CARDS: Pro Set 1990, Score 1990
ACQUIRED: TTM 2022, C/o Home
SENT: 9/26 RECEIVED: 10/4 (8 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

• Nate Odomes played CB at Wisconsin from 1985 to 1986.
• A fast and dangerous speed merchant, Nate was also utilized by the Badgers in the return game, returning 36 punts for 359 yards, and 25 kick returns for 616 yards.
• Selected in the second round of the 1987 draft by the Buffalo Bills.
• He’d start right out of the gate and be the youngest starting DB in the NFL that year.
• On the year his 12 pass deflections led the team.
• Nate recorded his first interception of his career against the New England Patriots in 1988.
• The following season he developed a true nose for the ball, notching 5 picks.
• In 1991, Odomes had another 5 picks for a career high 120 yards and a TD.
• And in ’92, he put up 5 interceptions again for a 3rd time.
• Still not satisfied, Nate had a ’93 to remember, intercepting a career high 9 passes to lead the NFL, garnering Defensive Player of the Year attention.
• After the season, Nate signed a free agent contract with the Seattle Seahawks.
• Unfortunately he’d blow out his knee during a pickup game of basketball in 1994.
• He’d never suit up for the Seahawks, and after two years of rehabilitation, was released by the team.
• Nate played half a season for the Falcons in 1996,  but early in October of that year, his sports car slammed into a tree in the suburbs north of Atlanta, and he was charged with DUI, effectively ending his career.

ACCOLADES:

• 1987 All Rookie Team
• Pro Bowl 1992, ’93
• All-Pro 1993

NOTES:

I was going through a friend’s collection of Pro Set 1990 cards, and I stopped to look at Nate’s card. It left such a mark in my mind that when I saw that he was signing, I decided to send it right out.

I sent out three cards. The Pro Set, Score, and a Topps 1990 card. He kept the Topps card, which I wasn’t surprised because it was for once a pretty good looking card.

TAC	SAC	FUM	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
383	3.0	9	26	224	8.6	1	48t