CARD: Pro Set 1990 Super Bowl MVP ACQUIRED: 2020, Future Considerations
CAREER SNAPSHOT:
DL Richard Dent was an 8th round pick out of Tennessee State in 1983 by the Chicago Bears.
Became a permanent starter at RE in 1984.
Scored 17.5 sacks and a league leading 4 forced fumbles.
Followed that up in the Bears Super Bowl season with a league leading 17 sacks and an unbelievable league leading 7 forced fumbles.
He also scored a TD on a 9 yard interception.
Dent had 3 tackles, 1.5 sacks, and 2 FF earning Super Bowl MVP honors.
Over the next 8 seasons, he never failed to have less than 8.5 sacks.
Had at least 10.5 sacks in 6 of his last 8 years with the Bears.
Forced 6 fumbles in 1992.
Joined the San Fransisco 49ers in 1994, but spent nearly the entire year on IR.
Again injuries played a part in his return to Chicago for another year in 1995.
As a pass rush specialist, Dent saw new life in Indianapolis in ’96- posting 6.5 sacks and 2 FF.
Richard then closed out his career in Philadelphia in 1997 adding another 4.5 sacks and a FF.
At the time of his retirement, Dent’s 137.5 sacks ranked 3rd all time.
ACCOLADES:
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Super Bowl XX MVP
Black College Hall of Fame 2015
All Pro 1985
Second Team All Pro 1984, ’88, ’90
Pro Bowl 1984, ’85, ’90, ’93
100 Greatest Bears of All Time
Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
NOTES:
Well who knows what my friend Bryan Gianquinta is up to. I’m not sure if he was settling up old debts after I sent him a few autographs of players that he wanted from Texas, but he gave me this one telling me he’d gotten it in person at Canton.
Jon Hand played college ball at Alabama where he played DL from 1982-’82.
A space eating and run stuffing lineman, he was selected 4th overall by the Indianapolis Colts in 1986.
The Colts transitioned Hand out to RDE and he responded with 82 tackles, 2 fumble recoveries, 5 sacks and his only career interception.
His ’89 season was his finest with career highs in both tackles (85) and sacks (10.0).
Jon had the worst luck though in 1994, signing a new contract and then suffering a myriad of injuries.
Feeling buyers remorse the Colts offered Jon up in the 1995 Expansion Draft.
He’d go unselected and then later released.
Jon joined the New England Patriots in 1995- but was released prior to the season on an injury waiver due to a knee injury suffered in camp that season.
NOTES:
When I played the Colts on Tecmo Bowl back in 1988 (?) he was a decent go to player on the line. Since I didn’t have any luck with getting his autograph TTM in 2022, I went ahead and bought this one through eBay.
In 51 contests he had 437 total tackles, 34 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, 7 interceptions, and 2 forced fumbles.
He’d be selected in the 2nd round of the 2013 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers.
Although injured early on his rookie year, he managed to finish with a respectable 61 tackles and 4 pass breakups.
Again injured early on in 2014, Te’o played well, finishing with 60 tackles, 1 sack, his first interception (-Tom Brady) and 3 pass breakups.
In 2015, Manti finished with 83 combined tackles, a pick and a forced fumble, despite missing 4 games mid season due to a lingering ankle injury.
Te’o appeared on the up and up, but tore his Achilles, ending his 2016 campaign just after 3 games.
He signed with New Orleans in 2017.
There in 10 starts he posted 62 combined tackles and a career high 7 tackles for loss.
In the playoffs he saw action in 2 games posting 15 combined tackles, a sack, and a tackle for loss.
He spent the next two years in New Orleans playing in 8 games.
Signed by the Chicago Bears in October of 2020.
Saw his only action of the season in the playoffs posting 6 tackles.
As of 2025 works as an analyst for NFL Network.
ACCOLADES:
Nagurski Award 2012
Lott Award 2012
Butkus Award 2012
Maxwell Award 2012
Walter Camp Award 2012
Bednarik Award 2012
Lombardi Award 2012
Unanimous All-American 2012
NOTES:
I think that if Manti had played at another school other than Notre Dame, he wouldn’t have faced the scrutiny that he did- despite his monster college output and fame that surrounded him. ND at the time was going through a renaissance of sorts, and it was popular again to hate on the school- so why not take it out on the school’s golden boy?
I wasn’t really sure what to make of what happened with everything that occurred. I think that it made for ‘better theater’ to unfortunately watch him get eviscerated and torn down.
I really feel for Manti. As a kid before it was a thing, I pretty much got catfished by a girl over the phone- and this was before the internet! It left me scarred with PTSD about girls, my confidence was completely shot and then I became dangerously depressed. I wasn’t equipped for that at 14- and it took me a lot of therapy to work through it. So yeah I get it- and that’s why I didn’t talk about it. Though his catfishing incident was part of his career, to me, it didn’t define him and he’s not letting it define him- despite his struggles with what happened.
After watching the Netflix documentary about him, I began spying out certified autographs of him through EBay. With the market showing signs of weakness, I was able to snatch up this patch autograph of him for under $8.00.
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