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Zach Burrell Mr. Bergman Senior English P- 28/August/2015 Greatest receiver Jerry Rice Do you think that Jerry Rice is the greatest wide receiver in the NFL out of all time? To mainly everybody yes he is. Do you want to find out read about him and say your opinion on what you think about him, Jerry Rice played for San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders, and the Seattle Seahawks Rice was born October 13th 1962? He was an average wide receiver size seeing as he was six foot two inches. Jerry was very fast he ran the 40 yard dash in only 4.71 seconds. Rice wore number 80 because it was retired and the retired football player wanted him to play with his number and Rice was okay with the number 80. Rice is just like any other receiver but he had heart and also gave it from time to time so now you’re going to get information to let you know he is the best wide receiver of all time. Jerry Rice gave it his all in football and that all started in the late 1970’s …show more content…

In 1989 Super Bowls Most Valuable Player or M.V.P. with a record of 1,549 receptions and 22,895 receiving yards. Rice was able to set records and get awards because he was strong Rice never sat on the side line very long. He tended to play through his injuries and nurse himself back to health on off season. In the NFL people say that Jerry Rice’s most distinguished feature is his determination and he was filled with a large amount of it. Jerry had a passion for football not for the money. He liked the plays, the game, the sheers, and the joys. Not many players loved being in the game just to be in the game. Jerry Rice was a special kind of receiver he is the type that wants to be able to catch it and make the touchdown when other receivers would catch it and be proud but Rice wanted to make some points for the team instead of move down the

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