Samie Parker played college ball at Oregon from 2000-’03.
His yards and catches increased in every year with the Ducks.
In 2003 Parker posted 77 receptions for 1088 yards and 7 TDs.
105th overall selection (4th round) of the 2004 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs.
Played from 2004-’07 for the Chiefs.
Best season came in ’06 when Samie caught 41 passes for 561 yards and a TD.
Was signed by the Broncos in 2008 but was cut before the season began.
Over the next year was on and off the rosters of the Panthers, Seahawks and Raiders.
Signed with the Las Vegas Locomotives of the UFL in 2009.
He caught 10 passes for 124 yards and a TD.
In 2010 he played for the Chicago Rush of the Arena Football League.
Caught 78 passes for 1,135 yards and 11 TDs.
Rejoined the Locos in 2010 and caught 22 passes for 283 yards and a 68 yard TD.
Signed with the Argos in 2012 but was released a few months later.
Has gone into coaching at the college level, and as of 2025 is coaching WR at Delaware State.
NOTES:
Samie hadn’t signed in a while so I took a shot in the dark at his workplace. I like his autograph. The ‘S’ in his first name loops into the ‘P’ on his last name. Slick.
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.
Brooks Bollinger saw action in 44 contests playing QB at the University of Wisconsin.
In his Senior campaign he threw for 1,758 yards and 14 TDs to just 4 picks.
Over his college career he completed 398 of 740 passes for 5,406 yards and 36 TDs (17 INT).
6th round pick of the New York Jets in 2003.
3rd string QB behind Chad Pennington and Vinny Testaverde that year.
Saw emergency action from time to time over his career with the Jets.
Traded to the Vikings in 2006.
Seldom saw the field over his career with the Vikings.
Signed by the Cowboys in 2008 and saw action after starter Tony Romo went down and backup Brad Johnson proved ineffective.
Joined the Lions in 2009 but didn’t make the squad.
Opted to play in the UFL with the Florida Tuskers.
Completed 121 of 179 passes for 1,518 yards and 14 TDs (3 INT) and compiling a 6-0 record as a starter.
Returned to the league in 2010, but beset by injuries… opted to retire after season.
Brooks dabbled in coaching after his pro days were over at both the high school level and briefly at the University of Pittsburgh.
ACCOLADES:
University of Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame 2017
UFL MVP 2009
NOTES:
Brooks had been on my list since the early days of TTMing. When I started creating these custom cards of the UFL back in 2010, I knew I wanted to get him eventually. I tried back in 2011 but failed, so I just bode my time and picked up these two additional cards.
I had a version of the card I printed out on flimsy card stock way, way back in 2011. Since I had improved the quality of the paper and print, I went ahead and reprinted it and his card came out nicely.
Celebrating the game, the players, the cards, and the autographs for over 25 years.
