Thibodeaux revealed the best advice he’s received from Rice when it comes to his career on and off the field, in an exclusive interview with ClutchPoints. “I met Jerry actually at a Nike event ...

Links to all of our Sportsperson of the Year coverage, including the main feature written by Pat Forde and sidebars from LeBron James, Jerry Rice and Sanders’s manager Constance Schwartz-Morini.

Rice, an honorary 49ers captain for the game, took out a pouch and, without uttering a word, slid on a ring from each of his three Super Bowl titles with San Francisco onto his fingers and then ...