CollegeFootballDigestfrom CooperSearch
Jerry Rice at Mississippi Valley State
Photo: Anthony Quintano from Honolulu, HI, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Mississippi Valley State, 1981–⁠84

Jerry Rice

Born
Oct 13, 1962, in Starkville, Mississippi

Wikipedia readers: about 56,397 a month over the past year

Jerry Rice played receiver at Mississippi Valley State (1981–⁠84). He finished ninth in the 1984 Heisman vote. The San Francisco 49ers took Rice in the first round, No. 16 overall in the 1985 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006.

Heisman vote
9th
In the 1984 vote
Drafted
No. 16
Overall, 1985 NFL Draft (San Francisco 49ers)

Honors

All-America: FWAA 1984; Gannett News Service first team 1983; NEA first team 1984; Gannett News Service 1984; Sporting News 1984

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

In the NFL

Pro Bowls: 13 (1986–⁠96, 1998, 2002) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 10 (1986–⁠90, 1992–⁠96) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2002

All-Pro teams: AP first team 1986–⁠90, 1992–⁠96; AP second team 2002; Pro Football Writers first team 1986–⁠90, 1992–⁠96; Sporting News first team 1986–⁠96; Pro Football Weekly first team 1986–⁠91; NEA first team 1986–⁠87, 1989–⁠90, 1992; and 1 more.

Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Is this you, or do you know of something wrong or missing here? Suggest a correction. We check each one against a source before changing the page.