Flash-Back 80: The Top 15 Moments in Jerry Rice’s Hall of Fame Career

On February 7 2010, the world of professional football received perhaps the least surprising bit of news in the history of the game: Jerry Rice had been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

In what may have been the least debated and most deserving selection in Hall of Fame history, the selection committee chose Jerry Rice for enshrinement, along with contemporary and bitter rival Emmitt Smith, each in his first year of eligibility.

This was but the final, official coronation of a career journey that everyone knew would end with a bronze bust in Canton, OH.

For 20 seasons with the San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders, and Seattle Seahawks, Jerry Rice rewrote the NFL record books and set the standard for what it means to be an NFL wide receiver.

He set re...

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