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Full Name:	Randy Moss
Famous As:	Football player
Date of Birth:	February 13, 1977
Place of Birth:	Rand, West Virginia, USA
Nationality:	American

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Randy Moss

Moss during an August 28, 2009 preseason game against the Washington Redskins.
No. 81     New England Patriots
Wide receiver
Personal information
Date of birth: February 13, 1977 (1977-02-13) (age 32)
Place of birth: Rand, West Virginia
Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Weight: 210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
College: Marshall
NFL Draft: 1998 / Round: 1 / Pick: 21
Debuted in 1998 for the Minnesota Vikings
Career history
As player: Minnesota Vikings (1998-2004) Oakland Raiders (2005-2006) New England Patriots (2007-present)
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Fred Biletnikoff Award (1997) NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (1998) 4× All-Pro selection (1998, 2000, 2003, 2007) 6× Pro Bowl selection (1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007) List of NFL records
Career NFL statistics as of 2009
Receptions	886
Receiving Yards	13,766
Receiving TDs	139
Stats at NFL.com

Randall Gene Moss¹ (born February 13, 1977 in Rand, West Virginia) is an American football wide receiver for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Minnesota Vikings 21st overall in the 1998 NFL Draft. He played college football at Marshall University.

Moss played the first seven years of his career in Minnesota before a trade in 2005 brought him to the Oakland Raiders. On April 29, 2007, Moss was traded to the New England Patriots for a fourth-round draft pick. Moss holds the NFL single season touchdown reception record (23, set in 2007), and the NFL single-season TD reception record for a rookie (17, in 1998).

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 College career 1.1.1 Freshman (redshirt) (1995) 1.1.2 Freshman (1996) 1.1.3 Sophomore (1997) 1.2 NFL career 1.2.1 1998 NFL Draft 1.2.2 Minnesota Vikings 1.2.3 Trade to the Raiders 1.2.4 Trade to the Patriots 1.3 Controversy 1.3.1 Marshall plane crash 1.3.2 Traffic incident 1.3.3 Leaving the field during a game 1.3.4 Playoff mooning incident 1.3.5 Marijuana use 1.3.6 Lack of effort 1.4 Dating violence allegations 1.5 Personal life 2 NFL records 3 Career highlights 4 Randy Moss Motorsports 5 References 6 External links

Biography

College career

Moss's dream was to play for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, but he also considered going to Ohio State, where his half-brother, Eric, had played offensive tackle. According to former Notre Dame head coach Lou Holtz, Moss was "the greatest high school athlete I had ever seen — a bigger Deion Sanders."²

After originally signing a letter of intent to play college football with Notre Dame in 1995, Moss took part in a racially-charged fight at his high school that left one person hospitalized. He entered a plea of guilty to battery, and received probation along with a 30-day suspended jail sentence.³ Notre Dame subsequently revoked his scholarship, but this did not stop another high-profile college football program from giving him a chance. Notre Dame officials suggested he attend Florida State due to the reputation of its coach, Bobby Bowden, for handling troubled players.⁴ However, because of his signed letter of intent at Notre Dame, the NCAA considered him a transfer student, which made him ineligible to play for the Seminoles in the 1995 football season.

Freshman (redshirt) (1995)

He was red-shirted in his freshman season.⁴ While at Florida State, Moss ran a 4.25 40-yard dash,⁵ with only Deion Sanders being faster (4.23).

Freshman (1996)

In 1996, while serving his 30-day jail sentence in a work-release program from 1995, Moss tested positive for smoking marijuana, thus violating his probation, and was let go by Florida State. He served an additional 60 days in jail for the probation violation.⁴

Ultimately, Moss transferred to Marshall University, about an hour's drive from his home. Because Marshall was then a Division I-AA school, NCAA rules allowed him to transfer there without losing any further eligibility. In 1996, he set the NCAA Division I-AA records for most games with a touchdown catch in a season (14), most consecutive games with a touchdown catch (13), most touchdown passes caught by a freshman in a season (29), and most receiving yards gained by a freshman in a season (1709 on 78 catches), a record which still stands. Moss was also the leading kickoff returner in Division I-AA on the season, with 484 total yards and a 34.6 yard average. Marshall went undefeated and won the Division I-AA title in its last season before moving to Division I-A.

Sophomore (1997)

In the 1997 season, Marshall's first in Division I-A, Moss and current Miami Dolphins quarterback Chad Pennington were the centerpiece of an explosive offense that led the Thundering Herd to the Mid-American Conference title. Moss caught 25 touchdown passes that season, at the time a Division I-A record, and was a first-team All-American.⁵ For the season, he had 96 receptions for 1820 yards, and 26 touchdowns. He won the Fred Biletnikoff Award as the nation's leading wide receiver, and was a finalist for the Heisman Trophy (finishing fourth in the balloting, behind Ryan Leaf, Peyton Manning, and Charles Woodson, who won the award).

Moss left Marshall with 168 receptions for 3,467 yards and a school record 53 touchdowns.

NFL career

1998 NFL Draft

During the 1998 NFL Draft, Moss, who was projected as a high first-round pick,⁶ was taken by the Minnesota Vikings with the 21st overall pick after a number of NFL clubs—even those in need of a WR—were concerned with Moss' well-documented legal problems. Before the draft Moss was quoted as saying, "teams that pass on him 'will regret it once they see what kind of a player I am and what kind of guy I really am.'"⁷ The team most often cited for passing on Moss, is the Dallas Cowboys. Moss grew up a Cowboys fan and wanted to play for the Cowboys. The Cowboys wanted Moss,⁸ but due to many off-field incidents of their own, team owner and GM Jerry Jones, did not feel they could draft Moss.⁹ Moss felt that the Cowboys lied to him, because they told him they would draft him.¹⁰ On draft day, Dallas went so far as to have a scout in Charleston, West Virginia, the same town where Moss and his mother were watching the draft.¹¹ Dallas star receiver Michael Irvin even called to apologize to Moss, because Irvin's own off-field problems were a main reason Moss was not drafted by Dallas. ¹² Since that draft, Moss has made a history out of beating the Cowboys.¹³

Minnesota Vikings

In 1998, Moss helped the Vikings to become the number one-ranked offense that season as they set an NFL record for total number of points. They finished with a 15–1 record and were poised to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. However, the Atlanta Falcons stunned the Vikings by winning the NFC Championship Game 30–27 in overtime. At the end of the 1998 regular season, Moss was named a Pro Bowl starter and NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year for his rookie-record 17 touchdown receptions and the third highest receiving yardage (1,313) total.

In 1999, Moss had another impressive season, catching 80 passes for 1,413 yards and 11 touchdowns. He went on to record five receptions for 127 yards and a touchdown in the Vikings 27–10 NFC wildcard playoff win over the Dallas Cowboys. Minnesota lost in the divisional round to the St. Louis Rams 49–37, despite Moss catching nine passes for 188 yards and two touchdowns. Moss was fined $40,000, which was later reduced to $25,000, during that game due to squirting an NFL referee with a water bottle. There was a stipulation that he would have to pay the difference in addition to any other fine if he had another run-in with the league.¹⁴

Moss's fortunes took a better turn on the football field during the 2003 regular season, where he became the second wide receiver in history (behind Jerry Rice in 1995) to play more than 12 games (he played 16) while averaging over 100 yards and one touchdown per contest. He finished with 111 receptions for 1,632 yards and 17 touchdowns. All three numbers either tied or became a new personal best.

Moss made the Pro Bowl five times in his seven-year career with the Minnesota Vikings (1998–2000, 2002, and 2003).

Trade to the Raiders

On March 2, 2005, Moss was traded to the Oakland Raiders for linebacker Napoleon Harris and the Raiders' first (7th overall, which Minnesota parlayed into WR Troy Williamson) and seventh-round picks in the NFL draft. Adding a player of Moss's caliber generated optimism in Oakland,¹⁵ but the Raiders' poor play continued after acquiring him. Nagging injuries limited his production, as well as what some saw as his unwillingness to play.

Trade to the Patriots

There were rumors leading up to the 2007 NFL Draft that the Patriots and Green Bay Packers were the two teams most interested in acquiring Moss. On April 29, 2007, the Raiders agreed to a trade with the New England Patriots, sending Moss to New England in exchange for a fourth-round selection (John Bowie) in the 2007 NFL Draft (the same selection the Patriots acquired from the San Francisco 49ers during day one of the draft).¹⁶ On November 4, 2007, James Black, NFL Editor for Yahoo! Sports wrote, "Every week, in addition to out-leaping at least one defender for a touchdown, [Moss] keeps making incredible one-handed grabs that make you mutter, 'How the heck did he come up with that?'"¹⁷. His play with the Patriots led to his sixth Pro Bowl selection.¹⁸

On December 29, the Patriots defeated the New York Giants 38–35, finishing their season with a perfect 16–0 record. Moss caught two touchdown passes for a total of 23, breaking the single season record of 22 touchdown receptions previously set by Jerry Rice (in 12 games in the strike-shortened 1987 season). On the same play, Tom Brady broke Peyton Manning's single season record set in 2004 with his 50th touchdown.¹⁹ Moss recorded 98 catches for 1,493 yards in 2007, the highest yardage total in Patriots franchise history and the third-highest total number of catches, after teammate Wes Welker's 112 catches that same season and Troy Brown's 101 in 2001.

On February 28, 2008, Moss became a free agent after the Patriots decided not to place the franchise tag on Moss. Although the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers were rumored to have interest in Moss,²⁰ Moss decided to return to the Patriots, signing a three-year, $27 million deal on March 3, 2008.²¹ In 2008, Moss hauled in 69 catches for 1,008 yards and 11 touchdowns despite losing quarterback Tom Brady in the first quarter of the season.

In the opener of 2009, Moss caught a career-high 12 passes for 141 yards in a comeback 25-24 victory over the Bills.

Controversy

Marshall plane crash

In 1997, Randy Moss was quoted, in a Sports Illustrated article as saying the 1970 Marshall plane crash "was a tragedy, but it really wasn't nothing big."²² Moss claimed that the quote was taken out of context.

Traffic incident

On September 24, 2002 in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, Moss was driving and was preparing to make an illegal turn. A traffic control officer, noticing what he was about to do, stood in front of his car, ordering him to stop. Eyewitness accounts of the event differ at this point, but Moss did not comply with the officer's order, and she was bumped by his vehicle and fell to the ground. Moss was arrested, and a search of his vehicle revealed a small amount of marijuana.²³ Initially charged with felony Suspicion of Assault with a Deadly Weapon and a misdemeanor marijuana possession, Moss pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor traffic violation and was ordered to pay a $1,200 fine and perform 40 hours of community service.²⁴

Leaving the field during a game

During the last game of the 2004 regular season against the Washington Redskins and with two seconds remaining on the game clock, Moss walked off the field and into the locker room; critics criticized Moss for quitting on his team.²⁵ Moss stated afterward that he didn’t think Minnesota, who ended up losing 21-18 to Washington, would recover the onside kick.²⁶

Playoff mooning incident

On January 9, 2005, the Minnesota Vikings traveled to division rival Green Bay to take on the heavily favored Packers in an NFC wildcard playoff game. Moss finished the game with 4 catches for 70 yards and two touchdowns in the 31-17 win. After the second score, Moss trotted to the end zone goalpost and, facing away from the crowd, feigned pulling down his pants to moon the Green Bay fans. TV announcer Joe Buck, calling the game, was incensed, calling it "a disgusting act" on-air. Days later, the NFL fined him $10,000, finding it "unsportsmanlike" and "offensive" during the playoffs. However, then-Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy, the former Vikings defensive coordinator, explained Moss' action by pointing out that Packers fans are infamous for actually mooning the buses of departing opponents,²⁷ unlike Moss' fully-clothed imitation.

Marijuana use

In August 2005, during an interview with Bryant Gumbel, Moss admitted that he smoked marijuana during his NFL career "every blue moon."²⁸

Lack of effort

On November 14, 2006, Moss was honored for his success in college as a kick returner by having an award named after him, becoming only one of two black athletes (along with John Mackey) so honored. During the press conference, Moss responded to questions about his dropped passes and lackluster effort in several games, saying "Maybe because I'm unhappy and I'm not too much excited about what's going on, so, my concentration and focus level tend to go down sometimes when I'm in a bad mood."²⁹ Days later, he reiterated his unhappiness with losing games and being a member of the Raiders on his weekly segment with Fox Sports Radio, saying, "I might want to look forward to moving somewhere else next year to have another start and really feel good about going out here and playing football."³⁰ Moss made similar comments during his tenure with the Vikings, when he infamously proclaimed, "I play when I want to play."³¹

On May 15, 2007, more than two weeks after the trade to New England, Moss was called out by his former Raiders coaches. His former offensive coordinator, Tom Walsh, who was fired from the Raiders after Oakland's 2–14 losing season, said of Moss, "Randy Moss is a player whose skills are diminishing, and he's in denial of those eroding skills...Randy was a great receiver, but he lacked the work ethic and the desire to cultivate any skills that would compensate for what he was losing physically later in his career." Walsh also reported that Moss told him, "'I'm too old to practice on Wednesday and Thursday, but I'm not too old to play on Sunday.'"³² However, Moss stated the losing seasons on the Oakland Raiders negatively affected his playing and discouraged him during the team's practice: "...Losing sometimes can get contagious, but as a player I can't let that settle in, and I think that's one of the things that bothered me [in Oakland]. I didn't want it to set in and it didn't set in. It was just really nerve-racking that it was hard for me to win."³²

Dating violence allegations

On January 15, 2008, Rozzie Franco from Orlando-based radio station WDBO reported that Moss "ha[d] been hit with a temporary injunction for protection against dating violence. According to the affidavit Moss committed a battery upon Rachelle Washington,³³ causing serious injury, and then refused to allow her to seek medical attention. The affidavit out of Broward County reveals Moss cannot come within 500 feet of the victim and cannot use or possess firearms."³⁴

The next day, in a locker room press conference, Moss claimed the woman was simply looking for money "over an accident,"³⁵ because her lawyer came to his lawyer, threatening a lawsuit, and asking for money to settle before she went public to the media. Moss stated he had known Washington for about eleven years. He also stated in his defense that he has never assaulted a woman in his entire life, and asked that the media and fans "find out the facts" before "rush[ing] to judgment."³⁶ Moreover, Moss' lawyer, in an e-mail to the Boston Globe accused the woman's lawyer of "blatant threats and attempts to extort money" from Moss.³⁷ On March 3, 2008, Rachelle Washington filed papers with the Broward County Circuit Court clerk's office requesting that the restraining order be dissolved and the case closed.³⁸ No criminal charges were ever filed in the incident.

Personal life

Moss' parents are Maxine Moss and Randy Pratt, although Moss has little contact with his father.⁵ He has a sister named Lutisia and a brother Eric, who had a short stint in the NFL as an offensive lineman with the Minnesota Vikings. Moss has four children with his girlfriend, Libby Offutt (two daughters, Sydney and Senali, and two sons, Thaddeus and Montigo).

NFL records

• 17 touchdowns as a rookie
• 17 or more TDs in a season three times
• Moss has averaged at least one receiving TD per game played in four different seasons: 1998 (17 TDs in 16 games), 2003 (17 in 16), 2004 (13 in 13), and 2007 (23 in 16)³⁹
• Back-to-back 100 catch seasons, in 2002 and 2003 (tied with Wes Welker, Sterling Sharpe, Jerry Rice, Herman Moore, Cris Carter, Marvin Harrison, and Rod Smith)
• At the end of the 2007 season, Moss averaged 12.4 receiving TDs per season
• He had 1,200+ yards receiving in each of his first 6 seasons
• Four 100+ yard games in his first four games with a new team in 2007
• Also in 2007, 16 touchdowns in his first 10 games with a new team.
• Most touchdown receptions in a regular season, with 23 in 2007.

Career highlights

• 4-time All-Pro selection. ⁴⁰
• Youngest player in NFL history to record his 120th receiving touchdown. (30 years, 313 days)
• Is second on the Minnesota Vikings all time receiving TD list with 90. Cris Carter holds the record with 110 receiving scores.
• Caught his 100th touchdown pass in 2006 against San Francisco (on a pass he caught with his legs), the seventh player to do so. He was the youngest to accomplish this at 29 years and 235 days.
• Holds the record for most touchdowns in Minnesota Vikings playoff history with 8.
• 61 career 100 yard games - 2nd all-time.
• Has a 15.8 yards per catch average for his career.
• Has completed 4 of 8 passes for 106 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 1 interception, giving him a 95.8 passer rating.
• Only player to catch 90+ touchdown passes, return a punt for a touchdown, and throw 2 touchdown passes.
• Has played on the two highest scoring teams (for a single season) in NFL history: 2007 Patriots (589 points) and the 1998 Vikings (556 points)
• Had a career-high 12 receptions for 204 yards against the Chicago Bears, at Soldier Field, on November 14, 1999 in a 27-24 overtime win.
• Holds the Vikings record for most 100 yard receiving games with 41.
• Had a Pro Bowl record nine receptions for 212 yards on February 6, 2000.
• Caught a career high four touchdowns at Buffalo (all in the first half). (Nov. 18, 2007)
• Caught three touchdowns in six different games: at Dallas (Nov. 26, 1998), a 46–36 victory; vs. Chicago (Dec. 6, 1998), a 48–22 victory; at Detroit (Oct. 1, 2000), a 31-24 victory; vs. New York (November 19, 2001) a 28-16 victory; vs. San Francisco (Sep. 28, 2003), a 35–7 victory; vs. Buffalo (November 18, 2007), a 56–10 victory.
• Had an interception while playing defense in the last few seconds of the first half of the Patriots' game against the Denver Broncos on October 11, 2009.

Randy Moss Motorsports

On April 29th, 2008, Moss announced the formation of Randy Moss Motorsports, an auto racing team intended to begin participation in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.⁴¹ In July 2008 Moss announced that he had bought a 50 percent share in Morgan-Dollar Motorsports, with the team's #46 entry switching to #81.⁴²

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Randy Moss

• Official website
• Randy Moss Motorsports website
• Randy Moss at ESPN.com

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Warrick Dunn	AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year 1998	Succeeded by Edgerrin James

v • d • e Fred Biletnikoff Award winners 1994: B. Engram  | 1995: T. Glenn  | 1996: M. Harris  | 1997: R. Moss  | 1998: T. Edwards  | 1999: T. Walters  | 2000: A. Bryant  | 2001: J. Reed  | 2002: C. Rogers  | 2003: L. Fitzgerald  | 2004: B. Edwards  | 2005: M. Hass  | 2006: C. Johnson  | 2007: M. Crabtree  | 2008: M. Crabtree

v • d • e 1998 NFL Draft First Round Selections Peyton Manning · Ryan Leaf · Andre Wadsworth · Charles Woodson · Curtis Enis · Grant Wistrom · Kyle Turley · Greg Ellis · Fred Taylor · Duane Starks · Tra Thomas · Keith Brooking · Takeo Spikes · Jason Peter · Anthony Simmons · Kevin Dyson · Brian Simmons · Robert Edwards · Vonnie Holliday · Terry Fair · Randy Moss · Tebucky Jones · Mo Collins · Shaun Williams · Donovin Darius · Alan Faneca · Victor Riley · R. W. McQuarters · John Avery · Marcus Nash Draft Years 70  • 71  • 72  • 73  • 74  • 75  • 76  • 77  • 78  • 79  • 80  • 81  • 82  • 83  • 84  • 85  • 86  • 87  • 88  • 89  • 90  • 91  • 92  • 93  • 94  • 95  • 96  • 97  • 98  • 99  • 00  • 01  • 02  • 03  • 04  • 05  • 06  • 07  • 08  • 09

v • d • e Minnesota Vikings first-round draft picks Mason • Dunaway • Eller • Snow • Shay • Jones • G. Washington • Page • Yary • Ward • Hayden • Siemon • Foreman • McNeill • Riley • Mullaney • White • Kramer • Holloway • Brown • Martin • Nelson • Browner • Millard • Doleman • Robinson • Dozier • McDaniel • Smith • D. Washington • Steussie • Alexander • Stringer • Clemons • Rudd • Moss • Culpepper • Underwood • Hovan • Bennett • McKinnie • Williams • Udeze • Williamson • James • Greenway • Peterson • Harvin

v • d • e NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award from the Associated Press 1967: Farr | 1968: McCullouch | 1969: Hill | 1970: Shaw | 1971: Brockington | 1972: Harris | 1973: Foreman | 1974: Woods | 1975: M. Thomas | 1976: White | 1977: Dorsett | 1978: Campbell | 1979: O. Anderson | 1980: Sims | 1981: Rogers | 1982: Allen | 1983: Dickerson | 1984: Lipps | 1985: Brown | 1986: Mayes | 1987: Stradford | 1988: Stephens | 1989: Sanders | 1990: Smith | 1991: Russell | 1992: Pickens | 1993: Bettis | 1994: Faulk | 1995: Martin | 1996: George | 1997: Dunn | 1998: Moss | 1999: James | 2000: M. Anderson | 2001: A. Thomas | 2002: Portis | 2003: Boldin | 2004: Roethlisberger | 2005: Williams | 2006: Young | 2007: Peterson | 2008: Ryan

v • d • e 2001 Pro Bowl NFC Starters Offense: QB Daunte Culpepper | RB Marshall Faulk | FB Mike Alstott | WR Isaac Bruce | WR Randy Moss | TE Chad Lewis OT Orlando Pace | OT Willie Roaf | G Larry Allen | G Randall McDaniel | C Jeff Christy Defense: DE Hugh Douglas | DE Joe Johnson | DT La'Roi Glover | DT Warren Sapp OLB Jessie Armstead | OLB Derrick Brooks | ILB Stephen Boyd CB Champ Bailey | CB Troy Vincent | FS Darren Sharper | SS John Lynch Special Teams: P Scott Player | PK Martín Gramática | KR Desmond Howard | ST Michael Bates

v • d • e 2004 Pro Bowl NFC Starters Offense: QB Daunte Culpepper | RB Ahman Green | FB Fred Beasley | WR Torry Holt | WR Randy Moss | TE Alge Crumpler OT Flozell Adams | OT Orlando Pace | G Larry Allen | G Marco Rivera | C Olin Kreutz Defense: DE Simeon Rice | DE Michael Strahan | DT La'Roi Glover | DT Kris Jenkins OLB LaVar Arrington | OLB Derrick Brooks | ILB Brian Urlacher CB Champ Bailey | CB Dré Bly | FS Corey Chavous | SS Roy Williams Special Teams: P Todd Sauerbrun | PK Jeff Wilkins | KR Jerry Azumah | ST Alex Bannister

v • d • e 2008 Pro Bowl AFC Starters Offense: QB Tom Brady | RB LaDainian Tomlinson | FB Lorenzo Neal | WR Randy Moss | WR Reggie Wayne | TE Antonio Gates OT Matt Light | OT Jason Peters | G Alan Faneca | G Logan Mankins | C Jeff Saturday Defense: DE Jared Allen | DE Kyle Vanden Bosch | DT Albert Haynesworth | DT Vince Wilfork OLB James Harrison | OLB Mike Vrabel | ILB DeMeco Ryans CB Champ Bailey | CB Asante Samuel | FS Ed Reed | SS Bob Sanders Special Teams P Shane Lechler | PK Rob Bironas | KR Joshua Cribbs | ST Kassim Osgood

v • d • e New England Patriots current roster Active roster 3 Stephen Gostkowski | 6 Chris Hanson | 8 Brian Hoyer | 11 Julian Edelman | 12 Tom Brady | 18 Matthew Slater | 19 Brandon Tate | 21 Fred Taylor | 22 Terrence Wheatley | 23 Leigh Bodden | 24 Jonathan Wilhite | 25 Pat Chung | 27 Kyle Arrington | 28 Darius Butler | 29 Shawn Springs | 30 Brandon McGowan | 31 Brandon Meriweather | 33 Kevin Faulk | 34 Sammy Morris | 36 James Sanders | 38 Bret Lockett | 39 Laurence Maroney | 42 BenJarvus Green-Ellis | 47 Jake Ingram | 50 Rob Ninkovich | 51 Jerod Mayo | 52 Eric Alexander | 53 Derrick Burgess | 55 Junior Seau | 58 Pierre Woods | 59 Gary Guyton | 60 Rich Ohrnberger | 61 Stephen Neal | 63 Dan Connolly | 64 Mark LeVoir | 67 Dan Koppen | 70 Logan Mankins | 72 Matt Light | 75 Vince Wilfork | 76 Sebastian Vollmer | 77 Nick Kaczur | 81 Randy Moss | 83 Wes Welker | 84 Benjamin Watson | 86 Chris Baker | 88 Sam Aiken | 91 Myron Pryor | 92 Ron Brace | 94 Ty Warren | 95 Tully Banta-Cain | 96 Adalius Thomas | 97 Jarvis Green | 99 Mike Wright Practice squad 9 Isaiah Stanback | 10 Terrence Nunn | 49 Bruce Davis | 62 Titus Adams | 69 Ryan Wendell | 80 Rob Myers | 85 Robbie Agnone (Injured) | 90 Darryl Richard Reserve lists 15 Tyree Barnes (Military) | 16 Shun White (Military) | 35 Chris Taylor (IR) | 44 Eric Kettani (Military) | 44 Tyrone McKenzie (IR) | 66 George Bussey (IR) | 98 Shawn Crable (IR)