He picked off 2 passes- returning one for 17 yards.
Following the World League’s reorganization, Richard decided to play for the Arena Football League.
With the Rockers, he played two seasons, with 1993 being his best season as a pro totaling 60.5 total tackles, 19 pass breakups, a fumble recovery, and a pick.
He’d also catch 8 passes for 77 yards and a TD- as back then Arena players went both ways.
It’s unknown what Carey was doing from 1994-’95, but he appeared again one last time on the radar of the Tampa Bay Storm in 1996.
He’d drop 33 tackles, and 7 pass breakups to close out his career.
NOTES:
Another deep cut here that got lost in the shuffle of the 2020 COVID push, Richard signed this card in the midst of the pandemic for me. It’s really true what they say- As you get older time tends to move faster- fly by, and unfortunately, I’ve forgotten the background behind how I got this autograph.
Many years ago, thanks to my friend Bryan who was taking a break from collecting I acquired a few of Tom Waddle’s autographs. At the time I didn’t have anything from Waddle and gleefully added him on 2 cards. Well after all those years, I’ve developed specific set needs and now I needed him on a few of them, including both these Skybox sets and the Gameday 1992 issue.
Skybox 1992 had very few disappointing cards, chief among this one. There was no reason that any manufacturer at this point- especially one that prided itself in the ‘poster card’ design style, would come up with this one of Waddle just standing there with his hands on his hips. They should’ve used the action shot from the Skybox set’s Bears team card for this and relegated this hip pose to that team card instead.
All the others feel like nice designs- though Pro Set 1992 used a less close shot of the same image from the Action Packed 1992 card. I love the clarity of the Gameday 1992 card. Although probably unintended, the people in the background and the referee are so clear, that you can see their astonishment with Tom laying out to catch that pass.
He rushed 366 times for 1790 yards and 17 TDs, and caught 47 passes for 356 yards and a TD.
Patrick was selected by the Tampa Bay Vipers in the 2020 XFL Draft.
He ran 60 times for 254 yards and 2 TDs, and caught 5 passes for 45 yards.
Jacques ran for 108 yards on 21 carries (1 TD), in a 25-0 win over the Defenders in week 4.
After the league collapsed due to COVID, Jacques spent the next two years on and off the rosters and practice rosters of the Bengals, ‘9ers, Panthers, and Ravens.
In 2022, Jacques was the first round pick of the San Antonio Brahmas.
Initially he split time with Kalen Ballage, but took over the starting role after an injury sidelined Kalen for the season early on.
Best game came against Houston, rushing for 96 yards on 16 carries and a TD in week 8.
Followed that up with a solid 20 carry, 80 yard effort (TD), while securing 5 catches for 50 yards against the Guardians, the following week.
In 10 games Patrick rushed 115 times for 443 yards (5 TDs), and caught 30 passes for 238 yards for the Brahmas.
Signed with the Broncos after the season, and is currently on the practice squad of the Tennessee Titans.
NOTES:
I mean, wow, of the 85 cards and variants of cards that Jacques had, he didn’t have but a handful of unsigned cards. On top of that, he had just one XFL card- A very, very low print Topps XFL Now 2020 card that demands way too much on the secondary market. I went ahead and printed out some great looking photos of him that Jacques was more than happy to sign for me.
Celebrating the game, the players, the cards, and the autographs for over 25 years.
