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NFL

Amukamara, Prince

Upper Deck College Legends 2011, #85

CARD: Upper Deck College Legends 2011
ACQUIRED: Box Breaker, 2019

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Prince Amukamara was a highly regarded athlete that played CB for the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 2007-10.
  • With measured speed and leaping skills from his days in track and basketball, he emerged as a lockdown DB in his Junior and Senior years for Nebraska.
  • He’d be the second DB selected off the board in the 2011 NFL Draft by the New York Giants.
  • Unable to break into the starting lineup behind Aaron Ross and Corey Webster, Amukamara finished with 14 total tackles, a pick and 3 pass breakups.
  • He started 11 games in 2012, with 53 total tackles, a pick and 7 pass deflections.
  • 2013 saw a career high 85 total tackles for Prince, 14 pass deflections, and another interception.
  • Prince had a career high 3 picks in 2014.
  • After the 2015 season, Amukamara signed a free agent contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars, earning nickleback duties.
  • From there he joined the Chicago Bears in 2017.
  • In 2018 Prince had his first career NFL TD, to go along with 3 picks on the season.
  • He played one final year in Chicago in 2019, but was cut in a cost cutting move.
  • He then spent 2020 on the practice squad of both the Raiders and Cardinals, and the 2021 offseason with the Saints.
  • Prince is currently considered a free agent.

NOTES:

A devout Christian, I am surprised that he didn’t put an inscription on all his cards. When Prince was drafted it came out pretty early that he was still a virgin. This briefly overshadowed his early playing career news. -He later married in 2014.

AAF, NFL

Jones-Smith, Jaryd

Topps AAF 2019, #59

CARD: Topps AAF 2019
ACQUIRED: TTM 2022, C/o The Ravens
SENT: 1/24 RECEIVED: 7/29 (186 days)
FAILURE: TTM 2020, C/o The 49ers

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Literal man-mountain at 6’7″, 295, originally signed by the Houston Texans out of Pitt in 2018.
  • Joined the San Antonio Commanders of the AAF in 2019, quickly establishing himself as a fan favorite.
  • Starting all the games, blocked up front for one of the league’s best ground games.
  • After the league shuttered, spent time with NFL teams in Miami, San Fransisco, Las Vegas, and Baltimore.
  • Started 3 games with the Raiders (2020) and a game with the Ravens (2021).

NOTES:

After the AAF announced that it was folding, Jaryd showed up at one of the fan organized Commanders ‘going away parties’ thanking fans and saying goodbye at one of the local bars.

I wrote Jaryd care of the Ravens and he was nice enough to sign this card and put the inscription, ” ‘Manders Baby!” on it for me.