Does anyone have 15 years of peak, elite athleticism lying around? Odds are you probably don’t, but if you did, you possibly could break Jerry Rice’s career record in receiving yards and receiving touchdowns.
You won’t, but here’s a fun fact from 95.7 The Game producer Kyle Madson:
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The Hall of Fame wide receiver had 197 total receiving touchdowns across 21 seasons. That’s an NFL record. Behind him is Randy Moss who accumulated 156 TDs from 1998-2012.
It’s pretty likely Rice also will hold the record in receiving yards forever as well. He totaled 22,895 of those babies, with Arizona Cardinals pass-catcher Larry Fitzgerald behind him at 17,083 yards. He’s also the only active player in the top 18 of all time.
Back in October, Rice was at a Cardinals game and had an amazing attitude saying he wouldn’t mind if Fitzgerald were to break one of his records. He then quipped, “I still got 36 more.”
Rice also mentioned that even playing for two decades, and Fitz heading into his 17th season, there’s a good chance that football players will play longer now than Rice did in the current era.
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For now, Rice remains supreme. A six-time receiving touchdown leader, a 13-time Pro Bowl receiver, 10-time First-team All-Pro selection, a two-time NFL Offensive Player of the Year and a member of NFL’s 75th and 100th Anniversary All-Time Team.
Fitzgerald naturally wants to be the best, so coming in second isn’t exactly ideal, but if you’re going to come in second behind the greatest of all time … perhaps that’s an exception.