Jerry Rice

Jerry Rice

Rice in 2006
No. 80, 19
Position:	Wide receiver
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1962-10-13) October 13, 1962 (age 54)
Place of birth:	Starkville, Mississippi
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school:	Oktoc (MS) B. L. Moor
College:	Mississippi Valley State
NFL Draft:	1985 / Round: 1 / Pick: 16
Career history
San Francisco 49ers (1985–2000) Oakland Raiders (2001–2004) Seattle Seahawks (2004) Denver Broncos (2005)*
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
3× Super Bowl champion (XXIII, XXIV, XXIX) Super Bowl MVP (XXIII) 13× Pro Bowl (1986–1996, 1998, 2002) 10× First-team All-Pro (1986–1990, 1992–1996) 2× Second-team All-Pro (1991, 2002) PFWA NFL Most Valuable Player (1987) Bert Bell Award (1987) 2× NFL Offensive Player of the Year (1987, 1993) 6× NFL receiving yards leader (1986, 1989, 1990, 1993–1995) 6× NFL receiving touchdowns leader (1986, 1987, 1989–1991, 1993) NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team NFL 1980s All-Decade Team NFL 1990s All-Decade Team San Francisco 49ers No. 80 retired NFL records 1,549 receptions, career 22,895 receiving yards, career 197 receiving touchdowns, career 23,546 all-purpose yards, career
Career NFL statistics
Receptions: 1,549 Receiving yards: 22,895 Yards per reception: 14.8 Receiving touchdowns: 197 Player stats at NFL.com
Pro Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame

Receptions:	1,549
Receiving yards:	22,895
Yards per reception:	14.8
Receiving touchdowns:	197
Player stats at NFL.com

Jerry Lee Rice (born October 13, 1962) is a former American football wide receiver who played 20 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the San Francisco 49ers. He is statistically the most productive wide receiver in NFL history and is considered to be among the greatest football players of all time.

He is the all-time leader in most major statistical categories for wide receivers, including receptions, touchdown receptions, and receiving yards, once being the leader for total yards in a season. Rice was selected to the Pro Bowl 13 times (1986–1996, 1998, 2002) and named All-Pro 12 times in his 20 NFL seasons. He won three Super Bowls with the 49ers and an AFC Championship with the Oakland Raiders. As of 2016^[update] Rice holds over 100 NFL records, the most of any player by a wide margin. In 1999, The Sporting News listed Rice second behind Jim Brown on its list of "Football's 100 Greatest Players". In 2010, he was chosen by NFL Network's NFL Films production The Top 100: NFL's Greatest Players as the greatest player in NFL history.

On August 7, 2010, Rice was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Rice was born in Starkville, Mississippi, and grew up in the small town of Crawford, Mississippi, as the son of a brick mason.

According to his book Rice (written with Michael Silver), Rice's mother did not allow him to join the football team in his freshman year. As a sophomore, Rice was caught cutting class by the principal of B. L. Moor High School. After Rice sprinted away, the principal told the school's football coach about his speed and he was offered a place on the team. While at B. L. Moor, Rice also played basketball and was on the track and field team. Rice's football career started now.

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