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Arena, CFL, NFL, NFLE

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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5616.5400-.-0-.-

ARENA

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41.0000-.-0-.-

CFL

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Arena, CFL, NFL, NFLE

Arth, Tom

CARD: Hamburg Sea Devils Team Issue 2005
ACQUIRED: 2022, Private Acquisition

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Tom Arth played QB at tiny John Carroll University, throwing for 2,000 yards and 28 TDs in 1998.
  • Over four years, he’d set 18 records including passing yards (10,457) and touchdowns (49).
  • Undrafted in 2003, he’d manage to hang on to the roster of the Colts for three seasons.
  • He’d get seasoning in the NFLE with the Scottish Claymores (2004) and the Hamburg Sea Devils (2005).
  • Joined the Packers in 2006, but didn’t make the squad there or his next stop in 2007 with the Toronto Argonauts (2007).
  • Hopped over to the Arena Football League, playing for the Grand Rapids Rampage (2007) and Georgia Force (2008).
  • After returning to the college ranks, as head coach of John Carroll, Chattanooga, and Akron, most recently served as the passing game specialist of the Los Angeles Chargers (2022).

NOTES:

Tom played in the Arena Football League but it’s not clear if he didn’t start or if his stats are just unavailable.

NFLE/EUROPA

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AAF, CFL, NFL

Palmer, Tobias

Topps AAF 2019, #81

CARD: Topps AAF 2019
ACQUIRED: TTM 2020, C/o Home
SENT: 11/25/20 RECEIVED: 1/29/21 (65 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Played WR at NC State in 2011 and 2012.
  • In Senior year, posted 54 catches for 781 yards and 6 TDs.
  • Was also a monster on KRs, returning 44 kicks for 1124 yards and 2 TDs.
  • Signed as an undrafted free agent by the Jaguars after the 2013 NFL Draft.
  • Spent time on and off the franchise’s roster and practice squad, eventually landing on the Chargers.
  • After being released in 2014, Palmer was on and off the rosters of the Saints (14), Bills (15), Steelers (16), and Panthers (16).
  • Then it was off to the CFL with the Alouettes (17), and Argonauts (18).
  • In 2019, Tobias made the squad of the Birmingham Iron of the AAF.
  • On 20 targets, he’d catch 13 passes for 129 yards.
  • His best game came against the Apollos in Week 5, when he caught 5 passes for 36 yards.

NOTES:

Topps did a really good job with this set. Lots of interesting names in here. Based on how the card companies were really swarming the rookie market in 2011, it was surprising that nobody- even Sage- had a card on Palmer, until this card came out in 2019.