• A 13-time Pro Bowl wide receiver who enters his 21st NFL season as one of the most prolific players in pro football history and the statistical leader in nearly every career receiving category.
• Joined the Broncos after playing six games for Oakland and 11 for Seattle in 2004, recording 30 catches and his best yards-per-reception average (14.3) in nine years as one of only four players since 1933 to play 17 games in a single regular-season.
• Holds NFL records for career receptions (1,549), receiving yards (22,895),receiving touchdowns (197) and total touchdowns (208). • Recorded more career yards from scrimmage (23,540) and combined yards (23,546) than any player in league annals.
• Totaled 38 career records, according to the NFL’s Record & Fact Book (16 regular season, 9 postseason, 11 Super Bowl and 2 Pro Bowl).
• Won three Super Bowls (XXIII, XXIV, XXIX) during 16 years (1985-2000) with San Francisco and advanced to one Super Bowl (XXXVII) in three full seasons (2001-03) with Oakland.
• Set an NFL single-season receiving yardage record in 1995 with 1,848 yards.
• Posted an NFL single-year best 22 touchdown catches in 1987.
• Caught a pass in an NFL-record 274 consecutive games from his rookie year in 1985 through September 2004.
• Recorded 100 or more yards receiving in an NFL-record 76 regular-season games along with a league-best eight postseason 100-yard receiving outputs.
• Owns an NFL-record 14 1,000-yard receiving seasons and a league-best four 100-catch seasons, including a record three consecutive 100-reception years from 1994-96. • Selected by San Francisco in the first round (16th overall) of the 1985 NFL Draft after setting 18 NCAA Division II records at Mississippi Valley State University.
• Agreed to terms with the Broncos as a free agent May 25, 2005.

CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Signed by San Francisco as a draft choice (1985); Placed on injured reserve (left knee) by San Francisco 12/23/97; Released by San Francisco 6/4/01; Signed by Oakland as a free agent 6/5/01; Traded by Oakland to Seattle 10/19/04; Released by Seattle 2/25/05; Agreed to terms (free agent) with Denver 5/25/05.

2004: Rice posted his highest yards-per-reception average (14.3) in nine years while playing for Oakland and Seattle, totaling 30 receptions for 429 yards with three touchdowns. He played six games (5 starts) with Oakland before playing 11 games (9 starts) with Seattle to become one of only four players since 1933 to appear in 17 games in a single regular season. Rice moved into first place on the NFL’s all-time combined net yards list, his 35th career official record, vs. Dal. (12/6), recording a season-high eight catches for 145 yards with one touchdown for the Seahawks on Monday Night Football. The performance was one of an NFL-record 76 career 100-yard games. Rice’s streak for consecutive games with at least one reception, which began in his rookie year of 1985, was snapped at 274 games when he did not record a catch vs. Buf. (9/19). Rice was traded to Seattle on Oct. 19 from Oakland in exchange for a conditional pick in the 2005 NFL Draft. In Oakland’s season opener at Pit. (9/12), he started and caught two passes for 22 yards, marking the 274th consecutive game with a reception. After not catching a pass in a start vs. Buf. (9/19), he rebounded by catching an 18-yard pass vs. T.B. (9/26). His final game with the Rai