Hall of Fame wide receiver and three-time Super Bowl champion Jerry Rice is widely regarded as the best wide receiver to ever play in the National Football League, and arguably the greatest player of all time. During his 15-year career with the San Francisco 49ers, Rice won three Super Bowls and one Super Bowl MVP. He enjoyed three seasons with the Oakland Raiders, including a Super Bowl appearance, and one season with the Seattle Seahawks before retiring in 2005. Rice was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in January 2010, his first year of eligibility.
Since his retirement, Rice’s celebrity has grown beyond the football field. He finished second in the second season of the ABC hit-reality show Dancing with the Stars and has appeared on NBC’s Deal or No Deal, Fox’s Don’t Forget the Lyrics, CBS’s The Class, CW’s The Game and One Tree Hill, Spike TV’s Pros vs. Joes, ABC’s American Inventor and The Biggest Loser. Rice is also a popular analyst for ESPN and regularly appears on its programs NFL Live, SportsCenter and Audibles.
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ABOUT Jerry Rice (+/-)
A Football Phenomenon from the Start
Jerry Rice’s NFL career began when future 49ers Hall of Fame head coach Bill Walsh selected him with the 16th overall pick in the 1985 draft. In only his second season, Rice set the NFL record for touchdown receptions with 22 – a feat even more significant because the season was shortened to 12 games due to the players’ strike. By the late 1980s, Rice had become one of the biggest receiving threats in the NFL, teaming with Hall of Fame quarterbacks Joe Montana and Steve Young to win three championships. After leaving the 49ers, Rice continued to excel, having his 13th and 14th 1,000-yard receiving seasons and scoring his 200th TD in 2002 with Oakland.
The Greatest NFL Player Ever
During his career, Rice was selected to the Pro Bowl a record 13 times, won the NFL Most Valuable Player Award in 1987 and was Super Bowl MVP in Super Bowl XXIII. In 1999, he was ranked No. 2 in The Sporting News’ list of 100 Greatest Football Players – the highest-ranked active player and receiver – and in 2010, was voted the No. 1 player in the NFL Network's The Top 100: NFL's Greatest Players.
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Reaching goals both on the field and off requires commitment, discipline and the ability to envision outcomes that result in success. Legendary Hall of Fame Wide Receiver and three-time Super Bowl Champion Jerry Rice shares with audiences the lessons he's learned on the road to success, while giving them practical tips they can apply immediately to the workplace and at home. He highlights the key characteristics people need to achieve their personal and professional objectives as well as the values that make relationships and organizations excel. Engaging, enlightening and inspirational, Rice offers audiences strategies and steps to motivate themselves and their teams to transform obstacles into opportunities and conquer challenges they never previously thought possible.
