CARD: University of Texas Upper Deck 2011 ACQUIRED: EBay, 2020
CAREER SNAPSHOT:
An all around accomplished athlete and track man, joined the Longhorns in 1974 as the heir apparent to Marty Akins, but didn’t see any action until 1977.
Rose from 4th on the depth chart to take over under center during the Red River Rivalry game, leading the Longhorns to an improbable win 13-6 over the Sooners.
Set numerous passing school records at the time, led the Longhorns to 2 bowl games, including a National Championship game in 1977, graduating with an 11-4 record.
ACCOLADES:
Texas Longhorns Athletics Ring of Honor
NOTES:
An appropriate photo, as Randy was just as well known as the quarterback who handed off to Earl Campbell. I decided to focus on this set as I was running thin on things to do during the COVID crisis, so I picked this one up cheap off of EBay. Randy has a small baseball diamond named after him in Austin, near Austin High School.
Card: UT Upper Deck 2011 Acquired: TTM 2019, C/o Home Sent: 10/22/19 Received: 2/20/2020 (122 days) Failure: TTM 2019, C/o Home
CAREER SNAPSHOT:
Roger played college ball at the University of Texas from 1996 to 1999 where he settled in at offensive guard.
A strong run blocker, he blocked up front for Priest Holmes and Ricky Williams while at UT.
He was named a 3rd team All-American in 1999 and a First Team All Big 12 lineman.
Roger went undrafted, and later signed a free agent contract with the Cincinnati Bengals, but was cut from the squad in 2000.
NOTES:
It took me a second try but I was able to track down Roger based off an old address that he had posted as part of his website. After the RTS came back, I was able to reverse engineer his address from there using a website address crawler.
Card: University of Texas Upper Deck 2011 Acquired: EBay, 2020
CAREER SNAPSHOT:
Do it all runningback for the University of Texas from 1959-1961.
Benefactor of the Longhorns ‘Flip Flop offense’.
Ran for 450 yards and 4 TDs (89 carries), while catching 9 passes for 134 yards and 3 TDs in 1959. (All SWC Choice)
Completed 7 of 11 passes that season for 97 yards and a TD.
In his Senior season, UT switched to a wing- T formation, seeing time at both lead blocking RB and WR.
Caught a 24 yard pass in his final college game (1961) to defeat Mississippi.
Drafted by Steelers in 1962 but was cut, and later finished his career on the taxi squad of the Cowboys.
Later finished degree at UT and spent over 46 years in commercial banking.
Father (Sr) and Grandson Carleton Burke Collins both also played for the University of Texas.
ACCOLADES:
Texas Longhorns Hall of Honor 1982
NOTES:
Jack Collins was the first Texas Football magazine cover boy. I was unable to locate Jack despite his history, so I finally gave up and just picked up a certified autograph of him.
Celebrating the game, the players, the cards, and the autographs for over 25 years.
