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The recipient of the Temple of Professional Football Randy Moss has always focused on faith, family and football. But after receiving a cancer diagnosis last year, the Vikings du Minnesota Great added another “F” to his list of priorities: fight.
Moss, 48, was diagnosed with stadium biliary cancer and revealed in December that he had undergone major surgery to eliminate the mass. After a six -hour procedure, as well as radiation and chemotherapy, the Nfl Great was finally without cancer.
The wide receiver of the NFL renowned temple, Randy Moss, during the broadcast of Gameday of the ESPN college before the start of the Northern University match, Tar Heels against the horns in horns of Texas, at Kenan stadium, on September 1, 2025, in Chapel Hill, in North Carolina. (Alex Halloway / Getty Images)
“I was nervous,” said Moss about his reaction when he learned his diagnosis for the first time during an interview with ABC “Hello America.”
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“I just think that when you live your life of a certain type, you know, eating well, taking care of your health, and suddenly you are diagnosed with cancer, it’s a bit like – I was overwhelmed. Just hit with a ton of bricks.”
Moss moved away from his role as an analyst on “Sunday NFL Countdown” by ESPN, but he made an emotional return two months later. He attributed to his wife to have helped him continue to fight despite his initial resistance.
Randy Moss broadcasts from the Espn Night Espn Night football set before a match between the Los Angeles Loaders and Las Vegas Raiders at the Sofi stadium. (Kirby Lee / USA TODAY SPORTS)
“I speak of my faith in the Lord, I speak of how much I love my family, and I am talking about the game I grew up by loving at a little age, and it is football,” he said. “I put one more” F “in this category, and it is the” fight “, because that’s what I had to do.”
Deion Sanders opens with physical condition after the battle with bladder cancer
Moss said he had shared the same message with a longtime friend and Colorado football Coach Deion Sanders after the legend of Dallas Cowboys called him and shared that he had trouble with his own cancer diagnosis.
“One thing my wife said to me is,” Dude, go here and let the family love you. I miss you ”, and he did that. And just when he did it, he sent me a text for a few days [later] And said “thank you”, recalled an emotional foam.
Colorado football coach Deion Sanders talks about his trip by beating the bladder cancer at a press conference in the touch of the Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado, Monday, July 28, 2025. (Aaron Oniveroz / The Denver Post)
Sanders revealed in July that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of bladder cancer, and his doctors said that after having withdrawn his bladder, he was healed. At a press conference where he shared his health updates, Sanders recalled his conversations with Moss.
“Randy Moss called me every two days to make sure I was straight,” said Sanders. “Randy Moss prayed for me – him and his wife. Told me what I had to do.”
