CARD: University of Texas Upper Deck 2011 ACQUIRED: Ebay, 2020
CAREER SNAPSHOT:
Followed in Earl Campbell‘s footsteps playing RB at the University of Texas.
Best year came in 1979, rushing for 918 yards on 188 carries, scoring 10 TDs.
Ran for a career high 165 yards against Arkansas in 1980.
Finished career at UT logging 645 career carries for 2874 yards and 27 TDs.
Selected in 8th round of 1982 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams.
Dressed for 29 games for the Rams from 1982-1985.
Finally saw some playing time with the Lions in 1985 as a kick returner.
NOTES:
Played alongside a duo of other Jones players. The trio was nicknamed ‘The Ham, Lam and Jam Jones Show’. I had wanted to get him for a while but saw a well priced certified on EBay to knock Jam off my list. Strangely this set is the only one to have any cards of AJ in them. I’m sure he was tickled to finally have one. He’s got a great autograph.
I saw Jordan Shipley at Boot City a few clicks from my house that day. I didn’t have any cards of him since he had recently tapped me out. Thankfully Nate was there and he always has a stock of cards I just don’t have. He gave me these three and I was able to call it a day. I liked the Press Pass cards from around this time period. Too bad they went out of business shortly afterward.
CARD: University of Texas Upper Deck 2011 ACQUIRED: EBay, 2020
CAREER SNAPSHOT:
An all around accomplished athlete and track man, joined the Longhorns in 1974 as the heir apparent to Marty Akins, but didn’t see any action until 1977.
Rose from 4th on the depth chart to take over under center during the Red River Rivalry game, leading the Longhorns to an improbable win 13-6 over the Sooners.
Set numerous passing school records at the time, led the Longhorns to 2 bowl games, including a National Championship game in 1977, graduating with an 11-4 record.
ACCOLADES:
Texas Longhorns Athletics Ring of Honor
NOTES:
An appropriate photo, as Randy was just as well known as the quarterback who handed off to Earl Campbell. I decided to focus on this set as I was running thin on things to do during the COVID crisis, so I picked this one up cheap off of EBay. Randy has a small baseball diamond named after him in Austin, near Austin High School.
Celebrating the game, the players, the cards, and the autographs for over 25 years.
