Blaine McElmurry was a hard hitting FS at Montana from 1993-’96.
Went undrafted and was a free agent signee of the then Houston Oilers in 1997.
After not making the squad, played for the Packers that year.
Signed with the Tennessee Oilers in 1998, and finished the year on the roster of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
After playing in ’99 for the Jags, headed over to Europe to play for the Scottish Claymores of the NFLE in 2000.
While playing for the Claymores had 4 interceptions and 12 pass deflections.
In 2002 played for the Amsterdam Admirals.
Signed with the Tennessee Titans in 2002- but didn’t make the squad and subsequently retired.
As of 2022, is a home builder in Montana.
ACCOLADES:
2000 All-NFLE
2022 Montana Football Hall of Fame
NOTES:
I’m interested in understanding a bit better as to why Blaine kept signing with the Oilers/Titans. Great card. Looked like quite the intimidator back in the day.
Pelluer in the meantime held out, and in mid-October was traded to the Chiefs for a couple of low round draft choices.
Saw action in 5 contests, starting 3 in 1990, including a win over Seattle, when he threw for 205 yards and a TD.
Sprained knee and was out remainder of year.
As Steve DeBerg cemented his role as starter, Pelluer saw sparing playing time.
Pelluer joined the Denver Broncos in 1992 via Plan B, but he would not make the roster.
After a brief break, he’d play in the CFLUSA for the Blue Bombers in 1995, completing 9 of 17 passes for 112 yards and a TD, but was lost to injury after injury for the season in Week 2.
Pelluer signed on with the reborn World League in 1995, playing for the Frankfurt Galaxy and helping the team reach the World Bowl for the first time.
Retired after the 1996 campaign, playing mainly as a backup.
Since retirement has spent time in real estate with a specialization in commercial properties.
Pro Set 1989, #559Score 1989, #90
NOTES:
I always felt like Steve got a bad rap in Dallas, but he did also hold out at a critical time when the Cowboys were rebuilding. Then he got shipped to KC only to get stuck behind DeBerg. I had wanted to get Steve for a while- failing on him twice previously. -I even had his Starting Lineup figure!
CARD: Frankfurt Galaxy Team Issue 2000 ACQUIRED: 2022, Private Acquisition
CAREER SNAPSHOT:
Played LB at Texas Tech from 1992-95, forming the core of the defense alongside future NFLer Zach Thomas.
Notched 365 career tackles- 7th-most in Tech history.
Joined the World League in 1997, playing for the Frankfurt Galaxy that year, as well as in ’98 and ’00.
In 1997, forced a league record 9 fumbles, while also posting 76 tackles and 2 picks.
Played RILB in 97 and ‘8, and MLB in ’00.
Played in 2001 with the XFL Orlando Rage.
Collected 40.5 total tackles and an interception over the season.
ACCOLADES:
1997 All-World Team
NOTES:
Great card here of Shawn. Unless there were other team printed cards of him, this would be the only card that was produced of him. What a gem. Not sure if the 9 FF were a typo, but that’s an incredible feat if true.
NFLE
TAC
SAC
FUM
INT
YDS
AVG
TD
LG
164
4.0
9
3
36
12.0
0
14
XFL
TAC
SAC
FUM
INT
YDS
AVG
TD
LG
40.5
0.0
0
1
28
28.0
0
28
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