Terrell Owens Biography

Terrell Owens was born on December 7, 1973. He is the son of LC Russel and Marilyn Heard. His parents split when he was very young and he was primarily raised by his mother and grandmother. He has three siblings.

He loved sports, especially football as a child and idolized the footballer Jerry Rice.

He attended Benjamin Russell High School where he participated in several sports, including football, baseball, and basketball.

He enrolled at the University of Tennessee and got the chance to play at the 1995 NCAA Basketball Tournament. He also took part in the Senior Bowl in preparation for the NFL Draft.

He was selected by the San Francisco 49ers during the 1996 NFL Draft. He played his first professional game against the New Orleans Saints.

He had a great season during 1997, when he along with quarterback Steve Young helped the team to win 13 games. Owens finished the season with 936 receiving yards and eight touchdowns.

The year 2000, was highly productive for him. He ended the year with 1,451 receiving yards and thirteen touchdowns. He had a very remarkable game that year against the Chicago Bears in which he took 20 catches for 283 yards.

He helped the 49ers manage a 12-4 record during 2001. He finished the year with 16 touchdown catches and 1,412 receiving yards. The next season he helped the team win the NFC West title.

The San Francisco 49ers began facing some problems by 2003, and the coach Steve Mariucci was fired. The team had a bad season and Owens decided to leave. He soon signed an agreement with the Philadelphia Eagles.

He had a great start with the Eagles and garnered a big fan following within months of joining the team. However, he sustained a severe ankle injury in December 2004, which threatened to prevent him from playing for months. But he courageously returned to the game sooner than expected.

He started having spats and heated arguments with a fellow team mate and his relations with the Eagles became strained. Owens was even suspended for four months in the wake of his controversial behavior. He was released from the team in March 2006.

He signed with the Dallas Cowboys and played his first match for them against the Jacksonville Jaguars. He scored 8 receptions for 80 yards and one touchdown in the game and led the Cowboys to victory.

He made a new record in November 2007, with four touchdown catches against the Washington Redskins. He finished the season with 81 receptions, 15 touchdowns, and 1,355 receiving yards and helped his team finish 13-3.

After being released from the Cowboys in 2009, he signed a contract with the Buffalo Bills. He debuted for the team with 2 catches for 25 yards in a match against the New England Patriots. He had a great time with the Buffalo and made many records.

He signed a one-year contract with the Cincinnati Bengals in July 2010. He played a terrific game against the Cleveland Browns with 10 receptions, 222 yards, and a touchdown of 78 yards.

He was offered a contract by Allen Wranglers to play for them during the 2012 season. He played eight matches for them with 35 catches for 420 yards. He was released from the team in May 2012.

On August 6, 2012, he signed a $925,000 contract with the Seattle Seahawks. However, just 10 days later, Owens announced on Twitter that he had been released by the Seattle Seahawks.

In a 2015 interview with Sports Illustrated Now, Owens denied any plans for retirement. In 2017, he led Team Owens in the first game of the American Flag Football League. In June 2018, Owens was added to the negotiation list of the Edmonton Elks. However, he was removed from the said list a month later.

In March 2022, he signed with Fan Controlled Football where he was expected to become a part of the Zappers. In May of that year, he was traded to the Knights of Degen. He later came in talks with the Dallas Cowboys and other teams. However, he was not inducted into any of the teams.

He was one of the most talented wide receivers in the history of American football. He has a record of 1000 catches, and six Pro Bowl appearances, and was the first player to score a touchdown in seven straight ‘Monday Night Football’ games.

He has been involved with many women; he is the father of several children through his relationships with numerous women. Many of the mothers of his children have accused him of not paying enough child support. In 2014, he married Rachel Snider.

He suffered several injuries during his sports career and had to undergo difficult treatment routines. Ever resilient, he always bounced back to his form sooner than expected.

He was very notorious for his fights with his team managers and fellow players. His volatile temperament was well-known among his peers.

He is the only player in the history of the NFL to score a receiving touchdown against all 32 NFL teams and also the only one to have scored a touchdown against all these teams.

He holds the record for having at least 6 or more touchdowns in 11 consecutive seasons.

He rapped in a single titled ‘I’m Back’.

He has a breakfast cereal named after him.

In 2006, he was rushed to the hospital in what was believed to be an overdose of hydrocodone in a possible suicide attempt. While the police report suggested Owens tried to harm himself due to being depressed, the same was denied by his publicist.

Also in 2006, he spat on DeAngelo Hall’s face during his match against the Atlanta Falcons. Due to this, he was fined $35k by the NFL.