CARD: Upper Deck College Legends 2011 ACQUIRED: 2019, Box Breaker
CAREER SNAPSHOT:
Played WR for Boise State from 2007-10.
Caught 204 passes for 3063 yards and 25 TDs over college career.
Displayed some behavioral issues that caused his draft stock to drop.
Selected by the Detroit Lions during the 2nd round of the 2011 draft.
By mid-season behavior issues re-emerged, and continued through the 2012 campaign, where he’d be deactivated by the team.
After numerous fights, bad behavior, arguments, and social media outbursts increased, Titus was outright released by the Lions before the 2013 season.
Claimed by the St. Louis Rams, but was quickly cut after questionable behavior reemerged.
Titus’ behavior since 2013 has borderlined from the bizarre to flat out disturbing.
Sadly, since then he’s been imprisoned and spent time in inpatient rehabilitation.
He was released from prison in 2018.
NOTES:
Titus is the poster child for bipolar disorder. On top of things it’s entirely possible he also has CTE due to numerous concussions. Mental health- especially for men, has such a terrible stigma. I hope that since Titus hasn’t been in the news since his release from prison, that he’s getting the help he needs.
After pulling this Bowl Game Heroes card back in 2019, I knew I had to add another Danny Wuerffel or two to my collection, so I reloaded and included the chrome Topps 2000.
CARDS: GameDay 1992, Pro Set Update 1991, Upper Deck College Legends 2011 ACQUIRED: TTM 2021, C/o Home SENT: 6/29 RECEIVED: 4/10 (285 days)
CAREER SNAPSHOT:
Played for the Oklahoma Sooners from 1981-85, medical redshirting in 81.
Played DT sparingly, before moving over to NT by 83.
Finished his college career with 213 tackles and 18 sacks.
Second overall pick of the 1986 draft by the Atlanta Falcons.
Had a solid debut contributing 111 tackles, 2 FF and a sack in 86.
Best season came in 1989, posting 152 total tackles, 3 forced fumbles and 2 sacks.
Entered doghouse of new head coach Jerry Glanville in 1990, and numbers suffered enough that he was considered expendable by 91.
Joined Cowboys in 1991, moving to DT, and solidified their defensive line in time for their Super Bowl Championship runs.
Signed with Chiefs in 1994, but left team early in camp, eventually signing with the Jets.
Returned to Cowboys for final stint in 1996, and retired after the 1997 season.
ACCOLADES:
College Football Hall of Fame 2004
1985 Lombardi Award Winner
NFL All-Rookie Team 1986
1989 Pro Bowl Alternate
Pro Set 1991 (Update), #820 Upper Deck College Legends 2011, #5
NOTES:
Tony was one of those players at Dallas Cowboys Training Camp back in the early 90s I never was able to get. He rarely signed and when he did he was always too far down the line to get. I also thought that I had tried him previously and failed but this success was the first attempt that I had made to him TTM. He’s got lots of great cards, but these really stood out to me.
What I always remember most about Tony is when the Cowboys were playing the Lions in the playoffs in 1991, and Barry Sanders did what he does, and essentially turned Casillas around in a circle trying to chase Barry down.
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