Inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame on Aug. 7, 2010... Played 20 NFL seasons, including four with the Oakland Raiders... Retired from professional foot- ball holding nearly every NFL career receiving record... Selected to play in 13 Pro Bowls... Named first team All-Pro 10 times... Played with the Raiders from 2001-04, helping lead Oakland to two playoff berths, an AFC title and an appearance in Super Bowl XXXVII... Played in 303 games with 284 starts in 20 seasons with San Francisco, Oakland and Seattle... Owner of 38 NFL career records at the time of his retirement... Set the all-time record for receptions (1,549), receiving yards (22,895), touchdown receptions (197), yards from scrimmage (23,540), all-purpose yards (23,546), combined rushing and receiving touchdowns (207) and total touchdowns (208)... Set single-season NFL records in receiving yards (1,848) and touchdown receptions (22)... Also set NFL marks with at least 50 receptions in 17 seasons, 1,000 receiving yards in 14 seasons, 76 games with at least 100 receiving yards, 13 consecutive games with at least one touchdown reception and 274 consecutive games with a reception... Played on three Super Bowl-winning teams as a member of the San Francisco 49ers... Named MVP of Super Bowl XXIII... Established career Super Bowl records in receptions (33), receiving yards (589), all-purpose yards (604) and touchdown receptions (eight)... Also set single-game Super Bowl records in receptions (11), receiving yards (215) and touchdowns (three, twice)... Played in an NFL-record 29 playoff games with the 49ers, Raiders and Seahawks... Set NFL postseason records in receptions (151), receiving touchdowns (22), receiving yards (2,245), eight games with at least 100 receiving yards and 28 consecutive playoff games with at least one reception... Named AP Offensive Player of the Year in 1987 and 1993... Tabbed for PFWA MVP honors in 1987... The MVP of the 1995 Pro Bowl... Garnered 1985 UPI NFC Rookie of the Jerry Rice
American football player (born 1962)
American football player
Rice during an interview with Deion Sanders from the NFL Network on the South Beach set before Super Bowl XLIV, 2010 |
| Position: | Wide receiver |
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| Born: | (1962-10-13) October 13, 1962 (age 62)
Starkville, Mississippi, U.S. |
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| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
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| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) |
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| High school: | B. L. Moor
(Oktoc, Mississippi) |
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| College: | Mississippi Valley State (1981–1984) |
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| NFL draft: | 1985 / round: 1 / pick: 16 |
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- 3× Super Bowl champion (XXIII, XXIV, XXIX)
- Super Bowl MVP (XXIII)
- 2× NFL Offensive Player of the Year (1987, 1993)
- 10× First-team All-Pro (1986–1990, 1992–1996)
- Second-team All-Pro (2002)
- 13× Pro Bowl (1986–1996, 1998, 2002)
- 2× NFL receptions leader (1990, 1996)
- 6× NFL receiving yards leader (1986, 1989, 1990, 1993–1995)
- 6× NFL receiving touchdowns leader (1986, 1987, 1989–1991, 1993)
- NFL scoring leader (1987)
- NFL 1980s All-Decade Team
- NFL 1990s All-Decade Team
- NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team
- NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team
- Bert Bell Award (1987)
- PFWA All-Rookie Team (1985)
- San Francisco 49ers Hall of Fame
- San Francisco 49ers No. 80 retired
- 2× First-team I-AAAll-American (1983, 1984)
- NFL records
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Jerry Lee Rice (born October 13, 1962) is an American former professional footballwide receiver who played for 20 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He won three Super Bowl titles with the San Francisco 49ers before two shorter stints at the end of his career with the Oakland Raiders and Seattle Seahawks. For his accomplishments and numerous records, Rice is widely regarded as the greatest wide receiver of all time and one of the greatest players in NFL history. His biography on the official Pro Footb