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.
Started all 8 games for SA, posting 16 total tackles and 2 sacks.
After league ceased operations, returned to Penn State and as of 2022 is a graduate assistant.
NOTES:
As a Commanders fan I was happy to get Deion’s autograph back- sort of… I mean, is this a crayon or a faded Vis-A-Vis he signed with? Just terrible. I may send to him again to cover this one and hopefully he will sign it better.
I can not remember if I got help from Mark (Mark’s Signing Bonus) on this one- but if I must give credit where it is due. Over the years we’ve collaborated so much and he’s been very helpful and encouraging all along the way.
I had been searching for Marquise to get him specifically on these cards. The Panini Prism card was one that I had hoped to get signed when he played for the AAF, but later I just went ahead and bought a base certified autograph of. – And of course the XFL 2020 one was something I wanted to get shortly after the set came out. Marquise signed the back of my card for him and returned it, which was nice of him, but it was intended for him- in case he ever wanted to visit the shrine.
Celebrating the game, the players, the cards, and the autographs for over 25 years.
