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.
CARD: Upper Deck Houston Texans Inaugural Season 2002 ACQUIRED: TTM 2021, C/o Work SENT: 6/19/21 RECEIVED: 8/28/21 (70 days)
CAREER SNAPSHOT:
Ryan Young played LOT for Kansas State from 1996-’98.
Selected in the 7th round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the New York Jets.
At 6’5″, 320, Ryan was promoted to the starting position at RT after the 7th game of his rookie season.
He went on to start 48 consecutive contests.
In 2002, he was selected by the Houston Texans, second overall in their Expansion Draft.
Went on to have an injury plagued season in H-town, first with a torn groin, and then later after he returned to the line up- a lingering knee injury.
A free agent after the season, Ryan joined the Dallas Cowboys in 2003.
Unfortunately he suffered another knee injury, which limited him to 8 starts.
At last glance, he has been the Senior Director of the SOUL Mission for the University of Oklahoma football team.
NOTES:
I swear that I posted this one years ago, but I can not find any trace of the post. I can tell you that I originally found Ryan through School of the Legends- way, way back in 2011. I asked him for his autograph, and he said if I could find him, he’d autograph a card for me. SoTL shut down shortly thereafter- so I was left to find him.
Eventually I tracked him down through his ministry that he’s a part of in 2021. It took a little bit of time, but I’m sure I gave him a hearty laugh that gave him an excuse to sign this card and send it back.
Octavious Bishop was a big, sturdy LT that played for the University of Texas from 1995-’98, paving the way for Ricky Williams.
Undrafted he spent time in the camps of the Raiders and Falcons.
Spent the 2000 season with the Amsterdam Admirals of the NFLE.
He’d appear in 8 games (starting 7) playing LOT and ROT.
In 2001, Octavious joined the Chicago Enforcers of the XFL.
Critically injured during week 2 against the Xtreme, Bishop’s playing career was over.
He later returned to UT to earn both his bachelors and masters.
Then he served on the Longhorns Staff as the Director of Student Leadership/ Personal Development.
As of this post he’s President & Founder of Eye Level Consulting LLC.
Doc Ock also is an Adjunct Professor of Psychology with Austin Community College.
NOTES:
Doc Ock became a part of history when he became involved in the greatest XFL game nobody saw.
Week 2 was another make it or break it week for the league and Chicago and the Xtreme were playing in primetime before SNL on NBC. As the teams battled, the power went out causing the game to be delayed significantly. Then when the game came back on, Octavious was injured, causing the game to be delayed again for another 15 minutes. Finally, after the game continued, the Xtreme forced double OT, which pushed SNL’s start time well past midnight on the East Coast, rankling executives feathers.
Octavious never had a card made of him. (He might be a great Upper Deck UT HACK card candidate.) He was happy enough to sign this card for me. A low key, deep cut win for me it was nice to get him on something, even if the Neighborhood Bowling Event was a complete and utter bust.
Celebrating the game, the players, the cards, and the autographs for over 25 years.
