Santana Terrell Moss was born on 1 June 1979, in Miami, Florida USA, and is a retired professional American Football player, best known to have played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons from 2001for the New York Jets and the Washington Redskins. All of his efforts have helped put his net worth to where it is today.
How rich is Santana Moss? As of late-2016, sources inform us of a net worth that is at $8 million, mostly earned through a successful career in professional football. He received All-American honors during college, and was an All-Pro in 2005. He helped his team win numerous games, and all of these ensured the position of his wealth.
Santana Moss Net Worth $8 million
Moss attended Miami Carol City Senior High, and played football for the school’s team. He led the team as a senior and earned third-team all-state football honors. He was also a track athlete, and became a two-time state champion in the triple jump.
He then attended the University of Miami, joining the Miami Hurricanes football team in 1997. Interestingly, he was a walk-on before getting a football scholarship, and went on to break the school’s record for receiving yards, and earned All-Big East Conference honors. He was a first-team All-American, and became one of the university’s most accomplished wide receivers. He would eventually be inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame in 2011. While at the University, he continued being part of track and field, earning several championships in the triple jump.
In 2001, Moss joined the NFL Draft and was selected by the New York Jets as the 16th pick overall. The following year, he would have his first career start and played a total of 51 games with the Jets from 2001 to 2004. He was then traded to the Washington Redskins, and signed a six year contract. During this time, he was noted to have a lot of potential and started to showcase his skills with the Redskins. His 2005 season is considered the best during his career, setting a Redskins single-season receiving record of 1483 yards from 84 receptions.. He was also selected in his first NFL Pro Bowl during the same year.
In 2006, after a slow start Santana bounced back and began making significant contributions to the team. However, he was held back by injuries and was inactive for a good portion of the season. He did not perform much during 2007, but in 2008 recorded over 1,000 receiving yards for the third time. He started all games of the 2009 season, and in the last year of his contract he achieved a career-high 93 receptions along with six touchdowns. In 2011, he re-signed with the Redskins with a three-year $15 million contract that boosted his net worth. He became the offensive co-captain and would start 12 games during that season.
In 2012, due to new talent coming in, Santana’s responsibilities started lowering, and he was replaced as a starter. The following year, they restructured his contract to clear cap space, but he would then surpass 10,000 receiving yards making him the seventh active player at the time to reach that goal. During the next season, he re-signed a one year contract with the Redskins and would then retire afterwards.
For his personal life, Santana is married to LaTosha Allen, and they have three children. He is the older brother of another NFL player, Sinorice Moss. It was reported that Moss allegedly received human growth hormones in 2010.
