Jerry+Rice

Jerry Rice Jerry Rice grew up in Crawford, Mississippi, where he was the son of a brick mason. He got his good hands while working with his father by catching bricks that his brothers threw at him. Later, Rice recalled that working for his father also taught him” the definition of hard work.” His speed also helped him excel in football in high school. Rice went to Mississippi Valley State Univ., becoming a standout on the football team. He earned the nickname World because there wasn’t a football in the world he couldn’t catch. In college, he had a total of 51 touchdown catches and he averaged 10 catches per game in 1984, when Mississippi Valley State averaged 59 points per game. Awards In 1987, he was awarded with the NFL PEWA MVP, NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP, NFL Bert Bell Award (which is the Player of the Year), and NFL AP Offensive Player of the Year. In 1988, he was awarded with NFL Super Bowl MVP and in 1993; he was awarded with NFL AP Offensive Player of the Year again. He played in the Pro Bowl 13 times and some of them were 3-peats. He even was in the 1st team All-Pro Team and some of them were 3-peats, too. During his whole career, he averaged 1,549 receptions. Teams For 16 straight years, he played with the San Francisco 49ers, where he made excellent progress playing with the 49ers. In 2001, he went to the Oakland Raiders until 2004, when he was traded to the Seattle Seahawks.   

 