Former MAC Standout Randy Moss Named To the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Former MAC Player of the Year Randy Moss Named To 2018 Pro Football Hall of Fame Class
Former Marshall wide receiver Randy Moss was named to the 2018 Pro Football Hall of Fame Class on Saturday evening. Moss, who played in 1996 and 1997 with the Marshall Thundering Herd during their tenure with the MAC, was named the 1997 MAC Offensive Player of the Year. Moss posted 78 catches for 1,709 yards and 28 touchdowns with Marshall in 1996 and added 96 receptions for 1,820 yards and 26 touchdowns in 1997.
Moss was selected in the first round, 21st overall, of the 1998 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings. Moss, who spent 14 seasons in the NFL with Minnesota, Oakland, New England, Tennessee and San Francisco and amassed 982 career receptions for 15,292 yards and 156 touchdowns and was selected to five Pro Bowls.
Moss becomes the third former MAC football standout to be selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Moss joins Jason Taylor of Akron, who was inducted last year by the Pro Football Hall of Fame and former Kent State linebacker Jack Lambert of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Moss was a member of the Marshall Thundering Herd, who competed in the MAC before departing after the 2004 season.
