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CFL, NFL, XFL

DeCoud, Treston

CARD: Topps XFL 2020 Certified
ACQUIRED: 2026, eBay

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Treston DeCoud was a DB who played college ball from 2013-’16.
  • He bounced around from Chadron State College, to Northwest Mississippi Community College, and then over to Oregon State.
  • During his Senior season of 2016, he posted 58 tackles, 2 picks for 88 yards and a TD, as well as 10 pass deflections.
  • Selected by the Houston Texans with their 5th round pick during the 2017 NFL Draft.
  • Spent a season on the Texans, before being cut in 2018,
  • That year, joined the Cowboys and was on and off the team’s regular season and practice squad rosters.
  • Cut in 2019, and selected by the Dallas Renegades of the XFL 2020.
  • Had 13 tackles in 5 contests.
  • After COVID started subsiding, played in the CFL for the Argos (2021) and Elks (2022).
  • Cobbled together 25 tackles on the season for the Argos and 43 tackles, a sack and a forced fumble for the Elks the following year.
  • Signed with the New Jersey Generals in 2023 of the USFL but did not make the squad.
  • Returned to Oregon State in 2024 as a graduate assistant and at last glance in 2025, is a DB coach at Idaho.

NOTES:

Well for the longest time I thought that Treston’s last name was ‘De-Cloud’. It wasn’t until I saw this card that I realized I’d been spelling it and saying it wrong all along. Outside of a few big names, quite a few of these autographs can be had from this set at a cheap price ($2.00 ish) if you’re willing to wait for the right deal.

Arena, CFL, NFL, The Spring League, ufl, usfl

Bethel-Thompson, McLeod (2) ‘MBT’

CARDS: Upper Deck USFL 2023, Upper Deck CFL 2023
ACQUIRED: TTM 2023, C/o Home
SENT: 12/4/23 RECEIVED: 5/9/25 (522 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

NOTES:

I was genuinely surprised to get McLeod’s autograph back on his parallel card after such a long wait. It had been so long that I had just given up in general on it after I had seen a few successes on him trickle in but nothing for me. Maybe he thought he mailed it out or the mailman lost it at the facility and delivered it months or a year later.. Who knows? But he was kind enough to drop the extra UD CFL card in for me.

CFL, IFL, NFL, XFL

Ealy, Kony (2)

CARDS: Leaf Draft 2014, Topps Chrome 2014, Sage 2014
ACQUIRED: In Person, 2020

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • See Also Kony Ealy
  • Kony joined the Cowboys during the 2018 preseason, but was cut.
  • He’d then sign with the Raiders, but again would be cut before the end of the year.
  • The next year Kony was selected by and signed with the Houston Roughnecks of the XFL20.
  • With the season cancelled due to COVID after 5 games, Kony finished with 9 tackles, 2 TFL, and half a sack.
  • He spent a season then in the CFL with the Argos from 2021 to the end of camp in 2022.
  • With that it was off for a month with the Vegas Knight Hawks of the IFL.
  • And then finally another 3 months with the Edmonton Elks before the end of the 2022 season.

NOTES:

Well I had reloaded on Kony after meeting him in person at the Houston Roughnecks team meet and greet for season ticket holders and I was hopeful the league would pick back up in 2021 but unfortunately COVID finished off the XFL20. So I held onto this post and eventually forgot about it.

A few things about Kony. I think if he had found a spot on a team primarily as a situational starter or designated pass rusher, he might’ve stuck around longer at his different stops. It takes a genius of a DC to unlock potential and Kony had plenty of that- as evidenced in his Super Bowl 50 performance when he logged 3 sacks, forced a fumble and made an interception.

I really also relate to the big guy as he has struggled with depression after the loss of his father and sister, and while he was with the Roughnecks, he opened up about it and his battle with it.