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Jerry Rice Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about Jerry Rice? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

Jerry Rice holds the NFL record for most career touchdowns from scrimmage.

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Rice has 197 rushing and receiving touchdowns combined, the most in NFL history, ahead of Emmitt Smith's 175.

2.

Jerry Rice never played in a regular-season game after turning 40 years old.

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Rice played for the Oakland Raiders and Seattle Seahawks after turning 40 in 2002, retiring at age 42 in 2005.

3.

Jerry Rice once won the Super Bowl MVP award as a rookie.

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Rice won Super Bowl XXIII MVP in 1989, his fourth season, not as a rookie. He had 11 catches for 215 yards in that game.

4.

Jerry Rice was the first player in NFL history to record over 20,000 receiving yards.

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Rice was the first to reach 20,000 yards (he finished with 22,895), but he wasn't the first—no one before him had done it. The statement is false because it says 'first' incorrectly implies someone else did it first.

5.

Jerry Rice was a standout track and field athlete in college, specializing in the long jump.

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Rice was an All-American in track at Mississippi Valley State, winning the long jump at the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA championships.

6.

Jerry Rice's college career was at a major Division I powerhouse school.

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Rice played at Mississippi Valley State, a small historically black college in the FCS (then Division I-AA), not a major powerhouse.

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Jerry Rice was not the first wide receiver drafted in the 1985 NFL Draft.

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The 49ers took Rice 16th overall, but the Bills selected Al Toon 10th overall, making Toon the first WR off the board.

8.

Jerry Rice caught touchdown passes from three different quarterbacks who are Hall of Famers.

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Rice caught TDs from Joe Montana, Steve Young, and Rich Gannon—all Hall of Famers—across his career with the 49ers and Raiders.

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