Rice pudding ...We never believed that Jerry Rice Jerry Lee Rice (born October 13, 1962 in Crawford, Mississippi) is a former football wide receiver in the NFL. Rice is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in NFL history, consistently showing exceptional performance and strong work ethic on and off of the field. would retire from his beloved occupation before snaring his 1,000th pass. After all, he had been a superstar for 21 of his 43 years, and there had never been a wide receiver over the age of 40! Rice had just become the Denver Broncos fourth wide receiver. We didn't know how good or how bad he was going to be, but did know that you can't keep fighting age forever. We hate to see the giants go--the great athletes with all the scary records that appear so invulnerable in·vul·ner·a·ble adj. 1. Immune to attack; impregnable. 2. Impossible to damage, injure, or wound. [French invulnérable, from Old French, from Latin . Here are the numbers that will keep everything fresh in the Rice "Serial" box. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1. Receptions: 1,549. 2. Yardage yard·age 1 n. 1. An amount or length measured in yards. 2. Cloth sold by the yard. Noun 1. : 22,895. 3. Touchdown receptions: 197. 4. Caught more passes than Steve Largent and Raymond Berry Raymond Emmett Berry (born February 27, 1933 in Corpus Christi, Texas) was an American football wide receiver. He played for the Baltimore Colts during their two NFL championship wins. combined. 5. Caught more passes than Lynn Swann Lynn Curtis Swann (b. March 7, 1952, Alcoa, Tennessee) is a former professional football player, sports broadcaster and a Republican politician. As a youth, Swann went to Junípero Serra High School in San Mateo, California, later attended the University of Southern , Charlie Joiner, and Raymond Berry combined. 6. Production in twilight years, from age 36 until 42: Caught nearly 500 passes for 40 TDs and one out of every 6.5 catches made went for 20 yards or more. |
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