CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – Pro Football Hall of Famer and West Virginia native Randy Moss is expected to share more information about a “personal health challenge” he has recently been going through.
Moss has stated he would go live on Instagram at 5 p.m. Friday for all his “fans and prayer warriors.”
Just days before his induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, ESPN announced Moss was “stepping away” from the “Sunday NFL Countdown” for an extended time to focus on that health challenge.
On Dec. 1, Moss said on ESPN’s “Sunday NFL Countdown,” that he and his family are “battling something internally.” He also told the viewers they may see him wearing blue-tinted glasses in the studio, according to WOWK’s parent company Nexstar. He also posted an Instagram video addressing the situation prior to the show.
Randy Moss grew up in the town of Rand in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
Moss was picked in the first round of the 1998 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings after playing wide receiver at Marshall University. While with the Herd, Moss was a two-time consensus All-American, earning the honor in 1996 and 1997, according to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Moss spent 14 seasons in the NFL between the Vikings, the Oakland Raiders, the New England Patriots, the Tennesee Titans and the San Francisco 49ers. He was named 1998 Rookie of the Year, according to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the class of 2018 and the Marshall Athletic Hall of Fame in 2010. Marshall University’s HerdZone calls Moss “possibly the best athlete ever produced by the State of West Virginia.”
Nexstar contributed to this report.
