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Jerry Rice grew up in Crawford, Mississippi, the son of the brick mason. He developed his hands while working for his father by catching bricks that his brothers threw him. Rice later recalled that working for his father also taught him "the meaning of hard work." His speed also helped him excel in football in high school.

Rice attended Mississippi Valley State University, becoming a standout on the football team. He acquired the nickname World, because there wasn't a ball in the world he couldn't catch. In college, he had a total of 51 touchdown catches and averaged 10 catches per game in 1984 - the season where Mississippi Valley State averaged over 59 points per game. In that same season, he was named an APThe Associated Press or AP is an American news agency that claims to be the world's oldest and largest. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, who both contribute stories to it and use material written by its staffers. As of 2004, A All-American. The school later named its football stadium Rice-Totten Stadium in honor of Jerry Rice and quarterbackThe quarterback is a position in the offensive backfield of American and Canadian football. He is generally the leader of the offensive team when it is on the field, responsible for initiating play by the snap of the ball from the center. After snapping t Willie Totten who threw Rice his many touchdown passes at MVSU.

Rice was drafted by the 49ers in the first round of the 19851985 is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January events January 1 Creation of the Internet's Domain Name System. January 17 British Telecom annouces they are going to abolish the famous red telephone boxes. January 23 A debate in the House of Lor NFL draft (16th overall). He struggled in his first season with the 49ers as he learned their system, but by the 19861986 is a common year starting on Wednesday. Events January January 1 Spain and Portugal enter the European Community January 1 Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands and is separated from the Netherlands Antilles. January 9 After losing a pa season, he caught 86 passes and led the league in receiving yards (1,570) and receiving touchdowns (15). The next season, he set the NFL record for touchdown receptions with 22, a feat made even more astonishing because the season was shortened due to a players' strike. Rice became one of the biggest receiving threats in the NFL, receiving touchdown passes first from Joe MontanaJoe Montana (born June 11, 1956) is widely considered one of the best quarterbacks in the history of the NFL. He led the San Francisco 49ers to four Super Bowls ( 1982, 1985, 1989, 1990) and became the only player to win three Super Bowl MVP awards. In 19 and then from Steve YoungSteve Young (born October 11, 1961) was a quarterback (QB) for the San Francisco 49ers. College Young played college football at Brigham Young University and was a runner up in the Heisman voting his senior year. Professional career Young signed with the. Those tandems helped the 49ers win three Super BowlAmerican football competitions The Super Bowl is the championship game of professional American football. It is the championship game of the National Football League, and is the most important American football competition. An AFL-NFL Championship Game was in Super Bowls XXIIISuper Bowl 023 Super Bowl XXIII took place on January 22, 1989 at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. The final result was San Francisco 49ers 20, Cincinnati Bengals 16. The game This was the second meeting between these two teams in the Super Bowl. The ga, XXIV and XXIX.

In 2001, the 49ers released Rice because of salary cap problems and he was quickly picked up by the Oakland Raiders. Rice, even at the age of 39, continued to excel, having his 13th and 14th 1,000-yard receiving seasons and scoring his 200th touchdown in 2002.

By 2004, however, Rice's role with the Raiders was diminishing as the team became focused on developing their younger receivers. Rice had only caught five passes for 67 yards for no touchdowns in the first six games with the Raiders. He requested a trade to a team that would give him a more significant playing role and on October 18, 2004, Rice was traded to the Seattle Seahawks for a conditional seventh-round draft pick.

Rice has scored the most touchdowns in NFL history, and holds virtually every significant career record for receivers, including receptions, yards receiving, yards from scrimmage, all-purpose yards, touchdown receptions and consecutive games with at least one catch (which ended at 274 on September 19, 2004 in a game against the Bills). He has also been voted league-wide Most Valuable Player and Super Bowl MVP in Super Bowl XXIII. He has also been to the Pro Bowl ten times.

He is projected to be a future Hall of Famer.