Jerry Lee Rice (born October 13, 1962) is a former American football wide receiver who played 20 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the San Francisco 49ers. He is widely considered to be the greatest wide receiver in NFL history, and often called the greatest NFL player of all time.
He is the all-time leader in most major statistical categories for wide receivers, including receptions, touchdown receptions, and receiving yards, once being the leader for total yards and touchdowns in a season. Rice was selected to the Pro Bowl 13 times (1986–1996, 1998, 2002) and named All-Pro 12 times in his 20 NFL seasons. He won three Super Bowls with the 49ers and an AFC Championship with the Oakland Raiders. As of 2016, Rice holds over 100 NFL records, the most of any player by a wide margin. In 1999, The Sporting News listed Rice second behind Jim Brown on its list of "Football's 100 Greatest Players". In 2010, he was chosen by NFL Network's NFL Films production The Top 100: NFL's Greatest Players as the greatest player in NFL history. Rice was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2010 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006.
Pro Football Hall of Fame 2010 _Retired American Football | NFL Pro Bowl 2002 _Retired American Football | NFL Second team All Pro 2002 _Retired American Football | NFL Pro Bowl 1998 _Retired American Football | NFL receptions leader 1996 _Retired American Football | NFL Pro Bowl 1996 _Retired American Football | NFL First team All Pro 1996 _Retired American Football | NFL receiving yards leader 1995 _Retired American Football |
NFL Pro Bowl 1995 _Retired American Football | NFL First team All Pro 1995 _Retired American Football | NFL receiving yards leader 1994 _Retired American Football | NFL First team All Pro 1994 _Retired American Football |
NFL Pro Bowl 1994 _Retired American Football | NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team 1994 _Retired American Football | NFL Super Bowl 1994 _Retired American Football | NFL Pro Bowl 1993 _Retired American Football |
NFL receiving yards leader 1993 _Retired American Football | NFL Offensive Player of the Year 1993 _Retired American Football | NFL First team All Pro 1993 _Retired American Football | NFL receiving touchdowns leader 1993 _Retired American Football |
NFL Pro Bowl 1992 _Retired American Football | NFL First team All Pro 1992 _Retired American Football | NFL receiving touchdowns leader 1991 _Retired American Football | NFL Pro Bowl 1991 _Retired American Football |
NFL Second team All Pro 1991 _Retired American Football | NFL receiving yards leader 1990 _Retired American Football | NFL receiving touchdowns leader 1990 _Retired American Football | NFL Pro Bowl 1990 _Retired American Football |
NFL First team All Pro 1990 _Retired American Football | NFL receptions leader 1990 _Retired American Football | NFL receiving yards leader 1989 _Retired American Football | NFL Pro Bowl 1989 _Retired American Football |
NFL receiving touchdowns leader 1989 _Retired American Football | NFL First team All Pro 1989 _Retired American Football | NFL Super Bowl 1989 _Retired American Football | NFL First team All Pro 1988 _Retired American Football |
NFL Pro Bowl 1988 _Retired American Football | NFL Super Bowl 1988 _Retired American Football | NFL Super Bowl MVP 1988 _Retired American Football | NFL MVP 1987 _Retired American Football |
NFL Pro Bowl 1987 _Retired American Football | NFL receiving touchdowns leader 1987 _Retired American Football | NFL First team All Pro 1987 _Retired American Football | NFL Offensive Player of the Year 1987 _Retired American Football |
NFL Pro Bowl 1986 _Retired American Football | NFL receiving touchdowns leader 1986 _Retired American Football | NFL First team All Pro 1986 _Retired American Football | NFL receiving yards leader 1986 _Retired American Football |
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