Tampa Bay Rookie is officially on a Football Card

by JScott on May 19, 2008 10:02 PM EDT in News

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Rookie WR Dexter Jackson has finally made it to the big leagues. This past Saturday, the 2nd Round NFL Draft Pick took time out of his day to do a photo shoot for Donruss and Upper Deck trading card companies (What happened to Topps?). He was among several other NFL Draft Picks: Darren McFadden (Oakland), Matt Ryan (Atlanta), Jake Long (Miami), and DeSean Jackson (Philly) etc etc...

For DJax this was a surreal moment:

"It's crazy," said Tampa Bay receiver Dexter Jackson. "Just awhile ago we were in college uniforms, now we're in NFL uniforms. We're all happy to be here. It kind of sinks in when we're all together, seeing us all in different uniforms." - Frank Tadych of NFL.com

I don't know about you, but I'm happy to see DJax ~~flying~~ diving through the air for football card photos. I know Gruden's happy. Jackson missed a bit of time during the teams Rookie Mini-Camp, but should be raring to go during this weeks continuation of OTAs...

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Nice!

Love the shout out to the 87 Topps baseball series. I probably have thousands of those lying around from when I was young. I’ll never forget the wood border.

by The Bull Gator on May 20, 2008 10:44 AM EDT reply actions

that was

a Bo Jackson card I spoofed on… I was trying to find a Dexter Jackson Card (Super Bowl MVP) to make things easier on me, but they were to difficult to crop to… that border was sick right, ha!!

a couple years ago, i priced my cards, what a waste of time and money i had collected… Grant Hill, Anfernee Hardaway, Juan Gonzalez, Manny Ramirez, Frank Thomas, Marquis Grissom ,heh

Buc 'Em - Where a select few of Bucs Fans spend their time...

by JScott on May 20, 2008 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Scary...

...but I remember that Bo Jackson card. The funniest from that series could’ve been the Mark McGwire one. It had that little trophy in the bottom corner for a top rookie or something. But the best part was he must’ve weighed about 500 pounds less than he did at the end of his career.

by The Bull Gator on May 21, 2008 8:17 AM EDT up reply actions

its crazy how those select few ended up

Juan Gonzalez, Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire, and Jose Canseco… who would have thought it…

Buc 'Em - Where a select few of Bucs Fans spend their time...

by JScott on May 22, 2008 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions

Neh

I have that set sitting in a closet along with all of my other cards, some of the ugliest ever in my opinion

by ghosthippo on May 20, 2008 11:57 AM EDT reply actions

Oh I agree...

...but to be a classic, it doesn’t have to be pretty. I look back at most of the cards from that time and cringe, but it’s definitely something I will always remember.

by The Bull Gator on May 20, 2008 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions