Name: Randy Moss
Position: Wide Receiver
Height: 6-4
Weight: 204 lbs.
College: Marshall
Hometown: Rand, WV
Games and Starts:
(regular season, playoffs) 1998 (16/11, 2/2), 1999 (16/16, 2/2), 2000 (16/16, 2/2), 2001 (16/16), 2002 (16/16), 2003 (16/16). Total- 96/91, 6/6.
Professional Information:
Set an NFL record for most catches in a player's first 6 seasons with 525, passing Marvin Harrison's 522 from 1996-2001...Set an NFL record as the only WR to record 1,000-yard seasons in his first 6 seasons...Set an NFL record for most receiving yards in a player's first 6 seasons, his 8,375 yards topped Jerry Rice's 7,866...Named Associated Press All-Pro in 1998, 2000 and 2003...Earned Pro Bowl appearances in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2003...Has been named NFC Offensive Player of the Week 4 times in his career...Led the NFL in receiving TDs in 1998, 2000, 2003...Led the NFC in receiving yards in 1999 (1,413) and 2002 (1,347)...Led the NFC in receptions in 2002 (106) and ranked 2nd in 2003 (111)...Has not missed a game in his 5-year career and has started 91 of his 96 career games...Extended his consecutive games with a catch streak to 96 games, every game of his career, ranking 3rd in team history behind Anthony Carter's 105 and Cris Carter's 111...Since entering the League in 1998, Moss has 78 TDs in 96 games (77 receiving, 1 punt return) and has thrown 2 TD passes...Only St. Louis RB Marshall Faulk has more TDs since 1998 than Moss with 89...In 44 career games against the NFC North/Central Division, Moss has 239 catches for 4,048 yards (16.9 avg.) and 33 TDs...Minnesota is 33-20 in games when Moss has a TD...Has caught a TD in 5 of his 6 career playoff games...Ranks 2nd in team history with 77 receiving TDs, trailing Cris Carter (110) and has 78 total TDs...Ranks 4th in Vikings history in career scoring with 468 points...Ranks 3rd in team history for 100-yard receiving games with 38, trailing Cris Carter (40). The Vikings are 28-10 when Moss has 100+ yards receiving...Has caught 3 TD passes in a team-record 5 games in his career, the last coming vs. San Francisco (9/28/03)...In 8 career Monday Night Football games Moss has 41 catches for 872 yards (21.3 avg.) and 10 TDs...Holds a Vikings record with 24 plays of 50+ yards in his career, 23 receptions and a punt return...In his 96 career regular-season games, Moss has 14 catches of 60+ yards, 23 catches of 50+ yards and 15 TDs of 50+ yards and 47 catches of 40+ yards and 25 TDs of 40+ yards...Named 2000 Pro Bowl Most Outstanding Player after setting records for catches (9) and receiving yards (212) in the game along with scoring the final TD of the day in a 51-31 win by the NFC...Broke his own Vikings record for single-season receiving yards with 1,637 in 2003, breaking his previous record of 1,437 in 2000...Combined with Cris Carter for a team-record 2,711 receiving yards in 2000, breaking the mark of 2,654 yards the duo set in the 1999 season...Led the NFC in receiving yards in 1999 with 1,413, the 1st Vikings WR to lead the NFC since Ahmad Rashad in 1979...Set a Vikings record for most receiving yards in 2 straight games with 331 in 1999 (204 at Chicago, 11/14/99 and 127 vs. San Diego, 11/28/99)...Became the 1st Vikings WR to throw a TD pass when he hit Cris Carter on a reverse pass at NY Giants (12/26/99) and threw his 2nd career TD pass to D'Wayne Bates vs. Miami (12/21/02)...Only rookie in 1998 to earn a berth in the Pro Bowl where he was a starter.
2003 Selected to start for NFC in Pro Bowl, his 5th selection to the game in his 6 seasons...Named All-Pro by Associated Press for the 3rd time in his career...Ranked 2nd in the NFL with 111 catches and 1,632 yards, trailing only St. Louis' Torry Holt in both categories...Broke his own Vikings single-season receiving yardage record with 1,632 yards, breaking his mark of 1,437 in 2000...Went over the 1,000-yard mark again, making him the 1st NFL player to accomplish the feat in their first 6 seasons...Tied Vikings receiving TDs record with 17, a mark held by himself and Cris Carter...Joined Cris Carter as the only Vikings player to post back-to-back 100+-catch seasons...Tied his own team record with 8 games of 100+ receiving yards...Caught 3 TDs against San Francisco (9/28), his 5th career game with 3 TD catches...Set a Vikings record for fewest games needed to reach 1,000 yards receiving, accomplishing the feat in 10 games...Tied Vikings record with 4 straight games over 100 yards receiving, matching the mark set by Jake Reed, Cris Carter and himself...Notched season-high 11 catches at San Diego (11/9)...Had season-best 172 receiving yards vs. San Francisco (9/28) and season-high 3 TDs...Hauled in season-long 72-yard pass from Gus Frerotte at Detroit (9/21)...Had 2+ TD catches in 5 games on the season with the Vikings going 4-1 in those games...Went over the 150-yard mark in 3 games on the season, 150 at Green Bay (9/7), 172 vs. San Francisco (9/28) and 151 vs. Denver (10/19), with the Vikings winning all 3 games.
2002 Selected to the Pro Bowl for the 4th time in his 5-year career...Led the NFC in receptions with 106 and receiving yards with 1,347...Became only the 2nd Vikings player to break the 100-catch mark, joining Cris Carter (1994, 1995)...Went over the 1,000-yard mark for the 5th straight season, the only NFL player to do so in each of his first 5 seasons...Led or tied for the team lead in catches in 12 games...Led or tied for team lead in receiving yards in 11 games...Threw the 2nd TD pass of his career when he found D'Wayne Bates vs. Miami (12/21)...Went over the 100-yard mark in 7 games on the season, just short of his career-high 8 in 2000...Went over the 100-yard mark in each of the final 3 games as the Vikings ended the season on a 3-game winning streak...Caught a season-long 60-yard pass from Daunte Culpepper vs. Miami (12/21)...Caught a pair of TDs at New Orleans (12/15), including the TD that brought the Vikings within 1 point with :05 left in the game...Had a pair of rushing attempts at Tampa Bay (11/3) and had a career-long 25-yard rush at New Orleans (12/15)...Caught season-high 11 passes in games vs. Buffalo (9/15) and at New Orleans (12/15)...Posted season-best 134 receiving yards vs. Atlanta (12/1).
2001 Went over the 1,000-yard mark for the 4th straight season, becoming the 1st NFL WR to post 1,000-yard seasons in his 1st 4 campaigns...Set career-high with 82 receptions...Named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week for performance vs. NY Giants (11/19)...Ranked 4th in the NFL in TD catches with 10...His 60 points ranked 5th in the NFC among non-kickers...Ranked 6th in the NFC in receiving yards with 1,233 and ranked 7th in the NFC with 82 catches...Went over the 100-yard plateau in 4 games on the season, including a 3-game stretch at Pittsburgh (12/2), vs. Tennessee (12/9) and at Detroit (12/16)...Went over the 100-yard mark in 4 of the Vikings final 8 games of the year and had 7 of his 10 TD catches in the final 8 games...Completed a 29-yard pass to Cris Carter in the regular-season finale at Baltimore (1/7/02), the 2nd completion of his career to Carter...Had a season-high 10 catches for a season-high 171 yards and tied his career-high with 3 TDs vs. NY Giants (11/19) on Monday Night Football...Set a team record with 3 straight games with a reception of 60+ yards, at Pittsburgh (12/2), vs. Tennessee (12/9) and at Detroit (12/16)...Had 8 catches for 144 yards and a TD at Pittsburgh (12/2)...Caught 7 passes for 158 yards and a TD vs. Tennessee (12/9)...Notched 7 catches for 144 yards and a pair of TDs at Detroit (12/16)...Threw his and completed his 2nd career pass to Cris Carter in regular season finale at Baltimore (1/7/02)...Carried 3 times on the season, including a career-long 18 yarder vs. NY Giants (11/19) on Monday Night Football.
2000 Earned 3rd straight trip to the Pro Bowl...Named to the Associated Press All-Pro team...Named to USA Today All-Pro team...Named to College & Pro Football Newsweekly All-Pro 1st Team...Broke his own Vikings record for single-season receiving yards with 1,437 on 77 catches with 15 TDs...His 77 catches is the 2nd-highest total of his career and his 15 TDs is the 2nd-highest total of his career...Led the NFL with 15 TD catches, the 2nd time in his 3 seasons that he led the League...Ranked 2nd in the NFC in receiving yards with 1,437 and for scoring among non-kickers with 92 points...Ranked 6th in the NFC with 77 catches...Broke his own team record by going over 100 yards receiving in 8 games on the season, breaking his old mark of 7 set in 1999...Tied the team record for fewest games needed to reach 1,000 receiving yards in a season with 11, matching the record held by Jake Reed...Had the 3rd game of his career with 3 receiving TDs at Detroit (10/1)...Had a season-high 7 catches in 4 games on the season, at Detroit (10/1), at Tampa Bay (10/29), vs. Arizona (11/12) and at Dallas (11/23)...Tied a team record held by Jake Reed with 4 straight 100-yard games when he posted 7 catches for 144 yards and 2 TDs in Thanksgiving Day game at Dallas (11/23)...In his 2 career Thanksgiving Day games, Moss has 10 catches for 307 yards and 5 TDs...Had a pair of catches for 121 yards and 2 TDs in Divisional Playoff game vs. New Orleans (1/6/01)...His lone catch of the day at Indianapolis (12/24) was a 42-yard TD...Had 3rd-best yardage day of the season with 136 yards on 4 catches and a career-long 78-yard TD from Daunte Culpepper vs. Green Bay (12/17)...Had 4 catches for 63 yards and a 32-yard TD at St. Louis (12/10)...Caught 3 passes for 26 yards vs. Detroit (11/30)...Tied his season-high with 7 receptions for 144 yards and a pair of TDs in Thanksgiving Day game at Dallas (11/23), his 2nd-best yardage day of the season...Had 5 catches for 106 yards and a 36-yard TD vs. Carolina (11/19)...Caught 7 passes for 104 yards and a TD vs. Arizona (11/12)...Pulled in 6 passes for 130 yards at Green Bay (11/6) on Monday Night Football...Pulled in 7 passes for 65 yards and a TD at Tampa Bay (10/29)...Had 5 catches for 110 yards and a TD vs. Buffalo (10/22)...Caught 4 passes for 29 yards and a TD at Chicago (10/15) on Sunday Night Football...Had 5 passes for 118 yards and a TD in Monday Night Football game vs. Tampa Bay (10/9)...Had best game of the season at Detroit (10/1) hauling in 7 passes for 168 yards and 3 TDs, pulling in TD passes of 17, 50 and 61 yards...Had 6 catches for 87 yards and the 1st TD of the season vs. Miami (9/10)...In season opener vs. Chicago (9/3) caught 4 passes for 89 yards.
1999 Selected to the Pro Bowl for the 2nd straight season where he went on to be named MVP of the game...Named to the USA Today All-Pro team...Chosen for the 1999 All-Madden Team...Named NFC Offensive Player of the Week for performance at Chicago (11/14) when he had 12 catches for 204 yards, including a 44-yarder. His 204 yards were the 2nd-most in team history behind Sammy White's 210 vs. Detroit (11/1/76)...Broke Cris Carter's team record for receiving yards in a season with 1,413...Set a new Vikings record for 100-yard receiving games in a season with 7. He had 100-yard days vs. Detroit (1/2/00), vs. Green Bay (12/20), vs. San Diego (11/28), at Chicago (11/14), vs. San Francisco (10/24), vs. Chicago (10/10) and vs. Tampa Bay (10/3)...His 188-yard receiving day at St. Louis (1/16/00) ranks as 2nd in team postseason history while his 127-yard performance vs. Dallas (1/9/00) in Wild Card playoff game is the 4th-best performance in team postseason history...Joined Robert Smith vs. Dallas (1/9/00) in Wild Card playoff game as only the 2nd Vikings tandem to have a 100-yard receiving and rushing day in team postseason history...Has caught 5 postseason touchdowns in only 4 career playoff games, tieing him for 2nd in team history...Caught a 58-yard scoring pass from Jeff George at St. Louis (1/16/00) in Divisional Playoff, the 3rd-longest pass play in team playoff history...Led or tied for team lead in receptions in 6 games on the season...Led team in receiving yards in 7 games on the season...Returned a punt 64 yards for a touchdown at Kansas City (12/12), the 7th punt returned for a touchdown in team history and the 1st since David Palmer's vs. NY Giants (9/29/96)...Had longest catch of his career, a 67-yarder from Jeff George, vs. Detroit (1/2/00) in regular-season finale...Caught 3 passes for 44 yards at NY Giants (12/26) and threw a touchdown pass to Cris Carter...Caught 5 passes for 131 yards and 2 touchdowns, including a 57-yard score, vs. Green Bay (12/20) on Monday Night Football...Caught 5 passes for 76 yards and 1 touchdown at Kansas City (12/12) along with returning a punt 64 yards for a touchdown...Had a pair of catches for 32 yards at Tampa Bay (12/6) on Monday Night Football...Pulled in 7 passes for 127 yards and 1 touchdown vs. San Diego (11/28)...Snared a career-high 12 passes for a career-high 204 yards at Chicago (11/14)...Had 6 catches for 91 yards and 2 touchdowns vs. Dallas (11/8) on Monday Night Football...Had 3 catches for 39 yards at Denver (10/31)...Caught a pass for 24 yards vs. San Francisco (10/24)...Reeled in 10 passes for 125 yards and 1 touchdown at Detroit (10/17)...Had 8 catches for 122 yards vs. Chicago (10/10)...Caught 4 passes for 120 yards and 2 touchdowns vs. Tampa Bay (10/3)...Had a pair of catches for 13 yards and 1 touchdown at Green Bay (9/26)...Caught 4 passes for 86 yards vs. Oakland (9/19)...Opened season at Atlanta (9/12) with 3 catches for 24 yards.
1998 Named Offensive Rookie of the Year by Associated Press, College & Pro Football Weekly and Football Digest...Named Rookie of the Year by Sports Illustrated, The Sporting News, The Football News and Pro Football Weekly...Named the Professional Football Writers of America's NFC Rookie of the Year...Named All-Rookie by Pro Football Weekly, College & Pro Football Weekly, Football News and Football Digest...Named All-Pro by Associated Press, Sports Illustrated, College & Pro Football Weekly, The Sporting News, Football Digest and USA Today...Selected to Pro Football Weekly's All-NFC and All-NFL teams...Named to the All-Madden Team...Earned the NFL Alumni Best at Each Position award for wide receivers...Honored as the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Month for November...Named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week for back-to-back performances vs. Green Bay (11/22) and at Dallas (11/26). Earned Player of the Week accolades vs. Green Bay (11/22) with eight catches for 153 yards and 1 touchdown against the Packers. He followed that up 4 days later on Thanksgiving Day at Dallas (11/26) with 3 catches, all touchdowns of 51, 56 and 56 yards each. Set a team record as the 1st Viking to catch 3 touchdowns in back-to-back games...Set new NFL record for touchdown receptions by a rookie with 17, breaking the mark of 13 set by Green Bay's Bill Howton in 1952 and San Diego's John Jefferson in 1979...Tied Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch with 10 touchdowns of 40-plus yards...His 17 and Cris Carter's 12 touchdown catches set a new NFL record for most touchdown catches by a tandem with 29, breaking the old mark of 27 held by 49er greats Jerry Rice (22) and Mike Wilson (5) or Dwight Clark (5) set in 1987 and Rice (17) and John Taylor (10) set in 1989. The duo's 29 touchdowns also snapped the Viking record of 26 held by Carter (17) and Jake Reed (9) since 1995...Led the NFL with 17 touchdown catches...His 17 touchdown catches tied a Viking single-season record, matching the mark set by Cris Carter in 1995...Set a new team record for rookie receiving yards with 1,313, breaking the 906 that Sammy White had in 1976...Set a team record for touchdown catches by a rookie, breaking the mark of 10 held by Sammy White in 1976...Became the 1st Vikings rookie to score 2 touchdowns in their 1st game in the NFL and only the 4th player in team history to score in their debut, joining Chuck Foreman (1973), Sammy White (1976) and James Brim (1987)...Tied Viking record for touchdown catches in a game by a rookie with 3 at Dallas (11/26/98) and vs. Chicago (12/6/98), matching Sammy White's 3 against Miami on 12/11/76...Tied Minnesota record for most 3-touchdown games in a career with 2, matching Sammy White's total from 1976-86 and Cris Carter's total from 1990-98...Set a team record for most games with a touchdown pass in a season with 11, breaking the old record of 10 held by Cris Carter in 1995...Tied Cris Carter's Viking record for most consecutive games with a touchdown catch with 7...Set a Viking rookie record for most 2-touchdown games with 4, breaking Hassan Jones' total of 2 set in 1986...Broke a Viking rookie record for 100-yard receiving days in a season with 4, breaking the record of 3 held by Paul Flatley (1963) and Sammy White (1976)...Set a Viking record for most 40-plus yard plays with 14, breaking the old mark of nine set by Gene Washington in 1969...Broke team record for touchdowns of 40-plus yards with 10, breaking the record of 5 set by Gene Washington in 1969...Tied Gene Washington's record for most 50-plus yard plays and 50-plus yard touchdowns with 5 each...Set Vikings record for highest average per catch in a game at Dallas (11/26) with 54.3 yards per catch (3-for-163), breaking the old mark of 53.0 (3-for-159) set by Leo Lewis at Washington (11/2/86)...Had 1st 100-yard day in the NFL at Green Bay (10/5) on Monday Night Football when he pulled in 5 catches for 190 yards and 2 touchdowns. Went on to post 100-yard games vs. Green Bay (11/22) going 8-for-153, at Dallas (11/26) going 3-for-163 and vs. Chicago (12/6) going 8-for-106...Led or tied for team-high in catches 6 times (including playoffs), at St. Louis (9/13) with 6, vs. Detroit (9/20) with 5, vs. Washington (10/18) with 5, vs. Green Bay (11/22) with 8, vs. Chicago (12/6) with 8 and vs. Atlanta (1/17) with 6...Led team in receiving yards 9 times on the season (including playoffs) vs. Tampa Bay (9/6) with 95, at St. Louis (9/13) with 89, at Green Bay (10/5) with 190, vs. Cincinnati (11/15) with 99, vs. Green Bay (11/22) with 153, at Dallas (11/26) with 163, vs. Chicago (12/6) with 106, vs. Jacksonville (12/20) with 72 and vs. Atlanta (1/17) with 75...First NFL start came at Chicago (9/27) when the team started in a 3-receiver set with Cris Carter and Jake Reed...Returned punts at Chicago (9/27) when he fair caught 2 and a reverse for 5 yards against the Bears...First 10 catches of the season went for 1st downs...Caught his 1st NFL pass vs. Tampa Bay (9/6) in the season-opener, an 11-yarder from Brad Johnson on the 3rd play of the game. His next catch, 2 drives later, was a 48-yard touchdown from Johnson...Drafted in the 1st round by the Vikings (21st overall) in the 1998 NFL Draft
College Information:
In two short seasons at Marshall, Moss is considered one of the greatest receivers to play college football...Owns virtually every school, conference and NCAA game and season record...His 53 touchdown receptions shattered the school career-record of 26 set by Mike Barber (1985-88)...Ranks third in Thundering Herd annals with 174 receptions and second with 3,529 yards, topped only by Barber (4,262).
1997 Unanimous first-team All-American and All-Mid American Conference selection...Finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting...Rated the premier receiver in college football by USA Today... Recipient of the Fred Biletnikoff award, given to college's top receiver...His 25 touchdowns broke the MAC season-record of 13 by Eugene Baker of Kent in 1996 and the previous NCAA Division 1-A mark of 23 by Manny Hazard of Houston (1989)...Led the conference and ranked third in the NCAA with 2,178 all-purpose yards.
1996 Consensus first-team All-American...All-Southern Conference team selection...Named Division I-AA Offensive Player of the Year by the Grid Iron Report...Selected the Southern Conference Freshman of the Year by the media...Earned Conference Player of the week honors four times...Had 28 total scoring receptions, tying a NCAA record first set by Jerry Rice of Mississippi Valley in 1984.
1995 Redshirted as a freshman at Florida State.
Personal Information:
Works with the Twin Cities community through a program at St. Joseph's Children's Home called Randy's Purple Pioneers, started during his rookie season...Participates annually in the African American Adoption Agency Holiday Party hosted by Daunte Culpepper...Joined Head Coach Mike Tice, Vikings coaches' wives and teammates visiting the Ronald McDonald House in 2003 offseason...Childhood friend and high school teammate of NBA guard Jason Williams. Chosen West Virginia High School Football Player of the Year as a senior...Earned All-State honors at DuPont (Rand, WV) High...Twice selected the state's Basketball Player of the Year...Lettered 3 times in basketball and football and lettered in both baseball and track.
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