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Hampton, Lorenzo

CARDS: Pro Set 1989, Score 1989
ACQUIRED: TTM 2022, C/o Home
SENT: 5/4 RECEIVED: 5/20 (16 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Played 4 years at Florida, rushing for 1,993 yards and 15 TDs, and catching 56 passes for 655 yards and 3 TDs.
  • Played on same team as notable RBs Neal Anderson and John L Williams.
  • First round pick of the Dolphins in 1985, as the 27th player overall.
  • Had 369 yards and 3 TDs, finishing 3rd on the team in rushing.
  • Returned 45 kicks for 1,020 yards- with the 45 returns tying a club record.
  • In ’86 rushed for 830 yards on 186 carries, with 9 TDs- the entirety of the Dolphins rushing TD total.
  • In a 45-3 win over the Jets that season, ran for a career high 148 yards on 19 carries (2 TDs), catching 5 passes for 40 yards and an additional TD.
  • Dolphins were still looking for a bell cow RB to pair with All-Pro Dan Marino, and in ’89 they drafted Sammie Smith.
  • Joined the Cowboys in 1990 but was cut at the end of camp.
  • Over career played in 70 games, starting 34.

NOTES:

Lorenzo makes an appearance in the all time classic Nintendo game Tecmo Bowl as the ball carrier for the Dolphins only rush play.

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Vaughan, Dustin

Cards: Crown Royale 2014, Panini Optic 2014, Topps AAF 2019 Red Parallel (88/99), Topps AAF 2019 Certified
Acquired: TTM 2019, C/o Home
Sent: 5/3 Received: 5/9 (6 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Dustin Vaughan played QB for West Texas A&M from 2010-13.
  • In 2013, finished as the runner up for the Harlon Hill Award, shattering NCAA passing records with 5,401 passing yards.
  • His 54 TDs that season were also a school record.
  • Went unselected but was immediately signed by the Dallas Cowboys after the 2014 Draft.
  • Cut shortly after making the Cowboys regular season roster as the team decided to go with 2 QBs for the season.
  • Over the next few years, spent time as an offseason addition to the Bills (2015), Steelers (2016), and Ravens (2016-17).
  • Joined the AAF as a territorial allocation of the San Antonio Commanders in 2018/9.
  • Commanders selected Vaughan as their #1 pick in the AAFs Pick or Protect Draft.
  • Team viewed Vaughan as the ‘QB of their Future’.
  • Finished as the Commanders’ 3rd string QB behind Logan Woodside and Marquise Williams.

NOTES:

Dustin didn’t really any playing time besides some relief duty in the Commanders’ romp over the Hotshots in Arizona, but as he was the team’s #1 pick, he got all the accoutrements afforded to him such as a trading card and a jersey. -The jersey was probably a life lesson to a lot of people. Before the team even hit the field, there were people buying them anticipating the Vaughan era to begin in SA, but the team and league were very quiet about the starting lineup. It wasn’t until actual game day that it was revealed that Woodside was the starter. I just remember how surreal it was walking around the outside of the stadium and people were buying and wearing these hundred dollar jerseys of a guy who didn’t even start a game.

Hester, Jessie (2)

Gameday 1992, #29

CARDS: Pro Set 1990 Update, Skybox 1992, Gameday 1992
ACQUIRED: TTM 2022, C/o Home
SENT: 7/6 RECEIVED: 12/13 (160 days)
FAILURE: 2010, C/o Home

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

NOTES:

Yes! At long last another retry reply in Jessie Hester. Jessie was one of my very first failures from way back in 2010. I thought that I had sent to him multiple times in between 2010 and 2022, but apparently I had not. He had some great cards that I appealed to, especially the classic shot of him from Pro Set’s 1990 Update. (An Action Packed 1992 and Pro Set 1991 were sacrificed to the mail gods in the previous attempt.) The Gameday and the Skybox cards over the year became particular set needs and all of them are welcome additions to the collection.