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NFL

Gaffney, Jabar (2)

Topps Total 2003, #141
Upper Deck Houston Texans 2002, #HT2

CARD: Topps Total 2003, Upper Deck Houston Texans Inaugural Team Set 2002
ACQUIRED: 2020, Future Considerations. TTM 2020, C/o Home
SENT: 8/19 RECEIVED: 9/3 (15 days)
FAILURE: TTM 2010, C/o Redskins

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

NOTES:

Chris and I are big Texans fans and from time to time we’ve helped each other out with players. Since he lives there in the area and had worked around the organization, he’s had unprecedented access to the team. He sent me this autograph as thanks for my help over the years.

The Houston Texans inaugural set has become a big set need for me over the years, and as I can nickle and dime into a few of these players, I am so happy to add them to the set of autographs TTM. I took a shot in the dark and was happy to get this card back signed from him.

NFL

Lewis, Jermaine (2)

Upper Deck Houston Texans Inaugural Season 2002, #HT-1

CARD: Upper Deck Houston Texans Inaugural Season 2002
ACQUIRED: 2024, Paid Signing

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Jermaine Lewis played WR at Maryland from 1992-’95.
  • Over his college time with the Terrapins, he amassed 193 receptions for 2932 yards and 21 TDs.
  • Saw a little bit of time in college as a return man with 22 kr for 529 yards, and 24 pr for 288 yards and 2 TDs.
  • Drafted in the 5th round of the 1996 NFL draft by the Baltimore Ravens.
  • Clocking in at 5’7″, 183 Lewis became well known as an electrifying punt return man.
  • In 1997, he had 28 punt returns for 437 yards and 2 TDs.
  • His 15.6 yards per return led the NFL.
  • He also had a total of 2025 All-Purpose Yards.
  • In 1998 he had 32 returns for 405 yards and 2 TDs.
  • He led the NFL in returns in ’99, posting 57 for 452.
  • During 2000 he had 36 returns for 578 yards and 2 TDs.
  • His 16.1 yards per punt return led the NFL.
  • Then he clocked a league leading 42 returns for a league leading 519 yards, and a total of 1,623 All-Purpose Yards in 2001.
  • Left exposed in the 2002 Houston Texans Expansion Draft he was selected with their 6th pick.
  • The Texans also used him primarily as a return man.
  • After a season in H-Town, Jermaine finished his career spending his final two seasons in Jacksonville.
  • He finished his career with 10,170 All-Purpose Yards and 6 punt return TDs.

ACCOLADES:

  • All-Pro 1998
  • Pro Bowl 1998, ’01

NOTES:

I was excited when the Texans selected Jermaine Lewis. The team and myself thought he could be an early electric and dynamic playmaker that Houston could use, but it didn’t work out that way.

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See Also: Jermaine Lewis

I knew it. That promoter from 2021 was flat out lying to me.

All I had to do was wait around for an additional year and wow, there’s Jermaine Lewis doing another signing for the same price. Sent the card in. No questions asked. And boom- done.

Again if he’s still around: Don’t do business with IPO Sports Marketing.

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Boselli, Tony

udmvp02 tboselliCards: Upper Deck 2002 MVP, Upper Deck Inaugural Houston Texans 2002
Acquired: 2012, C/o Home
Sent:   3/25/2012      Received: 7/28/16  (1586 days)

Wow. Tony Boselli really made me wait on this one, signing 2 cards in almost 1600 days.  You have to hand it to the mailman. Just as you think they are stealing your mail, you get a long shot wait like this one.

Tony Boselli was the anchor of the Jacksonville Jaguar franchise at left tackle. He was their first draft choice in 1995, and quickly established a reputation as one of the finest linemen in the NFL. A very popular player during his tenure in Jacksonville, he provided a much needed face and leader to the young franchise as it matured under Tom Coughlin’s watch. A 5 time Pro Bowler from 1996-2000, and 3 time All Pro from 1997-1999, Boselli was named to the 1990’s All Decade NFL Team. He’d sign a massive, new contract with the Jaguars, but by 2001 the injuries and weightlifting had caught up with him.  It was possible that Tony’s bad shoulder might end his career.

Facing salary cap hell, the Jaguars made Tony available for the Houston Texans Expansion Draft in 2002. The deal was, if the Texans took Boselli’s massive contract hit, they’d leave NT Seth Payne and DE Gary Walker on the table for the Texans to draft as well.  For the Texans, the risk was Boselli might never be able to return form and Houston  would have to absorb his salary cap hit.  It seemed that the benefits outweighed the risk, so the Texans selected Boselli first overall during the expansion draft. He’d be the first and only player in the history of the league selected first by two expansion franchises.  The Texans immediately trotted Tony out as an ambassador of the franchise. He’d appear in numerous photoshoots and in pads touting the young Texans franchise, but as time and seasons passed, it became more and more obvious that Boselli was not going to see the field again.

He’d retire from football in 2004 or 2005,  and sign a one day contract to retire as a Jaguar in 2006, and joined the Pride of the Jaguars Hall of Fame. While Tony has been nominated numerous times as a preliminary candidate for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, he never made it past the first round until 2016 where he made it to the final round.  Perhaps due to his injury history, short career, playing for a smaller market, and at a relatively unglamorous position, has kept Boselli out of the Hall at this point, but in the meantime that has not slowed him down any.

A humanitarian at heart, Tony has his own charitable organization, and gives back to the community primarily in the Jacksonville area. He coaches football and does color commentary as well and was a minority owner at one point of the Austin Wranglers of the Arena Football League.  A savvy businessman, he owns some local Whataburger franchises, and a marketing company.

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