Saturday, 23 November 2024

Jerry Rice

Contest: The US Athletic Hall of Fame - Athletes 2024
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Sport(s): Football
Statistics: 3 Super Bowls (XXIII, XXIV & XXIX)
1 Bert Bell Award (1987)
2 Offensive Player of the Year Awards (1987 & 1993)
10 First Team All-Pros Selections (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 & 1996)
13 Pro Bowls (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998 & 2002)
6-Time Receiving Yards Leader (1986, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994 & 1995)
6-Time Receiving Touchdown Leader (1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991 & 1993)
2-Time I-AA All-American (1983 & 1984)
22,895 NFL Receiving Yards
250 NFL Receiving Touchdowns
Member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Member of the College Football Hall of Fame
Member of the San Francisco 49ers Hall of Fame
Number retired by the San Francisco 49ers
Named to the 1980s All-Decade Team
Named to the 1990s All-Decade Team
Named to the NFL 75th Anniversary Team
Named to the NFL 100th NFL Anniversary Team
With all due respect to every other Wide Receiver in pro football, there is no other greater player at that position than Jerry Rice.

Rice, a three-time Super Bowl Champion with the San Francisco 49ers, holds every receiving record, and it isn't even close. His records include 1,549 receptions, 22,895 receiving yards, 197 receiving touchdowns, 208 touchdowns, and 23,546 all-purpose yards. Rice was so good for so long that it was considered automatic for nearly two decades that he would be a pivotal contributor to the offense, and his last 1,000-yard year happened 16 years after his first.

Can anyone ever do that again?

We are proud to nominate Jerry Rice for the United States Athletic Hall of Fame.

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