NEW ORLEANS -- Hall of Famer Randy Moss made an emotional return to ESPN's coverage of Super Bowl LIX on Sunday, two months after he took a leave from his job to get treatment for cancer.
Moss was back on ESPN's "Sunday NFL Countdown" before the Kansas City Chiefs took on the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl. He was greeted with a video that included messages from Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, Justin Jefferson, Kevin Garnett and several other big names welcoming him back to ESPN's set.
Moss was moved to tears by the video before getting on with his job of analyzing the Super Bowl.
"Guys it's been hard, but I got a lot of love and a lot of people believing in me," he said. "I'm happy to be here."
Moss stepped away as an analyst on the show on Dec. 6.
The following week on Instagram Live, he introduced himself as a cancer survivor and explained that a cancerous mass was found in his bile duct, between his pancreas and liver. He said he had surgery to put a stent in his liver on Thanksgiving and underwent a six-hour procedure to remove the cancer.
Moss said he would undergo radiation and chemotherapy.
Moss has been a fixture on the ESPN show since 2016. Moss, who turns 48 on Thursday, was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018 after playing 14 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, Las Vegas Raiders, New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans and San Francisco 49ers.
Moss ranks second in NFL history with 156 touchdown catches and fourth with 15,292 yards receiving. He set an NFL record with 23 TD receptions in 2007 for the Patriots.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.