🏈 American Football · Wide receiver

Jerry Rice

United States · 1985–2004

Receiving records so far ahead they may never be approached.

22,895
Receiving yards: 1,549
Receptions: 197
Receiving TDs: 3
Super Bowls

Career

Rice caught 1,549 passes for 22,895 yards and 197 touchdowns, each figure comfortably the most in NFL history and most of them by margins of thousands. He was not fast by combine standards, and built his career on route precision and an off-season training regime that became infamous.

Honours

All-time leader in receptions, receiving yards and touchdowns
Three Super Bowl championships with San Francisco
Super Bowl XXIII MVP
Thirteen Pro Bowl selections across twenty seasons

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