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Olsavsky, Jerry

CARDS: Score 1990, Topps 1990
ACQUIRED: TTM 2023, C/o Home
SENT: 1/17 RECEIVED: 1/30 (13 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Jerry Olsavsky played LB at Pitt from 1985-’88.
  • There he had over 100 tackles in 3 straight years, including 129 as a senior.
  • A sneaky 10th round pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1989.
  • Saw playing time both on special teams and at ILB.
  • Totaled 41 total tackles, a sack, a pass deflection, and a forced fumble in his rookie campaign.
  • A key backup, he played sparingly over the next few seasons.
  • Lost a good portion of his 1993 and all of his 1994 seasons to a knee injury.
  • Returned again to a key role as a special teamer and backup linebacker.
  • Signed with the Bengals in 1998 and finished the regular season as a member of the Baltimore Ravens.
  • Entered the college coaching ranks in 2003 working with Youngstown State.
  • In 2010, Jerry became a defensive assistant with the Steelers.
  • Then was moved to the inside linebackers coaching position with the team in 2015.
  • In 2023, joined Duquense as a defensive assistant.

ACCOLADES:

  • All Rookie Team 1989

NOTES:

Jerry only had 4 cards or so, but made out pretty good with these two. Topps always had a deep cut or two and Jerry qualifies as such in one of these rare action shots.

Woodside, Logan (2)

CARD: Topps AAF 2019 Certified HACK
ACQUIRED: TTM 2026, C/o Home
SENT: 4/15 RECEIVED: 5/21 (36 days)
FAILURE: TTM 2019, C/o The Tennessee Titans

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • See Also Logan Woodside
  • Since the AAF folded, Logan has kept his agent quite busy bouncing around from franchise to franchise as a scout team/ 3rd string QB.
  • After making the roster of the Titans in 2019, he’d be on and off the practice squad and regular season roster throughout 2022.
  • Saw his first NFL regular season playing time in 2020, completing 1 of 3 passes for 7 yards.
  • He was then signed to the Falcons roster at the end of the year, and was on Atlanta throughout 2023, and into 2024.
  • During the ’23 season, Woodside saw the most regular season playtime up to that point, completing 3 of 4 passes for 27 yards and a pick.
  • Returned to Cinci in 2024, and was on and off the practice squad/ regular season roster until his release during summer of ’25.
  • The next stop was a trip to Pittsburgh, from August to October of 2025.
  • At the end of the 2025 season, he’d be signed to the Cardinals practice squad.

NOTES:

My friend Joe rode in to the rescue on this one, nabbing him TTM while I was just thinking about it. Armed with the address he provided me I printed out the card and got it straight out to Logan as soon as I could. As I’ve been hamstrung with my PC for about 8 months or so, I had to delicately reconstruct the template and drop the photo in on a Photoshop alternative. In the end, it worked out fantastic and I was ecstatic to get Logan back on a Commanders card I made after my previous failure back in 2019.

Logan among the AAF starting QBs probably spent the most time in the NFL. While he hasn’t seen very much playing time, he has carved himself out a nice spot in history.

Fulhage, Scott ‘The Cannon’

CARDS: Topps Stadium Club 1992, Fleer 1990, Topps 1990, Gameday 1992
ACQUIRED: TTM 2023, C/o Home
SENT: 12/26/23 RECEIVED: 1/22/25 (393 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Scott Fulhage punted for Kansas State from 1981-’84.
  • He punted 254 times for 10,284 yards.
  • Signed as a free agent by the Bills (1985) and the Redskins the following season (’86) , but did not make the opening day roster.
  • Signed by the Bengals in ’87, then the Packers, and then back to the Bengals that year.
  • He averaged 41.7 yards per punt (2,168 yards) on 52 attempts.
  • Joined the Falcons in 1989, where he pinned opponents 24 times inside their own 20- leading the NFC (on 84 punts).
  • After bouncing around between 5 teams from ’85-’89, Fulhage found consistency with the Falcons, whom he punted for through the 1992 season.
  • In 1991, punted 81 times for 3,470 yards and dropped 21 inside the 20.
  • He’d see career highs in net yards (2,963), Average (42.8), and net average (36.6) that season.
  • After a shaky start with 3 blocked punts in under three seasons, Scott punted successfully 192 times until the 1992 season.
  • At the time of his retirement, Scott was ranked second all time on the Falcons all-time list with a 41.8 yard average per punt.

NOTES:

I knew I’d be in for a wait for Scott. Consistent, yet slow, I wasn’t worried about these getting back to me. He was of special interest to me as he appears in 1991’s Tecmo Super Bowl on the NES with the Falcons. Scott also appears on two set needs so it was a no brainer to get these cards out the door to him.

Funny note, on many of his cards, it’s noted that Scott farms and harvests wheat when it’s not the football season. Makes sense since he’s from Beloit, KS.