Terrell Eldorado Owens attended Benjamin Russell High School in Alexander City, Alabama, after being born there on December 7, 1973. He was the greatest in baseball, track & field, basketball, and football there.
Owens became a star wide receiver after being recruited by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) football team. He broke the school record for the most consecutive passes caught in 11 games and was chosen to the Southern Conference first team.
Terrell was chosen in the third round of the 1996 NFL Draft and played with the San Francisco 49ers for eight seasons. Owens made his mark on the game by amassing an incredible library of standout performances and plays.
These include a game-winning touchdown against the Green Bay Packers in a 1998 wild-card playoff game dubbed “The Catch II,” a record-breaking day on December 17, 2000, when he broke the 50-year-old single-game reception total, and his role in leading the 49ers to the second greatest comeback in NFL playoff history against the New York Giants in 2002.
Owens’ most recent achievement was being included on the cover of the Official EA Madden NFL “Hall of Fame” video game. In April of 2018, Owens was inducted into the Alabama Hall of Fame and the NFL Hall of Fame.
Terrell Owens’ $500,000 net worth explored
Terrell Owens’ net worth has dropped to around $500,000 as of the time of this publishing in 2023.