Terrell Owens

Hall of Fame wide receiver Terrell Owens said he's still interested in making an NFL comeback at age 47.

Owens, who last played for the Cincinnati Bengals in 2010, told TMZ Sports in an interview released Thursday he recently ran a 4.4-second 40-yard dash.

"I'm not washed up," T.O. said. "... Once you know how to ride a bike, you know, you don't forget how to ride that bike. ... There's no doubt, 100 percent, that I can play in the National Football League today."

Owens was a dominant force at his peak, highlighted by a stretch where he scored at least 13 touchdowns in seven seasons over the span of 10 years from 1998 through 2007.

The Alabama native was still productive for the Bengals in 2010, tallying 72 catches for 983 yards and nine scores in 14 games. He suffered a torn ACL during the 2011 offseason, however, and hasn't played in another regular-season game despite consistently seeking a possible comeback.

He signed with the Seattle Seahawks in August 2012 but lasted just three weeks on the roster before being released. That was his most recent NFL contract.

Yet, Owens told TMZ he spoke with somebody in the NFL as recently as this summer who told him to stay prepared in case his phone rings.

"With that conversation that I had, they asked me to keep myself in shape—anything can happen," he said. "And, so, that's what I'm doing."

While T.O.'s physical conditioning was always an advantage when he was terrorizing secondaries on a weekly basis in the late 1990s and early 2000s, trying to compete with players in their 20s when he's a few years from 50 would be an incredibly difficult task.

The UT-Chattanooga product has nothing left to prove anyway. He was enshrined in the Hall of Fame in 2018 after a career where he made 1,078 catches for 15,934 yards and 153 touchdowns. He was one of the most unstoppable playmakers in league history when at his best.

It sounds like Owens plans to remain in shape indefinitely while hoping to get a call, but it would be a major surprise to see him play in another regular-season game.

George Blanda holds the all-time record for oldest player in the NFL at 48, though he'd mostly transitioned into a full-time kicker for the final nine years of his career.

Terrell Owens shared on Instagram Sunday images of the aftermath of a car crash he was in the day prior.

Owens noted that he didn't suffer any injuries in the crash:

Per TMZ Sports, Owens had been sharing videos while test-driving an Audi Q8 55 TSI on Saturday. It is unclear if it was the same vehicle that Owens was driving when he got in the crash.

The images Owens shared included serious damage to his car and at least one other vehicle. He was driving on a freeway at the time of the crash.

Owens, 47, played in the NFL for 15 seasons, catching 1,078 passes for 15,934 yards and 153 touchdowns. He finished his career eighth in NFL history in receptions and third in both receiving yards and receiving touchdowns.

He was a six-time Pro Bowler, five-time First Team All-Pro selection and was voted into the NFL Hall of Fame in 2018.

Wide receiver Terrell Owens was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2018 but still has no plans on visiting the museum in Canton, Ohio.

He pointed to the recent selection of Calvin Johnson as more evidence supporting his position.

"This past weekend was a further indication of why I wouldn't go," he said, per Bob Glauber of Newsday. "No disrespect to anybody that got in, but I just don't understand the process. Calvin Johnson got in [on the first ballot]. This has nothing to do with Calvin himself. The guy was a beast. But there's no justification when you have [receivers Torry Holt and Reggie Wayne on this year's ballot] that have done equal or greater things."

Owens played for the San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys, Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals during his impressive career that lasted from 1996 through 2010.

There is no question that Owens is one of the best wide receivers of all time and was a surefire Hall of Fame player as a six-time Pro Bowler and five-time First Team All-Pro selection who is third on the NFL's all-time list for receiving touchdowns, third for receiving yards and eighth for receptions.

However, he wasn't inducted into the Hall of Fame during his first two years of eligibility and had contentious relationships with some teammates and media members.

Glauber, though, detailed a story about former NFL reporter Terez Paylor, who died Tuesday, explaining to a group of reporters how important Owens was to a younger generation of football fans. That speech helped get Owens inducted during his third year of eligibility.

Johnson, by contrast, was selected to the Hall of Fame on the first ballot. It should be noted that Owens is upset that certain wide receivers have not been inducted rather than upset that Johnson was selected, although the Detroit Lions legend did not play long enough to reach T.O.'s numbers.

Johnson was a six-time Pro Bowler and three-time First Team All-Pro selection who led the league in receiving yards twice, but he retired in a surprise move after just nine seasons following the 2015 campaign.

As a result, he is 23rd on the all-time list of receiving touchdowns, 32nd in receiving yards and 47th in receptions.

Those may be first-ballot Hall of Fame numbers, but they don't match Owens' production.

Hall of Famer Terrell Owens has waded back into his Philadelphia Eagles tenure and leveled a significant accusation against former teammate Donovan McNabb.  

Owens told B/R's Master Tesfatsion on Untold Stories he heard McNabb had been out the night before the Eagles played the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIX, losing 24-21. (Watch the full episode exclusively on FB Watch.)

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Owens also referenced McNabb's brief time with the Washington Football Team, saying he "can't go to Washington and not beat out Rex Grossman" while still being considered one of the league's top quarterbacks.

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McNabb appeared on Untold Stories last January and offered his take on why such a productive partnership with Owens in 2004 flamed out so quickly. He described how Owens helped Philadelphia reach the Super Bowl but was the source of steady drama in the subsequent offseason.

McNabb put up an uneven performance in Super Bowl XXXIX, finishing 30-of-51 for 357 yards, three touchdowns and three interceptions. The six-time Pro Bowler allegedly vomited in the middle of the fourth quarter, which some used as a referendum on whether he could deliver on the biggest stage. McNabb denied it happened to Tesfatsion.

Owens alluded to the moment when asked why he didn't tag McNabb in a tweet that solicited others to complete a driveway workout challenge in March.

He subsequently told NBC Sports Philadelphia's John Clark that his relationship with McNabb "has deteriorated to the point to where right now, I just don't care anymore."

Time usually heals all wounds. Fifteen years apparently isn't enough to ease the tension between Owens and McNabb.

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill said he'd vote for Randy Moss as the best wideout in history, with Terrell Owens also ranked above San Francisco 49ers legend Jerry Rice, the NFL's all-time leader in touchdowns.

Hill told TMZ Sports in an interview released Wednesday there's some bias in his choice because Moss was the player he looked up to most as a kid.

"Everybody know I'm going to say Randy Moss," he said. "Randy Moss was my favorite player growing up. Randy Moss is my favorite player of all time! Randy Moss, Randy Moss, Randy Moss!"

Rice was already a two-time Offensive Player of the Year, two-time Super Bowl champion, eight-time Pro Bowl selection and seven-time first-team All-Pro by the time Hill was born in March 1994. He added further accolades before his retirement in 2005.

Hill said he's aware of the Hall of Famer's outstanding career numbers, but he just doesn't believe anybody can match the peak dominance of Moss.

"Like, he just changed the game: 6'4", run a 4.2 [40-yard dash], can create separation, can run routes, can catch the ball. Like, come on," Hill told TMZ. "Like, I understand Jerry got the stats, he got the touchdowns, he got all this, he can run routes. But if I'm picking a receiver who's going to make me some plays in crunch times when I need them, Randy Moss, definitely."

The 26-year-old Georgia native added he still watches old clips of Moss to try to pick up some tricks he can put to use on game day.

"I'm like, how is he able to do this at 6'4", running this fast? Like, how?!" Hill said. "Like, man, do God only make these players like once in a generation? Like c'mon, man, this is crazy."

Rice discussed the topic Monday on 95.7 The Game (via Peter Panacy of Niner Noise) after Moss also ranked himself No. 1 and T.O. second among all-time receivers on the latter's Getcha Popcorn Ready podcast last week:

"Well, this is what I tried to say to the fans and say to everyone: It was not about me being the GOAT. I don't care if I'm the one, the second or third receiver. It was all about me winning Super Bowls for the city of San Francisco, my teammates and my family. I was able to win three Super Bowls. I was MVP. I pretty much hold every record right now, and he continues to say it's political or whatever.

"If Randy wants to be No. 1, that's fine. There are so many GOATs. If T.O. wants to be No. 2, that's fine. But my main thing is it was all about the rings, the championships. That's why we play the game."

Hill, meanwhile, has one championship after helping the Chiefs win Super Bowl LIV, and they're once again the title favorite thanks to a 13-1 record with two weeks left in the regular season.

Kansas City is back in action Sunday when it hosts the Atlanta Falcons at Arrowhead Stadium, but the debate about the greatest receiver in history is sure to carry on.

After Randy Moss ranked Jerry Rice as the third-best wide receiver of all time—behind himself and Terrell Owens—Rice remarked that he didn't play football to land on the top of anyone's list of stars.

"If Randy wants to be No. 1, that's fine," Rice said during an appearance on 95.7 The Game. "There are so many GOATs. If T.O. wants to be No. 2, that's fine. But my main thing is it was all about the rings, the championships. That's why we play the game."

Rice certainly has the advantage when it comes to his jewelry box. He won three Super Bowls, while Moss and Owens weren't able to secure the league's ultimate prize during their careers. 

Rice, a Hall of Famer who played 16 seasons with the San Francisco 49ers before spending time with the then-Oakland Raiders and Seattle Seahawks, holds league records in career receptions, receiving yards, touchdowns and more.

But in Moss' original comment, he said he wasn't particularly interested in any of the numbers.

Moss, who made his remarks during an appearance on Owens' podcast, said he was basing his rankings on "dominating the game and changing the game of football" rather than statistics or championships.

Maybe the former Minnesota Vikings star, who also logged time in Oakland and with the New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans and 49ers while racking up four All-Pro selections and a gold jacket, wasn't interested in statistics, but Rice wasn't all that interested in what he had to say in the first place.

"I don't care if I'm the one, the second or third receiver," Rice said. "It was all about me winning Super Bowls for the city of San Francisco, my teammates and my family."

Though the stats beg to differ, Hall of Famer Randy Moss said he—and not Jerry Rice—is the greatest wide receiver in NFL history.

During an appearance on fellow Hall of Fame wideout Terrell Owens' Getcha Popcorn Ready podcast (h/t Pro Football Talk's Michael David Smith), Moss ranked himself first, T.O. second and Rice behind them:

"I'll put myself first, I'll put T.O. second. I would put Jerry probably third or fourth. I'm talking about dominating the game and changing the game of football. I don't live on statistics because if you live on statistics and live on championships that's all political. You've seen guys released or cut from a team just by a couple words in the media. You've seen guys given contracts or you've seen guys not given contracts just because of the color of their skin. You've got to throw politics out of the game of football, and look at the impact of what each individual was able to make in the game of football."

Still, it is difficult to ignore what Rice did.

In 20 seasons with the San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders and Seattle Seahawks, Rice racked up 1,549 receptions for 22,895 yards and 197 touchdowns, all of which still stand as records by wide margins.

Rice was also a 13-time Pro Bowler, 10-time All-Pro and two-time Offensive Player of the Year, making him one of only two wideouts to win that award and the only one to win it twice.

No. 80 wasn't only successful individually, as he also won three Super Bowls as a key player for the 49ers.

Owens suggested Rice benefited greatly from playing with a pair of Hall of Fame quarterbacks in Joe Montana and Steve Young: "When you think about Jerry and the quarterbacks he played with, he never had a drop-off in quarterback. He went from one Hall of Fame quarterback to another."

It is true Moss and Owens didn't benefit from the same type of quarterback play, but they still put together impressive resumes.

Moss ranks 15th all-time in receptions (982), fourth in receiving yards (15,292) and second in touchdown catches (156).

He also holds the single-season record with 23 touchdown receptions in 2007, though he set it in 16 games, whereas Rice had 22 in 12 games in 1987.

Owens is eighth in receptions (1,078), third in receiving yards (15,934) and third in receiving touchdowns (153).

Moss and Owens were likely faster and more physically impressive than Rice, but they still weren't able to top him statistically, and neither of them won a Super Bowl either.

Moss said he wanted to make it clear that he and Owens weren't "slandering or bashing" Rice.

The argument can certainly be made that Moss is the most talented wide receiver ever, and he may be the best big-play wideout ever as well, but it is difficult to put him or anyone else ahead of Rice given all Rice accomplished.

Deion Sanders has denied a report that he is assembling an all-star coaching staff to join him at Jackson State University.

Joe Cook of 16 WAPT News in Jackson, Mississippi, reported Pro Football Hall of Famers Terrell Owens and Warren Sapp will serve as assistants on Sanders' staff. The tweet has since been deleted.

Before the post was removed, however, Sanders quickly denied that report:

Sapp also took to social media to quiet the buzz—in a very bold manner:

Sanders announced on his 21st & Prime podcast that he would be taking over as head coach at Jackson State. 

"God called me to Jackson State," he said (h/t Rashad Milligan of the Mississippi Clarion-Ledger). 

Sanders issued a statement when the school announced his hiring on Monday:

"I am truly blessed to be the 21st Head football coach of Jackson State University. This amazing HBCU has always enjoyed a high level of commitment academically and athletically. It's my desire to continue this storied tradition and history of JSU and prayerfully bring more national recognition to the athletes, the university, the Sonic Boom of the South, and HBCUs in general. I am TRULY proud to be a part of the JSU Tiger family. 'I BELIEVE'"

The Tigers will be Sanders' first foray into head coaching at the college level. He spent the previous three seasons as offensive coordinator at Trinity Christian High School in Texas. 

Sanders' connections from his playing career and work as a television analyst for the NFL Network would seem to make it easier for him to build an elite coaching staff to help turn Jackson State into a power program in the FCS.  

Hall of Fame wide receiver Terrell Owens gave his take Friday on being a Black man in America following the police shooting of 29-year-old Black man Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last Sunday.

In an interview with TMZ Sports, Owens said the color of his skin makes him fearful of what could happen to him:

"As Black men, bro, we're getting killed at an alarming rate now. ... This is why we as Black men, Black people, we're scared. Honestly, I really didn't think about it until like just driving around today, like honestly, it's scary to be a Black man in America, especially if you come in any type of encounter with law enforcement."

Protests broke out across the country after Minneapolis police killed 46-year-old Black man George Floyd in May.

Despite the calls to stop social injustice, racial inequality and police brutality, Kenosha police shot Blake on Sunday, which has renewed the call for social change.

In the wake of the Blake shooting, multiple NBA, NHL, MLB, WNBA and MLS teams refused to play as a means of protest.

Owens called for police to be better, saying: "Our law enforcement, they're failing us right before our very own eyes, bro. It's a scary time to be a Black person in America. There's no doubt about it."

T.O. ranks third in NFL career receiving yards and receiving touchdowns.

Despite his fame, Owens said his "heart will probably be beating 90 miles an hour" if he gets pulled over at some point based solely on the fact that he is a Black man in America.