Jerry Rice was a first-round pick after a stellar career at Division 1-AA Mississippi Valley State
out of Mississippi Valley State, which was a part of the Southwestern Athletic Conference in NCAA Division 1-AA football.
"To be honest, I never thought I was going to get drafted," he told Fox News Digital in a recent interview."I downplayed everything because I didn’t want that disappointment of getting up here and then come down in disappointment if it didn’t happen. A lot of my friends, a lot of people around me, were saying that, ‘Hey, you're going to get drafted, you're going to get drafted.
Wide receiver Jerry Rice of the San Francisco 49ers during a game against the Steelers on Dec. 15, 1996, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He added that a slow start to his first season meant blocking out the noise and ignoring talking heads calling him a bust.
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