Robert Meachem played college ball at Tennessee from 2004-’06.
The WR had 71 catches for 1,298 yards and 11 TDs in his Junior year.
Declared for the NFL Draft and was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the first round in 2007.
Blew out his knee before taking the field his rookie year and spent the entire season on IR,
Helped the team win the Super Bowl in 2009, catching 45 passes for 722 yards and a career high 9 TDs.
Continued to see the field as a situational starter for the remainder of his career in New Orleans.
Caught 44 passes for 638 yards and 5 TDs in 2010.
Then turned in another consistent season with 40 catches for 620 yards and 6 TDs in 2011.
Played one season in San Diego in 2012, before returning to New Orleans the following year.
Meachem played through the 2014 season with the Saints.
After spending a season on the free agent market, he tried out again for the Saints, but blew out his foot.
He’d later play in the American Arena League for the Richmond Roughriders in 2018.
Played in the Your Call Football competition in 2019.
Afterwards he’d go unselected in the 2020 XFL Draft.
NOTES:
Robert has been very active in charitable causes, establishing the Robert Meachem Follow Your Dreams Foundation, and participating in NBCs TV show Minute to Win It.
It strikes me that Robert is always hungry for football. I hope he takes his experiences and uses them towards coaching. He has some great cards. I sent him this great Score 2010 card, but blew it with the Prestige- forgetting I had a Pacific 2009 sitting in the workroom.
Marques Colston played WR at Hofstra from 2001-’05.
Over his college career he appeared in 40 games, catching 182 passes for a career school-record 2,834 yards and 18 touchdowns.
Selected in the 7th round of the 2006 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints.
He immediately formed a bond with QB Drew Brees scoring a TD in his first game.
Caught a career high 86 yard TD against the Carolina Panthers.
Finished rookie season with 70 receptions for 1,038 yards and 8 TDs.
Marques’ 2007 season was his best, posting career highs in catches (98), yards (1,202) and TDs (11).
In his first 7 seasons, Colston went over 1,000 yards 6 times, and over 900 in 8 of 9 seasons.
With injuries and the emergence of young talent, Marques was released after the 2015 season.
At the time of his release, he held numerous Saints’ career and single game receiving records.
He’s invested into Spring Football numerous times first with the Harrisburg Stampede of the PIFL (2012-’14).
Then from 2015-’19 he was a minority owner of the AFL Philadelphia Soul.
Colston continued to invest in the AFL with the Albany Empire (2018-’19), and the Atlantic City Blackjacks (2019).
ACCOLADES:
Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame 2021
Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame
New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame
NOTES:
The market seems to be in a downturn, and now some decent names are becoming reasonably priced for sets I like. I have been looking for something that had to do with Colston for a long time, so I snatched this up when the seller made me an offer on one of my favorite 2009 sets.
You don’t hear much about Hofstra as a football team, and that’s because in 2009, the school sadly discontinued its football program. -Colston has the dubious honor of being the last player drafted out of that school.
CARDS: Panini Prestige 2010, Score 2010 ACQUIRED: TTM 2024, C/o The New York Giants SENT: 12/11/24 RECEIVED: 1/6/25 (26 days)
CAREER SNAPSHOT:
Mike Kafka played QB at Northwestern from 2006-’09.
He’d initially see the field as a change of pace- rushing for 263 yards in 2006, and 321 in 2008.
It wasn’t until 2009 that Mike would take over as the starting QB for the Wildcats.
He led the conference with 319 completions, 492 attempts, a completion percentage of 64.8 and 3,430 yards.
In the 2010 Outback Bowl he’d break Bowl game records with 78 attempts, 48 completions, 532 passing yards- and 5 interceptions.
Selected in the 4th round of the 2010 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles.
2013 led Kafka to the offseason rosters of both the Pats and Jags.
Then it was off to the Bucs (’14), and Vikings (’15).
His final stops landed him with the Titans and Bengals- both on their practice squads in 2015.
By 2016, Mike was off to the coaching world as a graduate assistant at Northwestern.
He joined the Chiefs in 2017 and served in a variety of coaching duties from Offensive quality control, quarterbacks coach, and passing game coordinator through the 2021 season.
2022 led Mike to the Giants as their offensive coordinator.
He’d be promoted to offensive coordinator and assistant head coach in 2024.
NOTES:
Mike had some nice cards and I had wanted to get them signed. The Panini Prestige ’10 really lends itself to an autograph with its clean and parallel design. I had asked Mike to draw up a play for me, but he just kept the index card. No big deal.
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