Category Archives: AAF

AAF, NFL, ufl, usfl, XFL

Ginda, Frank (2)

CARDS: Upper Deck UFL 2024 Triple Autograph, Upper Deck 2024, Upper Deck 2025, Upper Deck 2024 Printing Plate (Black)
ACQUIRED: Trade, 2025
eBay, 2026 x2

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • See Also Frank Ginda
  • After the end of the XFL 2020, Ginda was selected by the Michigan Panthers of the USFL in 2022.
  • He finished the season with 90 tackles, 10 tfl, two sacks, and a forced fumble.
  • Named a team captain of the Panthers in 2024, he posted a whopping 115 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 3 picks, 2 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, and 6 pass deflections.
  • Spent the 2024 NFL season on and off the practice squad of the Atlanta Falcons.
  • In 2024, was resigned to the Panthers, but finished the season on IR.
  • Signed with the Chargers but didn’t make the squad.
  • Returned to the Panthers again, but again finished the season on IR.

ACCOLADES:

  • USFL Defensive Player of the Year 2024
  • USFL All-Star Team

NOTES:

Frank’s an old head from the AAF days. Too bad I didn’t go to the Michigan game in 2025. I would’ve worn my Tarpley jersey to jog his memory.

I made a deal with an eBay seller to pick up this black plate at a reduced price. It had been sitting there for 6-8 months and no one was biting.

During the 2026 season Frank came forward to reveal that he and other members of the league from previous years had been blackballed from the league- and that’s why they weren’t playing in 2026.

TRADE DETAILS:

Upper Deck eCard for Frank Ginda’s autographed UFL card.

AAF, NFL

Denham, Anthony

CARD: Topps AAF 2019 Certified
ACQUIRED: 2019, Private Break
FAILURE: TTM 2024, C/o Work

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Anthony Denham transferred from East LA College to Utah in 2012 to play TE for the Utes.
  • Over his two years he caught 35 passes for 426 yards and 2 TDs.
  • Undrafted in 2014, he spent the next year, year and a half on and off the practice and regular season roster of the Houston Texans.
  • Then from 2016-’18, Denham was a member of the Eagles and Cardinals, and then back to the Eagles again before finally being cut.
  • In 2019, Anthony joined the AAF and signed with the Salt Lake City Stallions.
  • Saw action in all 8 contests, starting 5, posting 18 receptions for 179 yards and a TD, before the league folded.

NOTES:

I had hoped to get Anthony on his AAF card but didn’t hear back from him.

AAF, NFL

Escobar, Gavin (1991-2022)

CARD: Score 2013 Future Franchise Fabrics Autograph
ACQUIRED: eBay, 2026

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Gavin Escobar played TE at San Diego State from 2010-’12.
  • In 2011 he had a whopping 51 receptions for 780 yards and 7 TDs.
  • Declared after his Junior campaign, recording 122 catches for 1646 yards and 17 TDs over his college career.
  • Selected in the 2nd round, 47th overall, by the Dallas Cowboys in the 2013 NFL Draft.
  • For most of his time in Dallas, Gavin was stuck playing behind seemingly ageless wonder Jason Witten.
  • In 4 seasons with Dallas he started 7 games, catching 30 passes for 333 yards and 8 TDs.
  • Split 2017 with KC and Baltimore but saw no action with either of them, or Miami the following year.
  • Hopped onto the AAF in 2019 playing for the San Diego Fleet.
  • 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.