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NFL, University of Texas

Thomas, Sloan (4)

CARDS: UT Upper Deck 2011 HACK, Upper Deck Rookie Foundations 2004, SP Authentics 2004, Playoff Honors 2004, Leaf Rookies & Stars 2004 Longevity, Playoff Absolute Memorabilia 2004
ACQUIRED: TTM 2024, C/o Work
SENT: 9/10 RECEIVED: 9/15 (5 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

NOTES:

Pretty much cleared out Sloan’s cards with this fell swoop in a very short 5 days via his work. Wouldn’t be surprised if there’s one more hanging around out there I’ll hold on to for an in person event or camp. I really like how the Upper Deck HACK set is shaping up. I’m getting a fair amount of guys who should’ve been in the set or flew under the radar.
-Sloan being one of them.

NFL

Thomas, Sloan (3)

Card: Leaf Rookies & Stars 2005  (030/150)
Acquired: 2016, EBay
See Also: Sloan Thomas, Sloan Thomas (2)

I absolutely love this card of Sloan. Leaf had a habit of breaking the design grid with their Rookies & Stars set in such a unique way, but in a sense with such deliberation, and the autograph is showcased so well. About the only thing I don’t like is how tiny the Texans logo is, but overall it’s a quality design. Leaf continually and slowly tweaked the design of their Rookies & Stars set so professionally over the years, it felt like I was buying a Corvette every year.

Sloan finished out his degree at UT in Communication after his NFL career concluded. After helping UTSA put itself on the map in division one football, he moved on to the corporate world and as of 2017 is with Alamo Title Company working in their Commercial and Corporate Business Development department.

NFL, University of Texas

Thomas, Sloan (2)

bow04 thomasCard: Bowman 2004
Acquired: IP 4/16/2015, Sam’s Wholesale Lakeline Grand Opening
See Also: Sloan Thomas

Again, big props to Nathan for ID’ing Sloan Thomas, who just walked up during the event to say hello to Vince Young and Kasey Studdard. The ‘box’ also came in handy again. I keep it packed full of Longhorns just in case one shows up at an event unexpectedly, and luckily I was packing a card of Sloan that I had gotten a few months ago.

I’m sure he was surprised that so many fans recognized him.  Noticing my Oilers hat, he struck up a conversation about Houston, and how I had to have been a tough fan to be with them through those good years, and bad post season games (- in particular the Buffalo collapse), as he was apparently a big fan too. He asked me if I was a Texans fan or a Titans fan, and I explained how I tuned out pro football for a few years after the Oilers moved to Tennessee- so I obviously wasn’t a tacks fan.

After going out to my car and retrieving the Texans card of him, his eyes lit up and he exclaimed, “Look at that!”, before happily signing my card.  Otherwise Sloan looked quite dapper, and it appears life has been treating him well.