Randy Moss Biography - Expelled From School, Rookie Of The Year Honors, Troubles On And Off The Field, Career Statistics - CONTACT INFORMATION
vikings football minnesota
1977-
American football player
Minnesota Vikings receiver Randy Moss is one of professional football's star players, but he remains "the National Football League's biggest enigma," as New York Times writer Judy Battista described him. Though Moss's talents on the gridiron are extraordinary, his off-the-field escapades and pronouncements have landed him in trouble on more than one occasion dating back to his high-school days.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: c/o Minnesota Vikings, Winter Park Administrative Offices, 9520 Viking Dr., Eden Prairie, MN 55344. Phone: (952) 828-6500. Email: info@vikings.com. Online: http://www.vikings.com.
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Moss was born in 1977 and grew up in a small West Virginia mining town called Rand. As a student in the nearby Belle school system, Moss emerged as a phenomenally gifted young athlete. He led the DuPont High School Panthers
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to two state football titles, and as a basketball player was named West Virginia's high school player of the year. He even excelled in baseball and won…
Moss decided to quit school and enter the National Football League draft for 1998. He was widely considered to be a top-five pick, and heralded as the best receiver out to come out of the college level in thirty years. But Moss skipped the important scouting combine, claiming he suffered from an abscessed wisdom tooth, and rumors arose that he was avoiding the mandatory drug test. Wary that he had…
There was much pre-season hype before the start of the 1999 Vikings year, with many predicting they could make it to the Super Bowl. Yet Moss's performance was spotty that year, and he paid a team fine for squirting an official with a water bottle. In 2000, the team finished 11-5, a small improvement over the past season. The onset of the 2001 football year began badly for Moss and the Viki…
A few games into the 2002 season, Tice had already heralded what he termed the "Randy Ratio"—a vow that forty percent of the team's passes were to be caught by Moss. The receiver seemed to have settled down and showed far more leadership promise than in past seasons, but at the end of September, Vikings quarterback Daunte Culpepper screamed at Moss on sidelines for fail…
Attner, Paul. "Ugly solution to Moss hysteria." Sporting News 225 (January 15, 2001): 18. Battista, Judy. "Moss Presents a Challenge To Jets and Vikings Alike." New York Times (October 17, 2002): D3. Hack, Damon. "Officials Find No Felony Against Moss." New York Times (September 26, 2002): D4. Hartman, Sid. "Moss: I play when I want to play."…
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about 4 years ago
bobo
Randy Moss is the best wide receiver in the universe he totally rock dudes i wish i can go to one of his football games...