"TDs, yards and making it happen and going out there tearing it up, that['s] all I expect out of myself."--Randy Moss.

Randy Moss, the sensational wide receiver of the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL), has been running all his life. For several years he ran from his past, two incidents that caused him to lose football scholarships at Notre Dame University and Florida State University. Given a third chance, Moss made the most of it, leading Marshall University to football glory and earning himself the opportunity to become an NFL star. As a rookie he took the NFL by storm and helped the record-breaking Minnesota Vikings become the best team in the league during the 1998 season.

Growing Up

Raised By Mom

Randy Moss was born February 13, 1977. He grew up in Rand, West Virginia, a suburb of Charleston. Moss, his sister and older brother...