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NFL, University of Texas

Loeffler, Cullen

Panini UT 2015, #15

CARD: Panini UT 2015
ACQUIRED: 2022, Gift

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Cullen played high school football in Texas, so he grew up wanting to play for the University of Texas.
  • Declining scholarships to other schools, he opted to walk on at UT in 1999.
  • Worked his way into the lineup as a longsnapper, while moonlighting at TE graduating in 2004.
  • Free agent signee of the Minnesota Vikings that year, and he quickly became the team’s starting longsnapper.
  • Cullen held the position down until 2010, when a back injury sidelined him.
  • Returned to the Vikings and played for the team through 2014.
  • He’d retire after being cut in 2015.

NOTES:

Longsnappers hold a certain ‘lunchpail’ lore to fans of football. The most unsung skilled player position in the NFL, if you don’t have someone who can 100% snap that ball from the line of scrimmage to a punter or holder’s hands, you’re taking a risk at it being blocked. As such, the position has become a sort of ironman position in the league. It’s not a glorified $20 million dollar a year job- as such, these guys once they get locked in, many of them play 10-15 seasons easy for the franchise, exclusively doing longsnapping.

My friend Mark has sort of cornered the market on Cullen. Apparently he has mutual acquaintances through him and was able to get this autograph on an off and on set need for me.

NFL

Murray, Eddie (2)

Action Packed 1990, #76

Cards: Action Packed 1990, Pro Set 1989, Fleer 1990
Acquired: TTM 2021, C/o Home
Sent: 6/8 Received: 7/3 (25 Days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • ProSet 1989, #124
  • Fleer 1990, #282

NOTES:

I hadn’t ever gotten Eddie through the mail- scoring his autograph at Cowboys training camp as a kid, so I thought I’d be nice to follow up with some more current cards which I had wanted to get signed that were primarily set needs. He was also one of the few kickers who appeared in Action Packed 1990.

NFL

Studwell, Scott (2)

Topps 1989, #89
Pro Set 1989, #240
Pro Set 1990, #195
Fleer 1990, #106
Score 1990, #377

CARDS: Fleer 1990, Topps 1989, Score 1990, ProSet 1989, ProSet 1990
ACQUIRED: 2011, Canton Acquisition. 2022, C/o Home
SENT: 9/3 RECEIVED: 9/22 (19 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

NOTES:

I got Scott many years ago TTM, and then later, I got Scott again as part of the Canton Acquisition back in 2011 on his Topps and Pro Set (’89) cards. Still there were a few more cards of his I wanted to get his autograph on, including his Fleer ’90 card.