Randy Moss Net Worth

How much is Randy Moss worth?

In addition to playing football at DuPont, Moss was voted West Virginia Player of the Year in basketball twice in 1994 when he was co-player of the year and in 1995. During his time in basketball at DuPont, he was a teammate of Jason Williams, who would go on to play in the NBA. Moss had a senior season in which he shot 60 percent from the field and averaged 30.2 points, 13.7 rebounds, 5.1 steals, 3.8 blocks, and 3.1 assists in basketball. He also set a school record with 1,713 points scored over the course of his career.

Moss’s goal was to play for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, but he also gave serious thought to attending Ohio State, which was the alma mater of his half-brother Eric, who had been an offensive tackle for the Buckeyes. Randy Moss was, according to Lou Holtz, the best high school football player that he had ever seen in his time as the head coach at Notre Dame.

Due to the fact that he had signed a letter of commitment while attending Notre Dame, the NCAA regarded him as a transfer student when he attended Florida State, which meant that he was required to redshirt during the 1995 football season. Moss tested positive for marijuana in 1996, when he was completing the 30-day jail sentence he received in 1995 as part of a work-release program. Because of this violation of his probation, Moss was expelled from Florida State University. Because he violated the terms of his probation, he was sentenced to an additional sixty days in jail.

In the 1997 season, which was Marshall’s first season in Division I-A, Moss and Quarterback Chad Pennington were the centerpieces of an explosive offense that led the Thundering Herd to the championship of the Mid-American Conference. Moss was named to the first team of All-Americans and set a record at the time for most touchdown catches in a season by a player in Division I-A.

On Marshall’s first offensive play from scrimmage in the 1997 Ford Motor City Bowl versus Ole Miss, Moss scored his 26th touchdown of the season, giving him a total of 27 touchdowns for the year. He took out down the right sideline and caught a touchdown ball from Pennington that was good for 80 yards, which tied the game at 7–7. Due to the fact that the NCAA’s rules at the time did not permit the combining of statistics from bowl games with regular-season stats, the touchdown did not officially add to his season’s total of touchdowns scored.

Moss decided to forego his junior and senior years at Marshall in order to participate in the NFL Draft instead. The NFL Combine was not on his schedule, so he decided to participate in an individual workout at Marshall’s pro day instead. Following the conclusion of the pro day, Marshall head coach Bob Pruett shared with the media that Moss had completed two 40-yard dashes that were timed at 4.24 and 4.28 seconds respectively by the hand timers used by scouts. Moss also jumped vertically for 47 inches, which is an impressive feat. A large number of teams sent scouts to the workout, and several of them commented on how impressive it was. One scout from the Cowboys referred to Moss as the “most gifted prospect in football history”

Following the draft, Moss agreed to a deal that would pay him $4.5 million over the course of four years, plus an extra $4 million in bonuses and incentives. As part of the agreement, he was given a signing bonus in the amount of $2 million. Before the start of the regular season, Moss wore the more conventional number 84 instead of the number 18, which was the number he would eventually wear for Oakland. Moss wore number 18 during training camp.

After the conclusion of the regular season in 1998, Moss was selected as a starter for the Pro Bowl and was given the award for NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. He set a record for rookies with 17 touchdown receptions and finished with the third-highest receiving yardage total of 1,313.

Daunte Culpepper, then in his second year as the starting quarterback, guided the team throughout the 2000 season. Culpepper was selected by the team in the first round of the draft in 1999, and that selection came through a trade with the Redskins that netted them a pick in exchange for quarterback Brad Johnson. He had been selected in great part owing to the exceptionally strong arm that he possessed, which the squad considered to be ideal for Moss’s deep routes. The choice that was made was the right one. Moss was one of the leading candidates for MVP, Culpepper was a sensation as a rookie, and the Vikings started the season 7–0.

Moss was given an extension to his contract by Vikings owner Red McCombs in July 2001, just before the beginning of training camp. The new deal was worth $75 million over 8 years. The new contract contained a signing bonus of $10 million and further guarantees in the amount of $8 million.

During the 2003 NFL regular season, Moss’s luck began to turn for the better on the football field. That year, he became the second wide receiver in NFL history (after Jerry Rice in 1995) to play more than 12 games (he played 16), while also averaging over 100 yards and one touchdown per game. Moss’s success helped him become the second wide receiver in NFL history to accomplish this feat. At the end of the game, he finished with 111 receptions, 1,632 receiving yards, and 17 touchdowns. Each of the three numbers represented either a tie for Moss’ previous best or a new personal best for him. The Vikings ended the year with a record of 9–7. When Moss lateraled the ball to Moe Williams for a touchdown in the waning seconds of a home game against the Broncos, it was one of the most memorable moments of that season for Moss.

Moss was sent to the Oakland Raiders on March 2, 2005, in exchange for the linebacker Napoleon Harris and the first and seventh-round draft picks from the Raiders in the NFL draft. The seventh overall pick was sent to Minnesota, where it was used to select wide receiver Troy Williamson. The acquisition of a player of Moss’s quality inspired confidence in Oakland, but the Raiders’ dismal play persisted, and Moss struggled with lingering injuries that hampered his output.

Before the 2007 NFL Draft, there were rumblings that the Raiders were willing to deal Randy Moss to another team in order to clear cap space for another player. Due to concerns about exceeding the team’s pay cap, one of the terms of the transaction stipulated that Randy Moss’s current contract would need to be renegotiated. Only a few hours before the Moss trade was finalized, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady converted $5.28 million of his base salary for 2007 into a signing bonus. This bonus was paid out over the course of the remaining portion of his contract in order to clear space for additional salary cap obligations.

Because of this, the Patriots were able to accommodate Moss’s upcoming contract without exceeding the salary cap. Moss was due to earn a total of $9.75 million in 2007 and $11.25 million in 2008 according to the terms of his existing contract, which still had two years to run. As soon as Moss was added to the Patriots roster, he swiftly accepted to a new one-year contract to replace the one he had been playing under previously. The new contract awarded him a signing bonus of $500,000, a basic salary of $2.5 million, and the opportunity to earn an extra $1.75 million in incentives in addition to those benefits.

Moss was released from his contract with the Patriots on February 28, 2008, after the team made the decision not to use the franchise tag on him. Although there were rumors that the Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, and Green Bay Packers were interested in Moss, he ultimately elected to return to the New England Patriots and signed a deal with them on March 3, 2008 that was for $27 million over three years. A total of $14.1 million was guaranteed under the terms of the contract, in addition to the signing bonus of $12 million.

In the first game of the 2009 season, Moss led the team to a comeback victory over the Bills and set a career record by catching a career-high 12 passes for 141 yards. During the game against the Denver Broncos in Week 5, Moss was assigned to play deep coverage on a Hail Mary pass attempt by the Broncos, and he ended up intercepting the pass thrown by Broncos QB Kyle Orton. Moss scored three touchdown passes from Tom Brady in Week 6’s game against the Tennessee Titans, two of which came in the second quarter when Brady set a record for the most touchdown passes in a single quarter with five. The game was played in the snow. This was Moss’s 34th game in which he scored more than one touchdown, and his 8th game in which he scored three or more touchdowns.

Moss, who was entering the final year of his contract, told CBS Sports during the week leading up to the Patriots’ season opener against the Cincinnati Bengals in 2010 that he “did not feel wanted” in New England because he had not been offered a contract extension. The game was against the Patriots. In Week 1, Moss would end up catching five catches for a total of 59 yards. Following the game, Moss confirmed to the media that the current season will be his last with the Patriots. After several weeks had passed, it was claimed in the Boston Herald that Moss had asked to be traded after the game. Joel Segal, Moss’s agent, made the announcement that his client had decided to end his career in professional football on August 1, 2011.

Summing-Up

Moss participated in college football for Marshall University and was named to the All-America team twice during his career. Moss was taken in the first round by the Minnesota Vikings in the 1998 NFL Draft. He played for the Vikings for seven years before being traded to the Oakland Raiders in 2005. Moss was selected for the Pro Bowl a total of six times and was named to the first team of the All-Pro voting four times. Moss was traded to the New England Patriots in 2007, when he broke the record for most touchdown receptions in a single season and helped the Patriots break the record for most wins in a regular season with 16 victories.