CARDS: Upper Deck 2011 College Football Legends, Upper Deck 2011 College Football Legends Decade’s Best, Upper Deck 2011 College Football Legends Bowl Game Heroes, Upper Deck 2011 College Football Legends NCAA All-Americans ACQUIRED: TTM 2023, C/o Home SENT: 6/12 RECEIVED: 6/26 (14 days)
Greg had some fantastic Upper Deck College Football Legends cards I wanted to get signed. The Decade’s Best and Bowl Game Heroes are some great inserts. Too bad he signed on the back of the Bowl Game Hero card…
Upper Deck College Legends 2011, #56Upper Deck College Legends 2011, #BGH-GB
CARDS: Upper Deck College Legends 2011, Upper Deck College Legends 2011 Bowl Game Heroes ACQUIRED: TTM 2023, C/o Home SENT: 1/11 RECEIVED: 1/28 (17 days)
CAREER SNAPSHOT:
Played Quarterback for UCLA from 1965-1967
Threw for 4087 yards and 23 TDs (23 INT) on 465 attempts (243 completions) over college career.
Was a dual rushing threat, running for 1271 career yards and 35 TDs on 462 carries.
Rushed for a career high 590 yards and 14 TDs, while passing for 1483 yards and 9 TDs in 1965.
Threw for 8 TDs and 1359 yards, for a career high 55.8 completion percentage (87/156), while rushing for 227 yards and 11 TDs in 1967.
Selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the 1968 NFL/AFL Draft, but would be traded to the Washington Redskins after the team couldn’t agree on contract terms with Beban.
Sat on the bench behind Sonny Jurgensen and was released in 1970.
Signed with the Broncos, but was cut in camp and retired soon afterwards.
ACCOLADES:
Heisman Trophy Winner 1967
UCLA Bruins Jersey Number Retired (#16)
Unanimous All-American 1967
Rose Bowl HoF
UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
NOTES:
Gary is a legend at UCLA, but over the years, he’s signed less and less due to the resell market that exists pervasively on EBay and in other places. (In fact, he’s gone so far as to discourage people from writing him due to this problem.) These cards were awesome, and I have always liked this set to some degree, so I took a shot in the dark at him. There had been very little TTM activity on him over the last few years so, I thought no risk, no reward right? I was so happy to get these two cards back from him emblazoned with a Heisman inscription.
I’ve started getting a little too conservative with my send outs, trying to up my successes and success percentage, and I realize I’ve grown a bit bored because of it. Beban is one of those players, I should’ve written sooner and you just don’t find in every fan’s collection.
CARD: Upper Deck College Legends 2011 ACQUIRED: EBay, 2020
CAREER SNAPSHOT:
Kendall Hunter played college ball for the OSU Cowboys from 2007-10.
In both 2008 and 2010 he rushed for over 1,500 yards, and had over 20 catches.
He was named as a finalist for the Doak Walker Award in his senior season, and finished his career with 4,181 yards and 37 TDs on 708 carries.
Due primarily to his size, 5’7″, 199, Hunter wouldn’t be selected until the 3rd round of the 2011 draft by the San Fransisco 49ers.
During his time in the league from 2011-2015, Hunter saw action in 45 contests, starting 1 in his rookie year.
He had a career high 473 yards on 112 carries and 16 catches for 195 yards.
Used primarily as a 3rd down or as a change of pace back, Kendall ran for 1202 yards on 262 carries for the 9ers.
Was released after the 2014 season, when he spent the entire year on IR due to a knee injury.
Signed with the Saints in 2015, late in the year to spell injured Mark Ingram.
Briefly joined the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL in 2017, but retired soon thereafter.
NOTES:
Who knows how Kendall would’ve performed if he was shoved into a role with a team that used him as a primary back in a run n shoot or spread set up? He definitely had a set of wheels on him, and some great college number to prove it.
RUSH
YDS
AVG
TD
LG
263
1204
4.6
7
45
REC
YDS
AVG
TD
LG
27
268
9.9
0
44
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