Jerry Lee Rice is an American former professional football wide receiver, born in 1962, who played 20 seasons in the National Football League, winning three Super Bowl titles with the San Francisco 49ers before finishing his career with the Oakland Raiders and Seattle Seahawks. Widely regarded as the greatest wide receiver of all time, he set the NFL's single season record for receiving touchdowns with 22 in the strike shortened 1987 season and led the league in receiving yards and touchdowns six times each. He played college football at Mississippi Valley State, where he became the all time NCAA leader in receiving touchdowns, and was chosen by NFL Network's The Top 100: NFL's Greatest Players as the greatest player in league history.
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Career HighlightRice won three Super Bowl titles with the San Francisco 49ers and is widely regarded as the greatest wide receiver in NFL history. 1 Classification
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How did Jerry Rice end his NFL career?
Traded from the Raiders to the Seahawks in 2004, then briefly signed with the Broncos before retiring in 2005.
Rice played for the Oakland Raiders after his years with the San Francisco 49ers. Midway through 2004 the Raiders traded him to the Seattle Seahawks, where he spent his final season. He then briefly signed with the Denver Broncos and retired shortly before the start of the 2005 regular season.
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Jerry Lee Rice (born October 13, 1962) is an American former professional football wide receiver who played for 20 seasons in the National Football League (NFL).
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Jerry Lee Rice (born October 13, 1962) is an American former professional football wide receiver who played for 20 seasons in the National Football League (NFL).
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He won three Super Bowl titles with the San Francisco 49ers before two shorter stints at the end of his career with the Oakland Raiders and Seattle Seahawks.
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Rice developed connections with quarterbacks Joe Montana and Steve Young that are viewed as among the best in NFL history, helping him lead the league in both receiving yards and touchdowns six times, and in receptions twice.
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Jerry Lee Rice (born October 13, 1962) is an American former professional football wide receiver who played for 20 seasons in the National Football League (NFL).
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He continued to start for the team, and helped lead them to an appearance in Super Bowl XXXVII, where they were defeated by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, affecting Rice's previously unblemished Super Bowl record.
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