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AAF, CFL, NFL, ufl, usfl

Stribling, Channing (2)

Upper Deck 2023 USFL, #10
Topps AAF 2019, #FS-11
Topps AAF 2019, #126
Topps XFL 2020, #151

CARDS: Topps AAF 2019, Topps AAF 2019 Future Stars, Topps XFL 2020, Upper Deck USFL 2023
ACQUIRED: In Person, 2024 San Antonio Brahmas v St. Louis Battlehawks
FAILURE: TTM 2020, TTM 2023

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • See Also Channing Stribling
  • Channing suited up for the Seattle Sea Dragons of the XFL in 2020.
  • After the league folded due to COVID, he returned to the CFL and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, whom he’d been with briefly before signing with the XFL.
  • In 2022, he played for the Philadelphia Stars of the USFL.
  • He’d intercept 7 passes for 121 yards and make 14 tackles.
  • Afterwards, briefly was on the offseason roster of the Washington Commanders.
  • Although drafted by the Battlehawks of the XFL 23, Stribling opted to resign with the Stars.
  • With the USFL and XFL merged, Stribling was drafted by the Birmingham Stallions in the 2024 player dispersal draft.
  • Ultimately ended up on the roster of the Battlehawks- but was cut during the regular season.

NOTES:

Channing was on a shortlist of players I really wanted since he was impossible to get TTM and he had… four(?) cards I was looking to get signed. Since players didn’t really pay any attention to me pregame, I decided to troll the Battlehawks players.

I yelled at Channing that he wasn’t fooling anyone, since he changed his number from 41 to 14. (Wikipedia even showed it as 41.) I then heckled him about his time with the Express. He smiled and after the game gladly came over and inked these 4 cards. When he looked at them, he called them ‘classic’.

The Spring League, usfl

Suell, Jordan

Upper Deck USFL 2023, #22

CARD: Upper Deck USFL 2023
ACQUIRED: TTM 2023, C/o Home
SENT: 10/23 RECEIVED: 11/8 (16 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Jordan Suell played WR for Southern Oregon.
  • Suell distinguished himself as one of the top receivers in The Spring League playing for the Generals in 2020-21.
  • Selected in the 22nd round of the USFL 2022 Draft by the Philadelphia Stars.
  • Suell became the go-to guy for Case Cookus finishing with 376 yards and 3 receiving TDs.
  • Caught 5 passes for 66 yards and 2 TDs, in a loss to the Stallions, during the USFL 2022 Championship.
  • Had only 14 catches for 130 yards after sustaining multiple broken ribs during a week 5 contest in 2023.
  • Played in the UFL in 2024 for the Michigan Panthers but was cut midseason.

NOTES:

Great looking card of Suell here with a complimentary autograph. He wrote me a nice note thanking me for being a fan.

NFL, usfl

Johnson, Mike (LB) (2)

Fleer 1990, #50
Pacific 1991, #79
Pro Set 1990, #347 PB
Action Packed 1991, #43
Pro Set 1991, #40

CARDS: Pro Set 1991, Action Packed 1991, Pacific 1991, Fleer 1990, Pro Set 1990 Pro Bowl
ACQUIRED: TTM 2022, C/o Home
SENT: 5/7 RECEIVED: 5/31 (24 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

NOTES:

Almost immediately after I got Mike’s autograph a few years ago, I found his Pro Set Pro Bowl card and his Fleer 90. The Fleer card is really awesome. Again, like many of those cards from back when the Browns played in their old stadium (before the original franchise fled to Baltimore,) it’s an old school treat to see dirt on players pants. Otherwise, his Pro Bowl card- ironically the only time he’d appear in a Pro Bowl, is really nice as well. Too bad both his Pro Set ’91 and Action Packed ’91 are near mirror image photos.