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NFL, University of Texas

Ross, Aaron (2)

CARDS: Playoff Prestige 2007, Topps 2008, Press Pass 2007, Playoff 2007, UT Upper Deck 2011 HACK, Memorabilia
ACQUIRED: 2025, In Person

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

NOTES:

I fought my way through a torrential downpour and traffic from the north part of town all the way to New Braunfels to see Aaron. I had printed his hack card on a whim a few months ago since he had signed in person for me in the past. When I originally printed the card I made a mistake and hadn’t updated the back so I had to reprint it with the correct player information. Aaron really liked the hack card I gave him and he gave it to his son.

We talked briefly about the game that was played today (Vanderbilt) and how Texas toppled #7 all the way from #20. I also lamented about how people have been treating Arch- which he wholeheartedly agreed. As I left I realized that the hack card he signed for me in bronze had smeared. Luckily my friend Mark had a white eraser and we were able to take most of it off and have him resign it properly. It looks fantastic!

NFL

Orakpo, Brian (4)

CARDS: Topps Magic 2009, Topps 2014, Score 2019, Panini Donruss 2018, Score 2014, Bowman 2009, Panini 2019, UT Upper Deck 2011 HACK
ACQUIRED: IP, 2025

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

NOTES:

Brian’s been really good to fans over the years appearing around Austin for signings. I got a really late notice of this one, and had to choose between this signing and two to three others- proof positive that maybe, just maybe 5 years after COVID we’re getting back to normal with signings. After getting the blessing from my wife to go, I arrived a little early and then waited downstairs at the HEB. He then passed me by on the escalator so I went into hot pursuit mode and followed him to the event.

He was in a great mood. I gave him one of my Upper Deck UT 2011 HACK cards, and he loved it! I demonstrated that it was a ‘real card’- glossy and not with some flimsy thickness by banging it slightly on his arm. It was a last second idea to get these cards signed in bronze, but it turned out to be a stroke of genius as these autographs came out spectacular!

I had to dig to find the UT HACK card I did. I wasn’t too happy with how it turned out as the marquee was darker than I expected. Nonetheless with the autograph it vaults into my top three customs with an autograph.

We then talked for a few minutes about the card market, since he knows I’m a collector. (I got the impression he was thinking about investing in it either through participating in breaks or co-hosting one.) I am firmly of the belief based on the sets I collect and watch through eBay that the market is tapering off and I shared that with him. Also the fact there are just too many people making it too hard just to collect the sets they want, and how it used to be you’d go to the store, and buy a 20-30 dollar blaster and get 2 autographs. Now you’re lucky to get a parallel… Anyway it was such an illuminating conversation that I decided to take a photo with Rak!

NFL, University of Texas

Boyer, Nate

CARDS: University of Texas UD 2011 HACK
ACQUIRED: IP, 2024

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Nate Boyer took an interesting path to football, never having played an organized down of the sport before walking on to the University of Texas in 2011.
  • He spent multiple tours in Afghanistan and Iraq as a Green Beret before being discharged after 6 years of service.
  • Was the team’s primary long snapper for 38 consecutive games.
  • After going undrafted in 2015, he signed a free agent contract with the Seattle Seahawks.
  • Cut before the regular season ended.
  • Spoke out during the wave of protests during 2016, advising Colin Kaepernick it’d be more respectful to kneel for the national anthem instead of sit.
  • Has been involved in film and TV.
  • Appeared in the 2018 movie Den of Thieves as a secret agent.
  • Also appeared in Mayans MC as a military contractor.
  • Made his directorial debut in feature film with Secret of the Sinchanee.
  • In 2023, began hosting the Discovery Reality show Survive the Raft.

NOTES:

I honestly wasn’t too keen on Nate Boyer appearing in person, but my friends were eager to get him on something.

Boyer didn’t have any cards produced, so I figured a hack Monumental Moments would do the trick. I think I hit this one out of the park. I changed the plain looking ‘T’ logo to the ‘UT’ one. The only real complaint I had about this card was that in the photo the stadium seating cut off near the top, and so it looks like an error to the finely trained eye.

Nate really liked the card. -In fact, everyone liked the card. It caused such a stir that the 3 extra I had included quickly got traded away and other people started asking about these cards. One of the people there who works for a local card shop traded an extra card he had made of Boyer so I could have two different cards as well. I think Mark had a nice time soaking in all that positive energy for me that day.