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NFL

Johnson, Larry (2)

Donruss Rookies & Stars 2009, #50
Donruss Rookies & Stars 2009 Gold Stars Insert, #4

CARDS: Donruss Rookies & Stars 2009, Donruss Rookies & Stars 2009 Gold Stars
ACQUIRED: TTM 2020, C/o Home
SENT: 11/30 RECEIVED: 12/15 (15 DAYS)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

NOTES:

Absolutely exquisite cards I wanted to get Larry to sign. Unfortunately the parallel gold version of the base card I originally sent was never returned. Still I was happy to get both of these set needs signed out of the Rookies & Stars set from 2009.

NFL, University of Texas

Roesler, Roger

Card: UT Upper Deck 2011
Acquired: TTM 2019, C/o Home
Sent: 10/22/19 Received: 2/20/2020 (122 days)
Failure: TTM 2019, C/o Home

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Roger played college ball at the University of Texas from 1996 to 1999 where he settled in at offensive guard.

  • A strong run blocker, he blocked up front for Priest Holmes and Ricky Williams while at UT.

  • He was named a 3rd team All-American in 1999 and a First Team All Big 12 lineman.

  • Roger went undrafted, and later signed a free agent contract with the Cincinnati Bengals, but was cut from the squad in 2000.

NOTES:

It took me a second try but I was able to track down Roger based off an old address that he had posted as part of his website. After the RTS came back, I was able to reverse engineer his address from there using a website address crawler.

NFL

Query, Jeff

Skybox Impact 1992, #112

Cards: SkyBox 1992, Score Supplemental 1989, Topps 1990
Acquired: TTM 2021, C/o Home
Sent: 3/31 Received: 4/5 (5 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Jeff Query went to Milken college and represents the school’s only drafted NFL alumni, being selected in the 5th round of the 1989 draft by the Green Bay Packers.

  • Query set career records at the tiny school finishing with 2548 yards, 28 TD catches, 30.9 yards on kick off returns, and 10.9 on punt returns.

  • A track junkie, Query had breathtaking speed (4.3), and was a two-time CCIW 100-Meter Champion.

  • Immediately stepped in as the team’s #3 receiver and as the Packers’ primary return man.

  • Trademark blonde mullet brought all the girls to the yard.

  • After 1991 season, signed with the Houston Oilers via Plan B, but did not make the roster.

  • Picked up by Cincinnati and played the next 3 seasons with the team, and a final 2 games between the Bengals and the Redskins in 1995.

  • Best season came in 1993, catching 56 passes for 654 yards and 4 TDs.

Score Supplemental 1989, #432S Topps 1990, #144

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NOTES:

I was very excited when Jeff joined the Oilers. It didn’t make much waves but I was convinced that he was going to be that missing part that was going to take the receiving corps to the next level. He then just disappeared in camp and I never heard from him until he was cut. I am not sure if he was an injury settlement, but I just remember being very disappointed.

Jeff had some great cards over the years and I was very happy to get these finally knocked out as they had been in ‘the box’ for a long time waiting for him to appear.