Jimmy Garoppolo played QB for Eastern Illinois from 2010-’13.
Playing in 45 games, he set multiple records at the school.
In his Senior season he completed 375 of 568 passes for 5050 yards and 53 TDs.
Selected by the New England Patriots in the 2nd round of the 2014 NFL Draft as one of the many heir apparents to Tom Brady.
He sparingly saw action through 3 seasons, but put up solid numbers, completing 63 of 94 passes for 690 yards and 5 TDs.
Traded to the 49ers near the tail end of the trading period of the 2017 season.
Went 5-0 during that season, creating a heavy amount of hype going into 2018.
Jimmy G got only 3 games under his belt before his season ended due to an ACL tear.
In 2019, he had an impressive season for the ‘9ers, leading the team to Super Bowl LIV.
Threw for 3979 yards and 27 TDs completing 329 of 476 passes.
A troublesome high ankle sprain tainted his encore in 2020, as he played in only 6 contests.
The ‘9ers began to restock their QB room trading up for Trey Lance and selecting little known QB Brock Purdy.
Returned to near form in 2021, completing 301 of 441 passes for 3,810 yards and 20 TDs.
In 2022, the ‘9ers named Trey Lance as starter right out of the gate.
Garoppolo didn’t have to wait long to get back into the starting lineup as Trey Lance was injured in the first game of the season.
He was able to rally the team into playoff contention but Jimmy too got injured and his season ended during Week 13.
Jimmy signed in 2023 with Las Vegas- reuniting him with his offensive coordinator of the Patriots and now head coach of the Raiders- Josh McDaniels.
The Raiders were a dumpster fire under McDaniels and Raider management.
McDaniels’ and Jimmy’s tenure in LV lasted just one season.
Currently Jimmy G is a backup QB for the Los Angeles Rams.
ACCOLADES:
2013 Walter Payton Award Winner
NOTES:
I saw that Jimmy G. was signing through the ‘9ers organization and sent out to him back in 2021. In the meantime I saw a lot of people get his autograph back that sent to him after me. So in 2022, I sent to his home address. After about a year I saw the two come back from his home address.
I didn’t think I’d ever get the other two back from his time with the ‘9ers, but apparently I was at the bottom of the refilled mail bag!
CARD: UT Upper Deck 2011 HACK ACQUIRED: 2024, Future Considerations
CAREER SNAPSHOT:
Marcus Tubbs played DT for the University of Texas from 1999-’03.
In 48 games (36 starts) he tallied 207 tackles, 41 tackles for loss, 15 sacks, and 5 forced fumbles.
A first round pick of the Seattle Seahawks in 2004.
Over a 4 year career ravaged by injuries, Marcus had his best season in 2005, when he recorded 40 total tackles, 6 sacks and 2 forced fumbles.
He had microfracture surgery in 2006 after 6 games.
In 2007, Marcus was placed on IR during the preseason but did not see the field again.
With his playing career cut short, Marcus retired back to Austin, Texas to work for the University of Texas Athletic Department.
In 2016 he joined the University of Houston Athletic Department.
Later he’d go on to work in the medical field.
NOTES:
I love the UT Upper Deck 2011 set but there’s a lot of missing names so I decided to ‘hack’ out the set for a few more players- which turned out to be about 100. As I was going along I wanted to turn it into a living set, and in conversation, Marcus’ name came up.
Apparently Mark’s daughter plays volleyball with his daughter, so it was easy to get, if I came up with the card. Mark and him were pretty impressed by my choice of card. It was a bit on the dark side, and for some reason the orange horizontal lines are missing or too thin to see, but otherwise it came out nicely.
When I did these Super Bowl MVP cards back in 2022, I sent my friend Rick a copy of the Desmond Howard card since he was such a big fan of the Packers. Then I sent one out to Desmond myself.
Whether it got lost in the mail or Desmond saw it and kept it, I didn’t get mine back- but Rick did. I was pretty sad about it. I mean not like at Rick. No it was this feeling that punched my TTM desire in the gut. I just felt tired after not getting this one back in 2022 as I put a lot of work into these and I thought he’d be excited to sign.
Anyway I decided to give another shot this year after seeing a few successes on SCN and didn’t really expect anything. Lo and behold almost 6 months after I sent it, this one came back!
Unlike just sending TTM to players and what I interpret as letting them know that they are feeling seen- when I do customs- or hacks in this case, it is I who feels seen when they sign them.
Big win.
Celebrating the game, the players, the cards, and the autographs for over 25 years.
