Tag Archives: Seattle Seahawks

NFL, NFLE

Whitman, Josh

Frankfurt Galaxy Team Issue 2003

CARD: Frankfurt Galaxy Team Issue 2003
ACQUIRED: 2021, Private Acquisition

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Josh Whitman played college ball in the Big 10 at Illinois.
  • At TE he played from 1997-’00 amassing 51 catches for 545 yards and 7 touchdowns.
  • Signed with the Buffalo Bills in 2001 after going undrafted.
  • Finished season on the roster of the San Diego Chargers, seeing action in 4 contests.
  • Spent the 2002 off season on the Chargers roster but was cut.
  • Spent the 2003 off season on the roster of the Dolphins but was cut.
  • Played in 2003 for the Frankfurt Galaxy of the NFLE.
  • Spent the 2004 off season on the roster of the Seattle Seahawks but was cut.
  • Specializing in Law AND Finance, Josh worked as an attorney giving legal support to the NFL.
  • In 2010, he jumped into the Athletic Director arena with Wisconsin-La Crosse.
  • From there he was the AD at Washington University from 2014-’16, and Illinois from 2016- to the current time of this posting.

NOTES:

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NFLE
NFL, The Spring League, usfl, XFL

Cannella, Sal

CARD: TNT XFL 2023
ACQUIRED: IP 2024, San Antonio Brahmas v Arlington Renegades

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Salvatore Cannella played TE/WR at Auburn from 2017-’19.
  • Oft used at the majority ground and pound school, he provided mismatches with his unusual size (6’5″, 228), speed, and hands.
  • He finished his college career with 25 catches for 330 yards and 5 TDs.
  • Undrafted, Sal played in 2020 for the TSL Generals of the Spring Football League.
  • He put in his all catching 5 passes for 66 yards and a TD in the Spring League Championship Game.
  • After a workout with the Colts, he played for the Generals again in 2021.
  • This led to short stints with a mini-camp at Chicago, and on the off season roster of the Dolphins that year.
  • The TSL retooled as the USFL, and Sal found himself as the second TE off the board in the positional phase of the league’s draft by the New Orleans Breakers in 2022.
  • Sal had a great season, catching 34 passes for 368 yards and a TD.
  • Shortly thereafter he spent roughly a month on the Packers offseason roster.
  • Cannella was a huge defection for the USFL, when he was drafted and signed by the Arlington Renegades of the XFL in 2023.
  • He finished second in receiving among TEs with 42 receptions for 415 yards, and was a key cog in the Renegades XFL Championship victory.
  • After offseason stints with both the Seahawks and Vikings, he resigned with the Renegades for the ’24 campaign.
  • Sal concluded the season with 53 catches for 497 yards and 6 TDs.
  • He joined the Bucs for the offseason, but didn’t make the squad.

ACCOLADES:

  • All USFL Team 2022
  • All XFL 2023

NOTES:

A little over a week before the game, I went ahead and created and ordered cards of Sal and Luis Perez. (I wasn’t going to be caught flat footed like the previous season.) I was pretty happy with the results.

When I went to the game, I arrived at my normal seats. The players were doing warmups and I flagged down Sal. He looked genuinely touched that I made a card of him and that it was of such high production value. Sal signed the card, and I let him keep the extras I had as thanks.

AAF, NFL

Pinkins, Eric

Topps AAF 2019, #AU-EP
Topps AAF 2019, #168

CARDS: Topps AAF 2019, Topps AAF 2019 Certified
ACQUIRED: TTM 2019, C/o Home. EBay, 2019
SENT: 5/6/2019 RECEIVED: 6/3/2019 (28 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Eric Pinkins was a hybrid DB/LB at San Diego State from 2009-’13.
  • He finished with 172 total tackles, 3 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, 5 pass deflections, and 3 interceptions for 70 yards and a TD over 4 years with the Aztecs.
  • 6th round pick of the Seattle Seahawks in 2014.
  • After 2 seasons with the Seahawks, he joined the Giants for 2016.
  • Waived by the Giants in mid-2017, Eric signed with the Cowboys in 2018, but did not make the squad.
  • In 2019, Eric played for the San Diego Fleet of the Alliance of American Football where the team decided to play him as a hybrid LB/S.
  • He started 6 of 8 contests, posting 29 total tackles and .5 sacks.
  • After the AAF ended, Pinkins was selected by the Los Angeles Wildcats of the XFL in 2020.
  • He’d finish the season on the roster of ‘Team 9’ before the COVID abbreviated season ended.

NOTES:

After the AAF collapsed, I rushed out a few cards to players that I could readily find through the mail. Eric was in that first batch, and then proceeded to get lost in the shuffle of all my returns that year. There is no discoloration in the Topps AAF base card he autographed. It looks like he started in purple and realized it wouldn’t take as well as blue. I really appreciate his effort there though.