Jerry Rice

Jerry Lee Rice (twitter: @JerryRice)
The G.O.A.T.

Position: WR
Height: 6-2    Weight: 200 lbs.

Born: October 13, 1962 in Crawford, MS
College: Miss. Valley St.
Drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 1st round (16th overall) of the 1985 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 159 (2nd overall since 1950)
13-time Pro Bowler & 10-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 2010

• 5/23 FootballPerspective.com: Charles Woodson Returns To Oakland: Now Where Does He Rank?: Charles Woodson is back in Silver and Black. Woodson was drafted by Oakland with the 4th pick in the 1998 Draft and had a very...
• 5/21 49ersSpin: Michael Crabtree: ‘I’m the No.1 receiver on the 49ers: The San Francisco 49ers needed just five yards to win the franchise’s sixth Super Bowl, but could not complete a fade...
• 5/21 FootballPerspective.com: The Most Pass-Happy Coaches in NFL History: Yesterday, I looked at the most pass-happy active head coaches and offensive coordinators in the NFL. If you’ve been a loyal...
• 5/18 Stripe Hype: My Big NFL 5: Wide Receivers: The next part of my segment is a really fun one. I am now going to look at the 5 greatest wide receivers in my eyes. Some of these...
• 5/9 EDSFootball: Fantasy Football Dynasty Mock Draft: Round 1 Completed: Before the 2013 NFL Draft, we completed two fantasy football mock drafts (standard scoring first and then point-per-reception...
• 5/9 FootballPerspective.com: Record Watch: Can Jason Witten Catch Jerry Rice?: Jerry Rice’s records are essentially unbreakable. Over a marvelous twenty-year career, Rice caught 41 more touchdowns than...
• 5/1 KC Kingdom: Arenas Is One More Example of Failed Pioli Era: The trade of Javier Arenas to the Arizona Cardinals officially marks the end of the Tony Gonzalez era in Kansas City, and emphasizes...

• 4/24 SideLion Report: Barry Sanders Wins Madden 25 Cover Vote Over Adrian Peterson: EA Sports set up the Madden 25 cover vote as a new school vs old school challenge and old school has won out. Barry Sanders defeated...
• 4/12 FootballPerspective.com: Which Player Has Scored the Most Game-Winning Touchdowns: Five years ago, Doug wrote an interesting post about game-winning touchdowns. Let’s be clear: tracking things like game-winning...
• 4/8 FootballPerspective.com: Forgotten Stars: Hugh Taylor: Only three players in NFL history have been responsible for half of their team’s receiving touchdowns over a six-year period:...

• 3/30 EDSFootball: 2013 Fantasy Football Rankings: Top 65 Wide Receivers: Hall-of-Famer Jerry Rice rewrote the record book for wide receivers. In fact, many of those records were thought to be unbreakable. Meet...
• 3/21 NFL Jerks: Chicago Bears: A Sneaky Fantasy Football Godsend?: Your thoughts on Chicago Bears skill position players and what they might do for your 2013 fake football squad can probably be...
• 3/21 EDSFootball: New 2013 Fantasy Football PPR Mock Under Way: The 2013 NFL season kicks off in more than five months, but that won't stop us from conducting a point-per-reception (PPR) mock...
• 3/18 North and South of Royal Brougham: Harvin Trade is Best Offseason Move Hawks Could Have Made: Percy Harvin is the long-term upgrade Seattle needed to make. Bar-none, no bones about it, the Seahawks needed a dynamic play-making...
• 3/12 FootballPerspective.com: Examining Paul Warfield’s career: Paul Warfield has been confounding stat heads for years. Warfield was a rare first-ballot Hall of Fame wide receiver and one of...
• 3/11 North and South of Royal Brougham: Harvin Trade is Best Offseason Move Hawks Could Have Made: Percy Harvin is the long-term upgrade Seattle needed to make. Bar-none, no bones about it, the Seahawks needed a dynamic play-making...
• 3/5 FootballPerspective.com: Career Receiving Numbers Translated to the 2012 Passing Environment: I’ve written several posts about how to grade wide receivers and did a three-part series on one ranking system two weeks...
• 3/3 FootballPerspective.com: Jimmy Smith is one of the best wide receivers in NFL history: Jacksonville’s Jimmy Smith was first eligible for the Hall of Fame in 2011. He was cut early in the process, failing to...

• 2/19 FootballPerspective.com: The Greatest Wide Receivers Ever Version 2.0: Part III – Career Rankings: On Monday, I explained my methodology for ranking every wide receiver in football history, and yesterday, I presented a list of...
• 2/18 FootballPerspective.com: The Greatest Wide Receivers Ever Version 2.0: Part II – Single season leaders: Yesterday, I explained my methodology for ranking every wide receiver in football history. Today I’m going to present a...
• 2/6 FootballPerspective.com: NFL Retired Numbers, Player Deaths, and the Stories Behind Them: The table below lists every retired number for each of the 32 franchises. It also lists each player’s career AV (starting...

• 1/31 WSJ Daily Fix: Maybe Randy Moss Is the GOAT…?: The Count: The 49er's brash claim that he's the best receiver of all time has more merit than it seems, though Jerry Rice also...
• 1/30 FootballPerspective.com: Randy Moss: Jerry Rice had two HOF QBs his whole career: I was planning on ignoring the latest Randy Moss news, using that word liberally as it applies to things said on media day. In...
• 1/30 SideLion Report: Where Does Calvin Johnson Rank Among the All-Time Great Wide Receivers?: Who is the greatest wide receiver of all-time? Most would say Jerry Rice deserves that title, although Randy Moss took the opportunity...
• 1/29 FootballPerspective.com: How Super Bowl XLVII could impact the HOF chances of certain 49ers: On Sunday, I looked at how the football legacies of certain Ravens would be affected by a win in Super Bowl XLVII; today I will...
• 1/28 Stripe Hype: One Wish:       There’s a lot that I could do with but a single wish. So much could be done to improve my year. I could...
• 1/27 Stripe Hype: One Wish:       There’s a lot that I could do with but a single wish. So much could be done to improve my year. I could...
• 1/27 FootballPerspective.com: How Super Bowl XLVII could impact the HOF chances of certain Ravens: Being a Super Bowl champion is a pretty nice bullet to place on your Hall of Fame resume. For players like Jerry Rice or Peyton...
• 1/26 FootballPerspective.com: Trivia: Anquan Boldin is the 7th starting WR to reach the Super Bowl with two different teams: Anquan Boldin is back in the Super Bowl. Four years ago, Boldin and the Cardinals lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl...
• 1/20 FootballPerspective.com: Super Bowl History: Now that the Super Bowl matchup is set, I thought I’d start the two-week period with some Super Bow history. The table below...
• 1/20 SideLion Report: Calvin Johnson Voted Detroit Lions’ Offensive MVP: In a result that shocks no one, Calvin Johnson‘s teammates have voted him the Bobby Lane Offensive MVP. Calvin was in the...
• 1/12 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: 2012 All-Pro Teams Announced by the Associated Press: Here are the selections: First Team QB: Peyton Manning, Broncos. RB: Adrian Peterson, Vikings (unanimous), Marshawn Lynch, Seahawks....
• 1/5 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Career receiving stats in wins and losses: Last weekend, I looked at career rushing stats in wins and losses, and yesterday, I did the same for quarterbacks. Today we will...
• 1/1 FootballPerspective.com: NYT Fifth Down: Post-week 17: At the New York Times Fifth Down Blog this week, I explain my choices for the major awards this season. Offensive Player of the...

• 12/31 FootballPerspective.com: Examining the seasons of Calvin Johnson and Brandon Marshall in a different light: Three weeks ago, I set forth the argument that perhaps Calvin Johnson was not even the most productive receiver in his own division....
• 12/30 NFL Jerks: Fantasy Football Keeper Watch: Wide Receivers to Consider for 2013 and Beyond: Who should you keep at the receiver position? Do you aim for up-and-comers? Try to predict the 2007 Randy Mosses and 2012 Calvin...
• 12/28 NFL Jerks: Fantasy Football Keeper Watch: Wide Receivers to Consider for 2013 and Beyond: Who should you keep at the receiver position? Do you aim for up-and-comers? Try to predict the 2007 Randy Mosses and 2012 Calvin...
• 12/27 SideLion Report: Calvin Johnson May Not Be Done Rewriting the Record Books: Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson has already chased down and passed Jerry Rice‘s single-season receiving yards...
• 12/27 SideLion Report: Detroit Lions Pro Bowl Primer: The NFL will announce the AFC and NFC Pro Bowl teams tonight and there are a few Detroit Lions who warrant consideration. Calvin...
• 12/25 FootballPerspective.com: NYT Fifth Down: Post-week 16: This week at the New York Times I looked at some record-breaking performances from week 16. Sunday was a record-setting day in...
• 12/25 SideLion Report: Handing Out The Detroit Lions Holiday Gifts For the Season: Happy holidays Lions fans! It’s Christmas Eve and SideLion Report is handing out gifts from the Detroit Lions season. Although...
• 12/24 SideLion Report: Calvin Johnson Is Chasing 2,000 Yards, But Is It Tarnished?: The Lions may have found themselves in a familiar situation with a losing record once again, but there has been one bright spot...
• 12/24 SideLion Report: Calvin Johnson’s Record Not Diminished by Detroit Lions’ Poor Season: It didn’t take long after Calvin Johnson broke Jerry Rice‘s single-season receiving yards record for opinions to start...
• 12/23 SideLion Report: Calvin Johnson Breaks Jerry Rice’s Record But Detroit Lions Lose Again: Atlanta Falcons 31, Detroit Lions 18 (box score) The Detroit Lions had one last chance to change public sentiment of their 2012...
• 12/22 NFL Jerks: Three Ways To Avoid Saturday Night Fantasy Disaster: If we must suffer, at least there will be points to be had. These pre-Sunday games have been a special kind of torture for so...
• 12/21 SideLion Report: Don’t Assume Calvin Johnson Will Need Week 17 to Break Jerry Rice’s Record: Calvin Johnson‘s chase of Jerry Rice‘s single-season receiving yards record has been widely covered, both on this...
• 12/20 SideLion Report: Jerry Rice Just Fine With Calvin Johnson Breaking His Record: There are more than just playoff races to pay attention to in the last two weeks of the NFL season. Minnesota Vikings running...
• 12/20 SideLion Report: Detroit Lions Release Initial Injury Report for Week 16: The Detroit Lions got back on the practice field today in preparation for Saturday night’s game against the Atlanta Falcons....
• 12/19 FootballPerspective.com: Week 15 Power Rankings: With only two weeks left in the regular season, it’s time to change the format of my projected standings. At this point,...
• 12/17 SideLion Report: Calvin Johnson Remains on Track to Break Jerry Rice’s Record: The Detroit Lions suffered yet another disappointing loss in what is now beyond a disappointing season, but Calvin Johnson remains...
• 12/16 SideLion Report: Lions vs. Cardinals: Five Things to Watch: Here are five things I’ll be watching when the Detroit Lions take on the Arizona Cardinals this afternoon: 1. Calvin Johnson...
• 12/16 Money in the Banana Stand: Stupidity, Custer, and Peyton Manning as MVP: “For outright stupidity, the whole f—— trial goes shoulder to shoulder with that c——— Custer’s...
• 12/12 FootballPerspective.com: Week 14 Power Rankings: It’s time to take Seattle seriously. On Sunday, the Seahawks had a “name your score” game, the type of matchup...
• 12/11 NFL Jerks: Week 15 NFL Fantasy Football Fact or Fiction: Here at Sports Jerks, it’s time for another version of Fact or Fiction, as we look at some of the most pressing questions...
• 12/11 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Brandon Marshall Underrated, Calvin Johnson Overrated?: I’ve noted a few times this year that Calvin Johnson, in his pursuit of Jerry Rice’s single-season receiving record,...
• 12/9 FootballPerspective.com: Larry Fitzgerald, innocent bystander: In the preseason, I wrote a post showing what percentage of each receiver’s receiving yards came from each of their quarterbacks....
• 12/8 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of December 8, 2002: Not to be a party-pooper, but didn’t the Oakland Raiders overdo that ceremony for Tim Brown on Monday night? Granted, Brown...
• 12/5 FootballPerspective.com: Week 13 Power Rankings: We’re 75% of the way through the regular season. We know the Patriots, Broncos, and Texans are elite teams in the AFC, the...
• 12/4 SideLion Report: Checkpoints to Watch as Calvin Johnson Chases Jerry Rice’s Record: Perhaps the lone bright spot for the Detroit Lions in an otherwise dreary season has been the play of wide receiver Calvin Johnson....
• 12/1 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of December 1, 2002: He is surprised. His 1,000th career reception has been an odometer flip waiting to happen, but Tim Brown looks ahead to the event,...

• 11/30 SideLion Report: Calvin Johnson’s Shot at History Much Closer than Jerry Rice’s Record: Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson is starting to receive a lot of attention for having a shot to break Jerry Rice‘s...
• 11/26 FootballPerspective.com: Game Scripts, Part II: Analyzing team seasons: Yesterday, I rolled out Game Scripts, a way to measure the flow of every game since 1940. The sum of each team’s Game Script...
• 11/24 Stripe Hype: Raiders’ Pass Defense Wounded & Bengals Smell Blood:   In his second season, AJ Green has become perhaps the best receiver in the NFL. Ask any Bengal fan, and there’s no “perhaps”...
• 11/18 Stripe Hype: Cincinnati Bengals @ Kansas City Chiefs First-Half Recap: Cincy Leads 21-6:     After falling behind 3-0 early, the first lead for the Chiefs at home this year, the Bengals awoke from their...
• 11/10 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of November 10, 2002: There have been a number of the midseason NFL rankings around in the last week or so. Any similarity between them and the final...
• 11/4 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of November 4, 2002: Jose Cortez seized his second chance to win the Battle of the Bay – and Jerry Rice didn’t get much of a chance at...

• 10/31 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of October 31, 2002: Jerry Rice knows he’s an oddity. He’s heard it before, especially since he left the 49ers two years ago and signed...
• 10/20 FootballPerspective.com: Trivia of the Day – Saturday, October 20th: Calvin Johnson led the league in receiving last season with 1,681 yards. Johnson is fourth in receiving yards this season behind...
• 10/7 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of October 7, 2002: After five weeks of the season, the Raiders are the only unbeaten team left in the NFL. If the league handed out its awards based...
• 10/5 Stripe Hype: Bengals Headlines: A.J. Green Racking Up Awards & History, & Sunday Sellout Reached:     Guess who has more yards right now than Calvin Johnson, Mike Wallace, Victor Cruz, AND DeSean Jackson? If you guessed...
• 10/3 FootballPerspective.com: NYT Fifth Down: Post-week 4: This week at the New York Times Fifth Down Blog I selected my quarter-season MVP: If The Associated Press named a most valuable...

• 9/29 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of September 29, 2002: Jerry Rice broke the late Walter Payton‘s NFL record for most yards from the line of scrimmage on a routine catch during...
• 9/25 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Steelers Game 3 Recap - Raiders 34, Steelers 31: When your offense scores at will and gives you multiple double digit second half leads then you don't lose those games. Well,...

• 8/18 FootballPerspective.com: Trivia of the Day – Saturday, August 18th: Today’s trivia is Jeopardy-style, where you need to guess the question. The answer is: LaDainian Tomlinson (2006), Shaun...
• 8/7 Stripe Hype: A History Of Terrell Owens: It was reported late Monday evening that diva wide receiver and reality television star, Terrell Owens would possibly have another...

• 7/27 FootballPerspective.com: He played for them?: In light of the Ichiro Suzuki trade to the Yankees, Jason Lisk wrote about other prominent star baseball players who switched...
• 7/21 FootballPerspective.com: Trivia of the Day – Saturday, July 21st: Last weekend, I asked you to name the fifth of the five running backs who rushed for over 1,000 rushing yards in the final season...
• 7/20 FootballPerspective.com: The top receivers and the men who threw to them: Let’s start with some trivia before moving to today’s post: Only two quarterback-receiver pairs have ever topped the...

• 6/22 FootballPerspective.com: The best and worst wide receiver records: On Tuesday, I looked at running back records and argued that Steven Jackson had taken the mantle from Ollie Matson as the most...
• 6/16 FootballPerspective.com: Welcome to FootballPerspective.com: Welcome to footballperspective.com. Football Perspective is a blog about football history, football stats, and football stats...

• 9/9 Cubs Stats: The Chicago Bears Are Terrible: You can see it in their faces. This team just doesn't want to win. On the sidelines, Jay Cutler pouts. He frowns. He mopes. Cutler...

• 8/12 18to88.com: Is the Moss Effect Unique?: Yesterday, I chronicled the Moss effect. Numbers within a vacuum don't mean much, however. The question was rightly raised as...

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