Kevin Fagan played DL at the University of Miami (FL) from 1981-1985.
During the Sugar Bowl in 1986 he sustained a devastating knee injury.
The 49ers took a chance on him and drafted Kevin in the 4th round of the 1986 NFL Draft.
He’d spend his entire rookie season on IR.
Transitioned into the starting lineup and in 1989 had 7 sacks and 40 tackles.
Had his best season the following year with 63 tackles and 9.5 sacks.
In the 1990 post season, he’d lead the defensive line in tackles with 14.
Injuries slowly chipped away at his playing time and after 7 seasons in the NFL, Fagan retired from the league.
Went into coaching football and softball after retiring from the league.
Exclusively became a softball coach upon joining the College of Central Florida in 2014.
In 2020 was named the new softball head coach at Emmanuel College (GA).
ACCOLADES:
UM Sports Hall of Fame
Co-Winner of the 49ers’ Len Eshmont Award 1990
NOTES:
Well Kevin was signing at a relatively decent clip recently so I decided to take a shot and sent him a Fleer 90 and a Skybox 92. He sent me neither back and instead dropped in a hideous Upper Deck 1991- which was smeared. I ended up picking up this Fleer a bit later via eBay, but a disappointing exchange nevertheless.
After picking up a few cards of Johnny via the Canton Acquisition way back in 2012, I went ahead and decided to close him out on pretty much the rest of the cards I had of him. Upper Deck for once, though came through with a nice shot of Johnny splashing through a wet field. The color is also outstanding on this shot. -A true winner.
Both his Score and Fleer cards are also outstanding shots of a predator linebacker in motion. The Fleer however sorta cheated, using an older shot of Johnny (also seen in his Panini Stickers entry from 1989). Johnny has a really nice stylized autograph. I love how he loops the ‘M’ of his last name under the ‘eads’. Solid.
Since my original post, Tom has scaled back signing. He now only signs one card per request TTM. I was happy to add him on his Action Packed card, although I had other set needs such as his Fleer 1990. The Stadium Club and the Upper Deck cards were acquired through the Canton Acquisition when Bryan briefly got out of the card market. Not my favorite. Just part of the package.
Celebrating the game, the players, the cards, and the autographs for over 25 years.
