Category Archives: NFL

College Football HoF, NFL

Casillas, Tony (2)

Pro Set 1990, #31
Pro Set 1989, #6
Score 1990, #658
Action Packed 1990, #3
Fleer 1990, #372
Score 1989, #162
Topps 1992, #135
Topps 1988, #391
Fleer 1992, #79
Skybox 1992, #136
Topps Stadium Club 1995, #112

CARDS: Skybox 1992, Topps Stadium Club 1995, Topps 1988, Topps 1992, Fleer 1992, Action Packed 1990, Fleer 1990, Score 1989, Pro Set 1989, Pro Set 1990, Score 1990
ACQUIRED: IP, 2023

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

NOTES:

Well I thought I was going to this event but my wife made me scrap my plans at the last second. In stepped in my friend Mark in a pinch. He helped me knock out Tony on my set needs and then quite a few others, that he just had extras of. He knocked out the Skybox, Pro Set, Action Packed and Fleer needs just like that.

I hadn’t gotten any cards of him in his Jets uniform, so this one was an added bonus in a time I wasn’t collecting. Topps Stadium Club’s logo was a product of the time- as the late 90s was all about looking edgy. Lol I absolutely hate it.

Tony’s Score 1990 is an oddity. He feels like an afterthought in the set as he’s the final card after all the 1990 Rookie cards.

NFL, XFL

Benkert, Kurt

Panini Prestige 2018, #271
Panini Luminance 2018, #157
Score 2018, #356
Panini Absolute 2018, #143

CARDS: Score 2018, Panini Absolute Football 2018, Panini Luminance 2018, Panini Prestige 2018
ACQUIRED: TTM 2023, C/o Home
SENT: 4/25 RECEIVED: 5/12 (23 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • After transferring from East Carolina, QB Kurt Benkert got the starting nod at Virginia in 2016.
  • In 2017, he went 298/509, for 3,207 yards, and 25 TDs to just 9 picks.
  • He signed as an UDFA with the Atlanta Falcons in 2018 and spent a good time of the season on their practice squad that year.
  • He spent 2019 on IR with a toe injury sustained in preseason.
  • Waived in 2020, he then spent the season with the Saints primarily on their practice squad.
  • In 2021, Benkert joined the Packers, also seeing time on the practice squad.
  • The 49ers had him for 2022 on and off their practice squad.
  • Kurt was assigned to the Houston Roughnecks in 2023 to play in the XFL, but refused to report.
  • After the injury bug hit the San Antonio Brahmas, the team traded for Benkert and he quickly saw the field in 2 contests.
  • Unfortunately he broke his ribs against the Vipers and was placed on IR.
  • He opted to retire from the sport in August of that year.
  • With the Roughnecks staff essentially replacing the Brahmas in 2024, there was renewed interest in keeping Benkert, but it is unknown whether or not he even attended camp.

NOTES:

I went to all the San Antonio Brahmas games in 2023, but since Benkert got a crash course on the offense, came in for Renegades contest, quickly got injured the next week and was not heard from again- I wasn’t able to get his autograph on these cards.

After the Brahmas signed him, I was peppered with Facebook football 101s on how to understand football concepts (basic and advanced) for fans and aspiring Madden players from Kurt, so I decided to buy one. Nestled in the downloadable program, was his address, so I shot these 4 out and he kindly signed them for me.

NFL, NFLE

Haynes, Jesse

CARDS: Playoff Contenders European Ticket 2000
ACQUIRED: 2022, Private Acquisition

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Jesse Haynes played RB at NW Missouri State from 93-96.
  • Only seeing action technically in 2 years, he had a Senior season to remember rushing 208 times for 1453 yards (7.0 ypc) and 17 TDs.
  • Undrafted, he signed with the Kansas City Chiefs and was a member of their practice squad in 1997 and ’98.
  • He joined the World League in 1999, scoring 10 TDs in his debut with the Scottish Claymores.
  • Jesse set a Claymores RB record with an 86 yard receiving TD that year.
  • The following year in 2000, he ran for 341 yards and scored 3 TDs for the Barcelona Dragons.
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