI) High before being transferred to Victory Christian Center High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, where Randy is employed as head coach (defensive coordinator) in June 2014. In 2016, Thaddeus played tight for NC State Wolfpack. On April 24, 2017, Thaddeus announced that he would move to Louisiana State University. Sydney is a basketball player at NCAA Division III Thomas More College and sets a record point in the 2014 Division of NCAA Tournament 2014.
After being released from the 49ers, Moss was hired as an analyst for Fox Sports 1's Fox Soccerball Daily .
In July 2016, Moss joined ESPN as an analyst, appearing on Sunday NFL Countdown and Monday Night Countdown .
Randy Moss Motorsports
On April 29, 2008, Moss announced the creation of Randy Moss Motorsports, the car racing team at NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. In July 2008, Moss announced that it had purchased a 50 percent stake in Morgan-Dollar Motorsports, with No. 1 entry. 46 teams to No. 81. However, the team is reportedly closed in 2012, according to Truck Series reporter Ray. Dunlap.
See also
- List of major college football NCAAs that receive leaders every year
- The NCAA list who became the leading leader in annual scoring
References
External links
- Career and player information statistics from NFL.com Ã, Â · ESPNÃ, Ã, Â · CBS SportsÃ, Â · Yahoo! Sports Ã, Â · SI.comÃ, Ã, Ã, Ã, Pro-Football-References
- Randy Moss on Twitter
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