Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Jerry Rice has caught numerous touchdowns throughout his storied NFL career. In fact, he has the most touchdowns of all time with 208.
A whopping 197 of those are receiving touchdowns, and the majority of them came during Rice's unparalleled career with the San Francisco 49ers, which started during his rookie 1985 season and lasted through 2000.
Longtime Niners Faithful will fondly remember the bulk of Rice's touchdown passes coming from quarterbacks Steve Young and Joe Montana, who threw 85 and 55 touchdowns to him, respectively.
The third quarterback on the list with 16 touchdown passes to Rice is Rich Gannon, during his time with the Oakland Raiders.
But, as fans are probably aware (or maybe not), there are quite a few signal-callers who had the luxury of delivering touchdown throws to the greatest wide receiver of all time.
Every QB who tossed a touchdown pass to Jerry Rice
Quarterback | Total TDs Thrown | Seasons of Connection | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
Steve Young | 85 | 1987-1999 | San Francisco 49ers |
Joe Montana | 55 | 1985-1990 | San Francisco 49ers |
Rich Gannon | 16 | 2001-2003 | Oakland Raiders |
Jeff Garcia | 11 | 1999-2000 | San Francisco 49ers |
Jeff Kemp | 8 | 1986 | San Francisco 49ers |
Elvis Grbac | 8 | 1995-1996 | San Francisco 49ers |
Steve Bono | 5 | 1989, 1991 | San Francisco 49ers |
Rick Mirer | 2 | 2003 | Oakland Raiders |
Matt Hasselbeck | 2 | 2004 | Seattle Seahawks |
Mike Moroski | 1 | 1986 | San Francisco 49ers |
Terry Kirby | 1 | 1996 | San Francisco 49ers |
Harry Sydney | 1 | 1987 | San Francisco 49ers |
Matt Cavanaugh | 1 | 1985 | San Francisco 49ers |
Trent Dilfer | 1 | 2004 | Seattle Seahawks |
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The rest of the quarterbacks that threw touchdowns to Rice include a who's who of backup quarterbacks from the 49ers and the Raiders. While there are a handful of familiar names on there, several of those on the list may force fans to say the inevitable, "who?" when reading their names. And it'd certainly be difficult recalling specifically when Rice aided those less-known quarterbacks with touchdown scores.
There are even some Seattle Seahawks QBs who connected with Rice, too, during his final six career games in the Pacific Northwest.
The most unique passers to get Rice touchdowns throughout his career might not even be quarterbacks.
The Hall of Fame G.O.A.T. also caught some touchdown passes from his running back teammates, like Terry Kirby, on trick plays.
That might be worthy of knowledge during your next 49ers trivia party.