Randy+Moss

Randy Moss is one of the best recievers in the NFL today but most would not have been given the chances he has been given. Born February 13,1977 in Rand, West Virginia. Moss was considered a natural athlete. In high school Moss played football, basketball, track, and baseball at DuPont High. Not only did he play four sports he could run the 40 yard dash in 4.25 seconds, talk about fast! Moss finished his high school career with 109 catches for 2,435 yards and 44 touchdowns. He rushed the ball 75 times for 843 yards and nine touchdowns. Moss was also named State Athlete of the Year, and named to USA Today's All-USA high school football team. After high school Notre Dame him a football scholarship but upon his last month of high school he got into a fight landing him a 30 day jail sentence and a probation. Once Notre Dame recieved this information they revoked his scholarship. Thats when Moss was told to go to Florida State because the coach was known for troubled players. While there Moss tested positive for marijuana violating his probation thus getting "the boot", from Florida State. For most at this point in the game would be lost but not in Moss's case these set backs did not stop him. Moss finally ended up at a Division 1 AA called [|Marshall]. While playing at Marshall Moss lead the team to win a national title. Moss was so good in fact he set four NCAA Division 1-AA records. He set records for the most touchdowns made by a freshman (11), the most recieving yards by a freshman (1073), most consecutive games with a TD catch (11), the most games with a TD catch in a season. As one of the nation's best, Moss was past up by team after team because of his past of jail time and probation. But the Minnesota Vikings picked him up as their first pick (overall 21st). As a rookie on the Vikings, Moss played his way to more records with the most TD receptions by a rookie (17). In the same season he was named NFL Offensive rookie of the Year and voted a Pro Bowl starter as a rookie! Moss was second in Minnesota's all time recieving record just behind [|Chris Carter]. He caught 90 passes in his first seven years of his career only second to the imfamous Jerry Rice. Despite his tremendous talents, Moss's accomplishments have often been overshadowed by his much-publicized misbehavior, both on and off the field, which included incidents in which he squirted a game official with a water bottle, was arrested for bumping a traffic control officer with his car, and pretended to [|"moon"] Packers fans at Green Bay's Lambeau Field. That was his first mistake, in another '04 game the wide out left the game while the Vikings was still on the clock and the game was close. By 2005 the team had had enough of Randy Moss and traded him. The same year the Oakland Radiers picked him up, for the first season he did well to stay out of trouble but he soon didn't like it there. With a firing of an old coach and getting a new one was something Moss really didn't like and soon hte Radiers was looking for a trade. Being a free agent coming into the '07 season the [|New England Patriots] picked him and things have never been better for the receiver. Getting well quainted with his team and his quarterback, Moss set records this past year with 23 touchdowns and an undefeated season. He's staying out of trouble, I believe the old Moss is back! Randy Moss has had a very interesting career, from rough patches and more rough pacthes. Some people has even said that Randy Moss isn't a role model because of his incidents on and off the football field. But I'm here to say that Randy Moss is well worth recongnition. Through his life I've learned that things might not go your way but if you keep doing the things that you strive to do you will accomplish what you set in your heart. Randy Moss has changed the name of catching the ball forever now the term is getting "Mossed" when you catch the ball over someone. Randy Moss keep doing what you're doing.



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