Football legend Randy Moss has made an unexpected return to social media to update fans on his health – a year to the day since he underwent surgery on his rare form of cancer.
Moss received an outpouring of support last December when he took time away from his ESPN analyst role to receive treatment for cholangiocarcinoma, a type of bile duct cancer.
He has spent the past 12 months getting himself back to full health after initially being unable to walk after the surgery, but he has remained anonymous on social media, despite appearing regularly on ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown show.
Over the weekend, Moss changed that, though, posting for the first time in a year – exactly 12 months since he went under the knife.
‘Been gone for a whole year off [Insta]gram,’ he wrote. ‘This is the only pic [that] I saved. 1 year to this day since my big surgery! TO ALL MY DOCTORS & PRAYER WARRIORS……THANK U #blessedman’
The never-before-seen image showed Moss, now 48, laid up in a chair in hospital, with a blanket covering his body and a mask covering his face.
Randy Moss shared a never-before-seen photo from hospital during his cancer treatment
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In the comments section, many big names shared love for Moss, with Tom Brady writing: ‘Love you Randy.’
Deion Sanders, meanwhile, said: ‘Love ya my brother! Proud of the man the father the husband the analyst & the brother u are to me.’
Bill Belichick’s girlfriend Jordon Hudson also shared some love hearts, while NFL host Kay Adams did the same.
Since that fateful day, and the successful surgery, Moss has returned to TV screens on ESPN, with the broadcaster even sharing footage of the incredible moment he rang the bell at the Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute in Charlotte after being given the all-clear.
‘We’ve got a lot, I mean a lot, of video in this show,’ ESPN host Mike Greenberg said at the top of the show in Week 1 of the season. ‘But none of it will be better than this.’
After stepping away in December 2024, Moss made a tearful ESPN return at the Super Bowl
‘Not long ago, our dear friend Randy Moss had this moment that we and all football fans everywhere have been waiting to see,’ Greenberg continued.
The Minnesota Vikings legend spoke briefly about his medical providers and his on-air colleagues at ESPN: Greenberg, Rex Ryan, Alex Smith and Teddy Bruschi.
‘Just a great day,’ Moss said. ‘Send some shoutout love to my doctors. I remember seeing you guys on Super Bowl Sunday and that was one of my goals to get here. And now all my treatment is over and I’m ringing the bell and back with the family.’
Moss bumped fists with Ryan and Smith as Greenberg added: ‘There will be no better news on this Week 1.’
Back in November 2024, a number of fans had grown concerned about Moss’ health when his eyes appeared yellow on ESPN.
Rex Ryan bumps fists with Moss on ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown ahead of Week 1 games
Moss was back on ESPN ahead of Sunday’s Week 1 action back in September of this year
That led to him making the shock announcement about his health in December, when he appeared on an Instagram Live video alongside his sons to tell fans he had undergone a six-hour surgery and could not walk without a cane.
Speaking about his cancer battle, Moss said: ‘I’ve told y’all over the last couple of weeks about me battling something internally, and now boy is a cancer survivor.’
He then revealed: ‘I did have cancer, they found it in the bile duct, right between the pancreas and the liver, and the cancer was sitting right outside the bile duct.
‘So my doctors went in, I had six hours’ surgery, and for a lot of you guys wondering, you can Google it. I had a Whipple procedure. The best doctor in the United States, Dr [John] Martinie, I am forever grateful.’
