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Colston, Marques

CARD: Score 2009
ACQUIRED: EBay, 2025

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Marques Colston played WR at Hofstra from 2001-’05.
  • Over his college career he appeared in 40 games, catching 182 passes for a career school-record 2,834 yards and 18 touchdowns.
  • Selected in the 7th round of the 2006 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints.
  • He immediately formed a bond with QB Drew Brees scoring a TD in his first game.
  • Caught a career high 86 yard TD against the Carolina Panthers.
  • Finished rookie season with 70 receptions for 1,038 yards and 8 TDs.
  • Marques’ 2007 season was his best, posting career highs in catches (98), yards (1,202) and TDs (11).
  • In his first 7 seasons, Colston went over 1,000 yards 6 times, and over 900 in 8 of 9 seasons.
  • With injuries and the emergence of young talent, Marques was released after the 2015 season.
  • At the time of his release, he held numerous Saints’ career and single game receiving records.
  • He’s invested into Spring Football numerous times first with the Harrisburg Stampede of the PIFL (2012-’14).
  • Then from 2015-’19 he was a minority owner of the AFL Philadelphia Soul.
  • Colston continued to invest in the AFL with the Albany Empire (2018-’19), and the Atlantic City Blackjacks (2019).

ACCOLADES:

  • Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame 2021
  • Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame
  • New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame

NOTES:

The market seems to be in a downturn, and now some decent names are becoming reasonably priced for sets I like. I have been looking for something that had to do with Colston for a long time, so I snatched this up when the seller made me an offer on one of my favorite 2009 sets.

You don’t hear much about Hofstra as a football team, and that’s because in 2009, the school sadly discontinued its football program. -Colston has the dubious honor of being the last player drafted out of that school.

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