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Pro Football Hall of Fame receiver Randy Moss has always focused on faith, family and football. But after being diagnosed with cancer last year, the Minnesota Vikings great added another “F” to his list of priorities: fight.
Moss, 48, was diagnosed with stage 2 bile duct cancer and revealed in December that he had undergone major surgery to remove the mass. After a six-hour procedure, along with radiation and chemotherapy, the NFL great was finally cancer-free.
NFL Hall of Fame wide receiver Randy Moss during the ESPN College GameDay broadcast prior to the start of the University of North Carolina Tar Heels game against the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs at Kenan Stadium on Sept. 1, 2025, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Alex Halloway/Getty Images)
“I was nervous,” Moss said of his reaction when he first learned of his diagnosis during an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
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“I just think that, when you live your life a certain type of way, you know, eating right, taking care of your health, and all of a sudden you get diagnosed with cancer, it’s kind of like – I was overwhelmed. Just hit with a ton of bricks.”
Moss stepped away from his role as an analyst on ESPN’s “Sunday NFL Countdown,” but he made an emotional return just two months later. He credited his wife with helping him continue to fight despite his initial resistance.
Randy Moss broadcasts from the ESPN Monday Night Football Countdown set before a game between the Los Angeles Chargers and the Las Vegas Raiders at SoFi Stadium. (Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports)
“I talk about my faith in the Lord, I talk about how much I love my family, and I talk about the game that I grew up loving at a small age, and that’s football,” he said. “I put one more ‘F’ in that category, and that’s the ‘fight,’ because that’s what I needed to do.”
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Moss said he shared the same message with longtime friend and Colorado football coach Deion Sanders after the Dallas Cowboys legend called him and shared that he was struggling with his own cancer diagnosis.
“One thing that my wife told me is, ‘Man, get on out here and let the family love you. They miss you,’ and he did that. And right when he did that, he texted me back a couple of days [later] and told me ‘Thank you,’” an emotional Moss recalled.
Colorado football head coach Deion Sanders speaks about his journey beating bladder cancer during a press conference in the Touchdown Club at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday, July 28, 2025. (AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)
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Sanders revealed in July that he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of bladder cancer, and his doctors said that after having his bladder removed, he was cured. In a press conference where he shared his health updates, Sanders recalled his conversations with Moss.
“Randy Moss called me every other day to make sure I was straight,” Sanders said. “Randy Moss prayed for me — he and his wife. Told me what I needed to be doing.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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