American football player and sportscaster (born 1949)
American football player
Ahmad Rashad
Rashad in January 2009
No. 28, 27
Position:
Wide receiver
Personal information
Born:
(1949-11-19) November 19, 1949 (age 74) Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Height:
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:
205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school:
Mount Tahoma (Tacoma, Washington)
College:
Oregon (1968–1971)
NFL draft:
1972 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4
Career history
St. Louis Cardinals (1972–1973)
Buffalo Bills (1974–1975)
Minnesota Vikings (1976–1982)
Career highlights and awards
Second-team All-Pro (1979)
4× Pro Bowl (1978–1981)
50 Greatest Vikings
Minnesota Vikings Ring of Honor
Minnesota Vikings 25th Anniversary Team
Minnesota Vikings 40th Anniversary Team
First-team All-American (1971)
Oregon Sports Hall of Fame
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:
495
Receiving yards:
6,831
Receiving touchdowns:
44
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR
College Football Hall of Fame
Ahmad Rashad (/əˈmɑːdrəˈʃɑːd/ə-MAHD rə-SHAHD; born Robert Earl Moore; November 19, 1949) is an American sportscaster and former professional football wide receiver. He was the fourth overall selection of the 1972 NFL Draft, taken by the St. Louis Cardinals. He was known as Bobby Moore before changing his name in 1973.
Recruited after high school as a wide receiver by the University of Oregon, he played for the Oregon Webfoots. He moved to the running back position and was named to the 1971 College Football All-America Team at that position.
He became professional after being drafted by the Cardinals. Rashad returned to playing as wide receiver, and played for the Cardinals for two seasons. After being traded to the Buffalo Bills in 1974, and sitting out the 1975 season with a knee injury, he signed with the Seattle Seahawks before the 1976 season. They traded him shortly thereafter to the Minnesota Vikings (1976–1982), where he earned four Pro Bowl selections from 1978 to 1981.
Following his retirement from football, Rashad transitioned to television. He worked as a studio analyst, game reporter, and anchor for several sports. Rashad was a panellist on the NFL Live pregame show for NBC, and also notably hosted the National Basketball Association weekly digest shows NBA Inside Stuff (1990–2004) and NBA Access with Ahmad Rashad (2005–2011). He has appeared as a fictionalized version of himself as a television sports personality in several films and television shows. In addition, he has hosted several non-sports related game shows and reality television shows. As of 2021[update], he was a member of the digital content team for the New York Knicks, filming videos for their YouTube channel as well as emceeing events for the team in Madison Square Garden.
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became the announcer. When Daly and Eykel left, AhmadRashad took over for them until the show's end. Rashad's version of Real TV had a new set, introduction...
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