Jerry Rice

Have you ever met an athlete with a god given talent for a sport? Or have you ever had to play a sport to go pro and proffer for your family? Well Jerry Lee Rice born October 13, 1962 raised in Starkville, Mississippi had a hard childishness Jerry grew up Simon pure, no street lights, no sidewalks, no sidewalks, no stadium or concerts. As a youngster Jerry saw a lot of poor events in his life but very little of luxury that later became a part of his life.His father, a brick mason built a kinsperson for his large family. When money was short, strain helped his father carry bricks and mix mortar. When money was rational, Jerry started to worry about sports. In high school jerry played every position, from quarterback to tackle. The coach started to see that jerry can play at a college level from there jerry made a promise to a Crawford coach, Archie Cooley, to take a recruiting trip.A graceful, speedy, and tight unstoppable wide receiver was born. Rice helped put Mississippi Sta te on the map, the caught more than carbon passes in each of his last two seasons. As a senior he had 28 touchdowns receptions. He was so good that since he was 18 years old he has been doubled teamed. After take state to a 24-6-1 phonograph recording, Jerry was going down the road of success, Bill Walsh a 49ers coach heard about the amazing and best wide receiver in the, he had to come and talk to him.Walsh came to the 1985 pro football draft determined to win jerrys services for the 49ers. so sold was the coach on rice that he traded up in order to select the young man sixteenth pick in the first round. Instantaneously Walsh took some heat for the decision, because rice had not proven himself in the high-stakes. Rices rookie season had a rocky start. He dropped a record fifteen passes, Rice unholy his early failures on the complex offense that Walsh ran. He simply had to acquire the moves.He said he request to revision, so to the point he could run a play without think about the route, Rice aged quickly. Even before his first season ended he had set a team record with 241 receiving yards in one game. He was a unanimous choice for the 1985-86, living the dream rice never forgot where he came from he gave back to the community took care of his mom and family and became the role model he wished to be. In one of jerry rices quotes he said Today I will do what others wint, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others cant.