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NFL, ufl

Hankton, Cortez

CARDS: Upper Deck Infinite Rookie 2003 (104/500), Leaf Rookies & Stars 2003, Top Notch UFL 2011
ACQUIRED: TTM 2025, C/o Work
SENT: 5/6/25 RECEIVED: 6/5/25 (30 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Cortez Hankton played WR at Texas Southern from 1999-’02.
  • At the time of his departure, Hankton was the all time leader in many categories for the Tigers, and finished with 3,400 career yards, 175 receptions and 30 TDs.
  • Undrafted he signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2003.
  • He managed to make the Jags roster, catching 17 passes for 166 yards his rookie season.
  • In 2004, Hankton only had 9 receptions, but scored his first and second professional TD.
  • After the 2006 season, he signed with the Minnesota Vikings, but didn’t make the squad.
  • Joined the Bucs in 2008- but was injured and spent the entire year on IR.
  • Released in 2009, Cortez joined the fledgling United Football League, signing with the New York Sentinels.
  • He’d catch 11 passes for 144 yards, as the Sentinels were euthanized after the season, in favor of Hartford.
  • Hankton played for the Florida Tuskers in 2010, where he started 6 games, and caught 23 passes for 283 yards and 2 TDs.
  • As the Tuskers then moved themselves- he’d join them in Virginia as the Destroyers in 2011, adding 12 catches for 151 yards to his resume.
  • Went straight into coaching after that and has travelled the college circuit, first at Dartmouth (2012-’14) and then later at Vanderbilt (2015-’17) as a WR coach.
  • In 2018, Cortez took his skills to Georgia as their WR Coach and then also as a Pass Game Coordinator.
  • He’d hop to LSU in 2022 where he shared the same duties from his time at Georgia.
  • Cortez in ’24 also picked up co-offensive coordinator duties as well.

ACCOLADES:

  • UFL Offensive MVP 2010

NOTES:

All of a sudden the guys who played in the UFL- no not the ’24+ iteration, but the ’09 version have started popping up. I got teammates Cortez Hankton and Brooks Bollinger back to back TTM. I have to thank my friend Lance who sent out to Cortez a few months ago and let me know that he was coaching with the Tigers.

It took me a hot minute to send out to him all I had of Cortez was an early beta version of my custom that was on some pretty weak paper, so I decided to go ahead and do it right and reprint it on some nice card stock. It’s a great looking card.

NFL, ufl

Tice, John (TE)

CARDS: Score Supplemental 1989, Pro Set 1989
ACQUIRED: TTM 2022, C/o Home
SENT: 10/31/22 RECEIVED: 3/31/25 (882 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • John Tice played TE at Maryland from 1979-’82.
  • He had 83 receptions for 949 yards and 7 TDs over his collegiate career.
  • 3rd round pick of the New Orleans Saints in 1983.
  • Shared TE duties with Hoby Brenner and was a solid blocker upfront.
  • A reliable set of hands near the endzone, John caught nearly 10% of his passes for TDs over his career.
  • Caught 37 passes for 330 yards and 3 TDs in ’86.
  • Only caught 16 passes in ’87- but 6 went for TDs.
  • Played for the Saints through 1992.
  • Joined the Vikings as an offensive assistant in 1999.
  • Transitioned to TE coach, a position he held from 2000-’05.
  • Served as the OL coach for the Army Black Knights from ’07-’08.
  • Last coached OL with the New York Sentinels of the original UFL in 2009.
  • As of this post, is coaching at Pace University.

ACCOLADES:

  • Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame Class of ’13

NOTES:

John is the younger brother of coach and former TE Mike Tice. Although I waited sometime for this autograph to return, it landed just outside the top 12 in total wait time.

NFL, NFLE, ufl

Gray, Quinn (2)

CARD: Frankfurt Galaxy Team Issue 2003
ACQUIRED: 2022, Private Acquisition

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

NOTES:

Just a lovely card with a simple, yet dynamic design and great photography. Quinn was one of the more recognizable names from this acquisition I made from a friend of mine- CFLFanInPhilly.

I was really touched by his willingness to part with these cards at an affordable price. He also told me that he’d been approached by college team set autograph collectors who offered to buy the cards out separately from their favorite teams, but he wanted them to go to someone who’d actually value all of them based on their appreciation of Spring Football.