Starting 5 contests he’d catch 16 passes for 176 yards.
After the league folded, he retired and became a fireman in California.
NOTES:
I was pretty terrified of Gavin with the Fleet as I remembered him from his time with the Cowboys. Pretty sure he gashed the Commanders for a few good catches during the AAF opener in San Antonio.
EPITAPH:
9/28/22- Gavin Escobar was tragically killed in a mountaineering accident as an old, degraded fixed sling, around a tree broke during unpredictably inclement weather, causing he and Chelsea Walsh to fall several hundred feet to their deaths at the base of Tahquitz Rock. He was only 31.
Since the AAF folded, Logan has kept his agent quite busy bouncing around from franchise to franchise as a scout team/ 3rd string QB.
After making the roster of the Titans in 2019, he’d be on and off the practice squad and regular season roster throughout 2022.
Saw his first NFL regular season playing time in 2020, completing 1 of 3 passes for 7 yards.
He was then signed to the Falcons roster at the end of the year, and was on Atlanta throughout 2023, and into 2024.
During the ’23 season, Woodside saw the most regular season playtime up to that point, completing 3 of 4 passes for 27 yards and a pick.
Returned to Cinci in 2024, and was on and off the practice squad/ regular season roster until his release during summer of ’25.
The next stop was a trip to Pittsburgh, from August to October of 2025.
At the end of the 2025 season, he’d be signed to the Cardinals practice squad.
NOTES:
My friend Joe rode in to the rescue on this one, nabbing him TTM while I was just thinking about it. Armed with the address he provided me I printed out the card and got it straight out to Logan as soon as I could. As I’ve been hamstrung with my PC for about 8 months or so, I had to delicately reconstruct the template and drop the photo in on a Photoshop alternative. In the end, it worked out fantastic and I was ecstatic to get Logan back on a Commanders card I made after my previous failure back in 2019.
Logan among the AAF starting QBs probably spent the most time in the NFL. While he hasn’t seen very much playing time, he has carved himself out a nice spot in history.
Handsome Tanielu played DL first at Snow JC from 2014 to 2015.
Posted 38 total tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, a pass deflection, and 3 forced fumbles in 17 contests.
Transferred to Brigham Young for his Junior and Senior seasons.
Finished with 41 total tackles, and one pass deflection.
Undrafted, he caught the eye of the Kansas City Chiefs who had him in for minicamp.
He stayed in playing shape and in 2019 was signed by the Salt Lake City Stallions of the AAF.
Saw action in 3 games for the top ranked defense, posting a pass deflection.
Drafted by the XFL Houston Roughnecks in 2020, but did not make the squad.
NOTES:
Looking back it’s easy to see why Topps chose Handsome, who not only had a marketable name, but that he was also a fireplug- clocking in at 6’0″, 331 lbs.
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