CARD: Frankfurt Galaxy Team Issue 2003 ACQUIRED: 2022, Private Acquisition
CAREER SNAPSHOT:
Left footed Tim Morgan, did double duty as K and P at San Jose St, and was named a first-team All-WAC punter.
Wasn’t selected in the 2000 NFL Draft, but spent time in camp with the Cincinnati Bengals.
Signed by the Packers in 2002 and allocated to the NFLE.
Joined the Frankfurt Galaxy in 2003.
In week 2 of the season punted 7 times for a 42.1 yard average (58 yard long), and recovered an onside kick, in a 17-13 win over the Scottish Claymores.
On the season, Tim dropped 9 punts inside the 20, and had 4 touchbacks.
Returned stateside and was cut by Packers at the end of camp.
Saw time in camp in 2004 with the Jets as well, but didn’t make roster.
ACCOLADES:
NFLE Special Teams Player of the Week 2003- Week 2
Shawn Jefferson played college ball at UCF from 1988-1990.
He caught 67 passes for 1087 yards and 11 TDs over his college career.
Boasting a 4.45 40, Shawn was a 9th round pick of the Houston Oilers in 1991.
He was traded almost immediately to the San Diego Chargers along with a #1 pick in exchange for DE Lee Williams.
He played the next 5 seasons with the Chargers, and had two back to back 40+ catch, 620+ yard seasons.
Shawn joined the Patriots in 1996, and immediately bested those numbers.
In 1997, he had a career high 841 yards.
In 1998, Shawn posted a league leading 22.7 yards per reception (34 catches).
He’d sign with the Atlanta Falcons in 2000, and post a career high 60 receptions (822 yards).
Played with the Detroit Lions in 2003.
Finished career with 13 years under his belt, 470 receptions, and over 7k yards- Pretty good for a 9th round pick.
Went into coaching, working his way up with the Lions to the wide receivers coach position (2006-2012).
Served in same capacity with the Tennessee Titans from 2013-15, the Miami Dolphins (2016-18), New York Jets (2019-20), Cardinals (2021-22), and currently the Panthers (2023).
At all his more recent stops, (Jets, Cardinals, Panthers) Shawn has also been an associate/assistant head coach in addition to his wide receivers coaching duties.
NOTES:
I’d swear, I’ve tried Shawn at least 3 times, but the tape doesn’t lie. I just flushed cards on him once, back in 2015. I went ahead and did a consignment to knock him out at last.
The Action Packed Rookies 1991 card of him was one of my favorites. When the Oilers drafted him, I thought he had outstanding potential, so needless to say when Bobby Beathard shrewdly peeled him off the Oilers along with a first round pick in exchange for DE Lee Williams, I was still a bit disappointed, as I thought Jefferson was having a pretty good preseason.
Shawn talked a lot of smoke during his early days with the Chargers. -And when he mocked the Oilers, before their meeting in 1992, he became bulletin board material in Houston’s locker room. The Oilers would pummel the Chargers 27-0.
CARD: Pro Set World League 1991 ACQUIRED: TTM 2022, C/o Work SENT: 2/14 RECEIVED: 3/22 (24 days)
CAREER SNAPSHOT:
Victor was a rare player, who originally played American Football for English clubs, that was able to successfully make the transition to the World League.
His career started with the London Ravens, whom he played for from 1983-86.
Victor ran gangbusters over the league with 3770 yards, 66 touchdowns, with an average of 8.9 yards per carry.
After a brief foray to the states in ’86, Victor returned to England to play for the Manchester Spartans.
Ebubedike first grabbed the attention of the NFL in 1990, as the New York Jets expressed interest in trying him out.
Later on he’d be selected by the World League of American Football by the London Monarchs as part of the league’s ‘Operation Discovery’ program for play in 1991.
He’d score the first TD in Wembley Stadium by an English- American footballer against Orlando.
A fearsome hitter, Ebubedike also was a special teams gunner, logging 16 tackles that year.
Returned to the Monarchs for the ’92 campaign.
In 1995, he changed his last name to ‘X’, through his studies with the Nation of Islam.
At that time the World League was firing back up again, and Victor returned to the Monarchs that year.
He played the next 3 seasons with the team, finishing with 116 carries, 416 yards and 4 touchdowns.
After the London/ England Monarchs disbanded after 1998, Victor still wanted to play.
He’d return to playing football around Europe and then later England, playing his last game in 2013- at the grand old age of 47.
Considered a Black Pioneer of the sport, and an Ambassador of American Football in England.
ACCOLADES:
Operation Discovery 1991, ’92
NOTES:
Pro Set 1991, #76 B
Wow! First try and a success! I got extremely lucky to get Victor. Apparently one of his friends from Houston was visiting London, so he just handed the return envelope to him and he popped it into the mail when he returned to the US, avoiding any need to figure out Royal Mail return rates or send outs. The mail gods were truly on my side for this one! I was ecstatic to get this one back, and he slides into the top 5- mileage-wise, just a few miles behind fellow Monarch Philip Alexander.
I had been trying to find Victor X, aka Victor Muhammad, aka Victor Ebubedike since I started this project. I was aware that he was back in the mother-country, but wasn’t really sure where, since they don’t allow webcrawlers to aggressively aggregate information on people in Europe. Well I started digging and eventually was able to turn up from an article that he went through a few last name changes. From there I found another article indicated he was a fireman. -And from there… I found an article that he and his coworkers were hailed as heroes for saving some people from a fire. That article gave a station number, and from there I found the address and took a wild shot.
WLAF
RUSH
YDS
AVG
TD
LG
116
416
3.6
4
46t
REC
YDS
AVG
TD
LG
3
3
1.0
0
6
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