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University of Texas

Holloway, Tillman ‘T-Hollo’

University of Texas Upper Deck 2011, #71

CARD: University of Texas Upper Deck 2011
ACQUIRED: EBay, 2020

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Tillman Holloway was an impressive blocker for the University of Texas from 2000-03.
  • Was initially a strongside defensive end when recruited but switched to guard.
  • Started 37 games over his career- playing in 49.
  • Probably the best known UT player to wear #61.
  • Finished out strong in Senior season, earning First Team All-Big 12 accolades and was a Second Team All-American.
  • A finance major, currently works in the NFL sector.

NOTES:

Rounding out the certifieds from the UT Upper Deck 2011 set, Tillman was one I picked up on Ebay during the pandemic.

University of Texas

McEachern, Randy

University of Texas Upper Deck 2011, #33

CARD: University of Texas Upper Deck 2011
ACQUIRED: EBay, 2020

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • An all around accomplished athlete and track man, joined the Longhorns in 1974 as the heir apparent to Marty Akins, but didn’t see any action until 1977.

  • Rose from 4th on the depth chart to take over under center during the Red River Rivalry game, leading the Longhorns to an improbable win 13-6 over the Sooners.

  • Set numerous passing school records at the time, led the Longhorns to 2 bowl games, including a National Championship game in 1977, graduating with an 11-4 record.

ACCOLADES:

  • Texas Longhorns Athletics Ring of Honor

NOTES:

An appropriate photo, as Randy was just as well known as the quarterback who handed off to Earl Campbell. I decided to focus on this set as I was running thin on things to do during the COVID crisis, so I picked this one up cheap off of EBay. Randy has a small baseball diamond named after him in Austin, near Austin High School.

NFL, University of Texas

Roesler, Roger

Card: UT Upper Deck 2011
Acquired: TTM 2019, C/o Home
Sent: 10/22/19 Received: 2/20/2020 (122 days)
Failure: TTM 2019, C/o Home

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Roger played college ball at the University of Texas from 1996 to 1999 where he settled in at offensive guard.

  • A strong run blocker, he blocked up front for Priest Holmes and Ricky Williams while at UT.

  • He was named a 3rd team All-American in 1999 and a First Team All Big 12 lineman.

  • Roger went undrafted, and later signed a free agent contract with the Cincinnati Bengals, but was cut from the squad in 2000.

NOTES:

It took me a second try but I was able to track down Roger based off an old address that he had posted as part of his website. After the RTS came back, I was able to reverse engineer his address from there using a website address crawler.