Posted by October 13, 1962 was the date when the Jerry Lee Rice, regarded as greatest wide receiver, was born in Starkville, Mississippi as a son of a brick mason. As he was raised in Crawford, he had helped with his father’s work, which apparently helped a lot in developing his hands. It is told that in his early years, he has already enjoyed watching football games on television.
There was an incident in Rice’s high school days that perhaps commenced his well-known career as one of the greatest players in the National Football League. This story is also included in a book about Jerry entitled ‘Rice’ (authored by Michael Silver). The episode was when the principal tracked Rice and called his name but the startled boy sprinted off running. The following morning, Jerry was punished with a reportedly 5 or 6 thick strap lashing, but the principal (who was amazed at how extremely fast the boy had run the other day)also told the school’s football coach of his fast speed. Then he later became an All-state end and defensive back.
In Mississippi Valley State University, where Rice attended college from 1980 to 1984, he became a prominent receiver was nicknamed ‘World’ as there was not any ball in the world he could not catch.
In his professional career, there were times that this former football player had struggled and dropped a number of passes but in his rookie season, he had a record of 49 catches for 927 yards, averaging 18.9 yards per catch hat earned him NFC Offensive Rookie of the Year award.
His latest achievement was awarded to him when on January 30, 2010, Rice was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame together with the running back Emmitt Smith.
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