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CFL, NFL

Hill, Kahlil

Card: SP Authentics 2002
Acquired:  Target Authentic Autograph Memorabilia

Kahlil Hill was a 2002 6th round draft choice of the Atlanta Falcons from the University of Iowa, where he displayed consistency, tallying at least a catch in all 35 contests he was active for. At the end of his career for the Hawkeyes, he recorded 152 receptions, 1892 yards, and 15 touchdowns and also received the Mosi Tatupu Special Teams Player of the Year Honors in 2001.  Hill provided quarterbacks a large, slender target, at 6-3, 195, but his 40 speed didn’t  showcase his game speed that well, so he slipped to the Falcons as the 16th best rated receiver. Unable to crack the Falcons squad in ’02 after playing in one game, he spent his time on the rosters of the Saints, Lions, and Bills through 2004.   Kahlil experienced some mild success when he went to the CFL to play for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2005 and 2006 as a punt returner and back up receiver. A brief off-season with the Jags later in 2006, returned him to the CFL this time as a member of the Roughriders in 2007, and finally the British Columbia Lions in 2008 before he retired.

NFL

Nance, Martin

Card: Bowman 2006
Acquired: 2012, Target Authentic Autograph Memorabilia

Martin Nance played wide receiver alongside future Steeler quarterback Ben Rothlisberger at the University of Miami, Ohio. At 6’3″, 213 Nance virtually towered over the smaller defensive backs of the MAC. In his Sophomore season (2003,) Nance absolutely dominated competition posting 90 catches for 1,498 yards and 11 touchdowns. While his junior season was marred by a knee injury, Martin returned his Senior season and posted another 80 receptions, 1,107 yards and 14 TDs. He ran a 4.58 40 and struggled at the combine. Martin was signed by the Buffalo Bills to a free agent contract in 2006, but did not make the squad. The Vikings snapped him up soon thereafter, and he remained on their practice squad through the 2007 season.  During this period Martin logged 4 receptions for 33 yards. He’d be reunited with Rothlisberger in Pittsburgh in 2008, winning a Super Bowl and staying with the Steelers through 2009.

NFL, University of Texas

Koy, Ted

utud11 ted koyCards: UT UD 2011, All Time Alumni, 69 National Champs
Acquired: TTM 2013, C/o Home
Sent: 10/31       Received: 11/4       (4 days)

Ted Koy followed in the family footsteps after his brother Ernie and father Ernie Sr. who also played football at the University of Texas.  He was the captain of the Longhorns’ undefeated National Championship squad from 1969 and played alongside such players as James Street, Jim Bertelsen, Steve Worster, and Cotton Speyrer in Coach Darrell Royal‘s wishbone offense. Ted would plow ahead for 441 yards and 4 touchdowns that utud11 ted koy ATAyear and was one of the members of the backfield when the wishbone was introduced in 1968. Currently his 1,397 career rushing yards rank 28th all-time at Texas.

The Oakland Raiders drafted Ted with their second round pick in 1970 but he did not see the playing field. In 1971, Koy joined the Buffalo Bills where he saw action at the tight end position. He played for them over the next 3 additional seasons, recording 151 yards from scrimmage and 1 receiving touchdown.

Ted received his veterinarian medicine degree in 1980 from Texas A&M and runs an animal clinic in Georgetown, Texas. He and the other members of Texas’ 1969 National Championship team remain close to this day and many of them surprisingly reside in the Austin area.  Ted is as good a signer as his brother Ernie, and signed these 3 cards in 4 days as well.