Randy Moss, 2016
Photo: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Marshall (from Florida State), 1995–⁠97

Randy Moss

Randy Moss played receiver at Florida State (1995) and Marshall (1996–⁠97). He won the 1997 Biletnikoff Award. He finished fourth in the 1997 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 1997. The Minnesota Vikings took Moss in the first round, No. 21 overall in the 1998 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2024.

At a glance

Best season
1997
Biletnikoff Award, Paul Warfield Trophy and 5 more
National rank
No. 1
In the nation in receiving touchdowns, 1997
Drafted
No. 21
Overall, 1998 NFL Draft (Minnesota Vikings)

Honors

Team titles: ACC champions, 1995; MAC champions, 1997

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Season by season, from Wikipedia

SeasonReceivingRushingKick returnsPunt returns
RecYdsAvgTDAttYdsAvgTDNo.YdsAvgTDNo.YdsAvgTD
1996781,70921.928122.001861234.00
1997961,82019.02622914.511426318.802527110.80
Career1743,529543311328750252710

From the college statistics table in Moss’s Wikipedia article (Randy Moss, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).

The teams in those years

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: 6 (1998–⁠2000, 2002–⁠03, 2007) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 4 (1998, 2000, 2003, 2007)

All-Pro teams: AP first team 1998, 2000, 2003, 2007; Pro Football Writers first team 1998, 2000, 2003, 2007; Sporting News first team 1998, 2000, 2007.

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

Books

Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

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