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Brown, Jonathan

CARD: Playoff Contenders 2000 European Ticket
ACQUIRED: 2021, Future Considerations

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Defensive lineman Jonathan Brown played collegially at Tennessee where he helped the Vols win the SEC title in ’97.
  • In that season he had a career high 13.5 sacks- good for second on the school’s all-time list.
  • Over his 4 years at Tennessee, Brown notched 27.5 sacks.
  • Selected in the 3rd round of the 1998 draft by the Green Bay Packers.
  • Released during roster cuts in ’99, and finished the season on the active roster of the Broncos that year.
  • Joined the Berlin Thunder in 2000, recording 10 sacks, 30 tackles and 2 forced fumbles.
  • Played for the St. Louis Rams in 2001.
  • Returned to the NFLE in 2003, as a selection of the Amsterdam Admirals.
  • Posted 6.5 sacks and 26 tackles.
  • Took his game to the Arena Football League playing for the Indiana Firebirds.
  • In 2004, Jonathan played for the CFL Argonauts, becoming a fixture at DE for the next 6 seasons.
  • He’d accumulate 50 sacks over his time in Toronto with dual 13 sack seasons in 2005, and 2007.
  • Retired after a final season in BC with the Lions, adding another 4 sacks to his career CFL number.

ACCOLADES:

  • NFLE Defensive MVP 2000
  • All-NFL Europe 2000, ’03
  • CFL All-Star 2005- ’07

NOTES:

Cool looking card here of Jonathan. The green actually works. He’s also got a great autograph for a big man. He really backdoored into a pretty solid career playing in the CFL there.

NFLE

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ARENA

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CFL

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Gregersen, Marico

CARD: Berlin Thunder BK Team Issue 2001
ACQUIRED: 2021, Private Acquisition

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Played in the Germany with the Hamburg Silver Eagles and Hamburg Huskies.
  • German National who didn’t play college ball, but was snapped up to play WR for the Berlin Thunder.
  • Spent four seasons with the team from 2000-04.
  • Dressed for 7 games in 2003, and 4 games in 2004 but didn’t record any stats.
  • Pretty much played football year round, and would play for the Kiel Baltic Hurricanes in the off-season, and then later the Hamburg Blue Devils.
  • Spent a year with the Hamburg Eagles in 2007, but after suffering a serious hamstring injury, returned to the Blue Devils in ’08, and again the Baltic Hurricanes in ’09.
  • Played for the Hamburg Huskies from 2011-’14.
  • After playing days ended, moved into coaching and has been a positional coach in the GFL.

Quinn, Jonathan

Topps 2000, #266

CARDS: Topps 2000, Upper Deck MVP 2002, Pacific 2002
ACQUIRED: TTM 2022, C/o Home
SENT: 10/3 RECEIVED: 10/20 (17 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • With great size (6’6″) and a good arm, Jonathan Quinn led Middle Tennessee State after transferring from Tulane.
  • Showed dramatic improvement in his Senior campaign in ’97, throwing for 2,209 yards and 17 TDs, catching the eye of pro scouts.
  • He was selected in the 3rd round of the ’98 NFL Draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars.
  • Quinn- at the time was the highest drafted QB in Jaguars history.
  • Saw sparing playing time his rookie year as the heir apparent to incumbent, Mark Brunell.
  • Guided the team to victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in only his second start in 1998.
  • Quinn was shipped to the NFLE for seasoning in 2001.
  • He played for the Berlin Thunder, throwing 4 TDs in a 34-25 victory over the Frankfurt Galaxy.
  • Then Quinn won World Bowl IX throwing for 308 yards and 3 TDs in a win over the Barcelona Dragons.
  • He’d join the Chiefs in 2002, returning for the 2003 season.
  • 2004 saw Quinn move to Chicago for a single year.
  • He’d throw for 413 yards and a TD in 3 starts.
  • Then Jonathan made a short foray into the Arena Football League signing with the Kansas City Brigade in 2006.
  • He’d retire shortly thereafter due to lingering injuries.
  • Quinn has gone into coaching, working at the Division I and high school levels.

NFL

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NFLE

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ACCOLADES:

  • World Bowl IX MVP
  • NFLE Offensive Player of the Week (Week 5, 2001)
  • 2001 All-NFLE

NOTES:

Pretty pleased with myself on this one. Lots of things I liked about this one. First is that I just don’t get very many Jaguars’ autographs. Second was that Quinn played in the NFLE for the Berlin Thunder. Third was that he was World Bowl IX MVP.

A great autograph here from Jonathan. I really like the Pacific ’02 card, but something that really bugs me about the photo is the tangent on his facemask near his mouth. I can’t tell if I’m looking at his mouth, a shadow, or his mouth piece. It’s distracting because it reads as a second mouth.