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Holmes, Maurice

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Card: TNT Talons 2014
Acquired: IP 2014, San Antonio Talons v. Arizona Rattlers

After playing ball with Charleston in college, Maurice Holmes was signed as a free agent in 2012 by the San Antonio Talons collecting 8 tackles and a pass block as a rookie. Skipping 2013, Maurice returned to the Talons after injuries decimated the team’s back four during the season. Already familiar with the team’s defensive assignments and alignments, Holmes logged 21.5 total tackles and 6 pass breakups in 7 contests.

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Schonbrunner, Jeremy

tntafl14 schonbrunnerCard: TNT AFL Talons 2014
Acquired: TTM 2014, C/o Home
Sent:  8/16    Received: 9/6   (20 days)

With time running out on the Talons franchise to find an owner and the last few weeks of the season on the horizon, I was still cranking out cards for the team even through their final hours. I kept going to the games and cheering on the team, but they finished winless at home with some games ending in heartbreak, while others the team just got completely blown out of. The Talons had been completely decimated by injury, and by being only given the green light to play only a month or two before the season, the talent pool had been drained.

When promising prospect Colton Jones went down during the early part of the season, the Talons made a trade with the Iowa Barnstormers to grab Jeremy Schonbrunner. Since joining the AFL in 2012, Jeremy had spent time on the rosters of the Soul (2012), Talons (2013), and Barnstormers (2014). He’d also prove himself in the IFL with the Lehigh Valley Teelhawks gaining valuable experience and playing time. In college at Temple, Jeremy played in 38 contests along the line, and on special teams, with 9 starts coming at Center.

As I was getting the autograph of Shane Boyd for the umpteenth time after the game, Jeremy commented on my cards and said, “If you make one of me, I’ll pay you for it!”, so I set out to make it happen.  In person, with both legs in protective knee braces, Jeremy looks like a stout machine, but there were very few photos of him in action, so I really had to work hard to find something. Unfortunately I was not able to make the final game due to illness, so I contacted him directly and sent the cards to Jeremy via the mail. He signed this card and had it back to me in no time flat. After the Talons ‘suspended’ operations following the 2014 season, Jeremy was signed by the Tampa Bay Storm.

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Jackson, Marcus

tntafl14 mjacksonCard: TNT AFL 2014
Acquired: In Person, 5/3/2014 Talons vs. Barnstormers.

Marcus Jackson played collegiality for the TCU Horned Frogs, where he battled with Andy Dalton for the starting job. He signed with the San Antonio Talons as an emergency afterthought when starting quarterback Rohan Davey sustained a season ending injury. At first it appeared he’d back up Jeff Kent at quarterback, but Jackson came in during the final game of the 2013 season and sparked the team to victory over the Philadelphia Soul.

A dangerous scrambler, Jackson is deft with his legs. In 2014 he came on in occasional relief of Shane Boyd and Mitch Mustain, but unable to supplant them at quarterback or spark the team to victory he was released during the season when the team signed Matt Bassuener.  Jackson has also seen stops with the Wichita Wild, Texas Revolution, and the Wichita Falls Nighthawks of the IFL.