Marshall wide receiver Randy Moss started his NFL career by getting drafted by the Vikings No. 21 in 1998. He ended it as one of the best wide receivers to ever play the game.
That was good enough for ESPN to name Moss its pick for the best small-school player in Vikings history.
“He was a Heisman Trophy finalist in 1997 and was a first-round draft pick by the Vikings in 1998. Moss is one of the greatest wide receivers ever, ranking second on the NFL’s career touchdown receptions list with 157, sixth in receiving yards with 15,292 and 10th in receptions with 954.”
Marshall was a Division I-AA school at the time, and Moss dominated at that level. He finished with 3,529 yards and 54 touchdowns in two active seasons in college, forgoing his senior year to enter the NFL Draft.
Moss had transferred to Marshall from Florida State. Moss did so when the Seminoles dismissed him from the team, after he admitted to smoking marijuana while serving a 30-day work-release sentence for beating up a fellow DuPont (West Virginia) High School student, the Associated Press reported.