CARD: Pro Set 1989 ACQUIRED: TTM 2025, C/o Home SENT: 3/10 RECEIVED: 3/24 (14 days)
CAREER SNAPSHOT:
Lloyd Burruss played DB at Maryland from 1977-’80 where he was a 4 year starter.
Posted 9 picks and 160 tackles in college career.
3rd round draft choice in 1981 by the Kansas City Chiefs.
Had 4 picks rookie season, including one he returned for a score against Seattle.
Lloyd was a solid special teamer, blocking a punt and a field goal in ’82.
During the 1986 season, he had 5 interceptions for 193 yards and 3 TDs.
That year, Burruss tied an NFL record by returning two interceptions for TDs in the same game against San Diego- keying the team’s 42-41 win.
He then blocked a FG later that season and returned it for his 4th score of the year.
The wear and tear of the NFL season started catching up to Lloyd by 1988, and by the ’89 season, he became a situational starter.
Over the last three seasons of his career he started 5 games, retiring after the 1991 season.
ACCOLADES:
Pro Bowl 1986
Chiefs Hall of Fame 1999
Mack Hill Award 1981
All Pro 1986
Second Team All Pro 1988
NOTES:
Surprisingly Lloyd only had a few cards. 18 to be exact with most of them being Topps, one off cards, or police cards. The Pro Set 1989 was the most graceful IMHO and the last card of him to be produced.
CARDS: University of Texas UD 2011 HACK ACQUIRED: IP, 2024
CAREER SNAPSHOT:
Nate Boyer took an interesting path to football, never having played an organized down of the sport before walking on to the University of Texas in 2011.
He spent multiple tours in Afghanistan and Iraq as a Green Beret before being discharged after 6 years of service.
Was the team’s primary long snapper for 38 consecutive games.
After going undrafted in 2015, he signed a free agent contract with the Seattle Seahawks.
Cut before the regular season ended.
Spoke out during the wave of protests during 2016, advising Colin Kaepernick it’d be more respectful to kneel for the national anthem instead of sit.
Has been involved in film and TV.
Appeared in the 2018 movie Den of Thieves as a secret agent.
Also appeared in Mayans MC as a military contractor.
Made his directorial debut in feature film with Secret of the Sinchanee.
In 2023, began hosting the Discovery Reality show Survive the Raft.
NOTES:
I honestly wasn’t too keen on Nate Boyer appearing in person, but my friends were eager to get him on something.
Boyer didn’t have any cards produced, so I figured a hack Monumental Moments would do the trick. I think I hit this one out of the park. I changed the plain looking ‘T’ logo to the ‘UT’ one. The only real complaint I had about this card was that in the photo the stadium seating cut off near the top, and so it looks like an error to the finely trained eye.
Nate really liked the card. -In fact, everyone liked the card. It caused such a stir that the 3 extra I had included quickly got traded away and other people started asking about these cards. One of the people there who works for a local card shop traded an extra card he had made of Boyer so I could have two different cards as well. I think Mark had a nice time soaking in all that positive energy for me that day.
So I had come back to Keith in 2020 and got him on the Skybox cards, Score 89, and the Fleer 90, but then I realized I still had a couple more that I needed. Keith is a great signer- even at his affordable rate which is used for his PARK Foundation. I figured after 4 years it was ok to give him another shot on the remaining set needs.
Celebrating the game, the players, the cards, and the autographs for over 25 years.
