1985 Topps USFL Generals legend Doug Flutie.

He wasn’t supposed to be great. Too short, not built right, always told he wouldn’t last. But in 1984 at Boston College, he kept winning anyway. Last game of the season against powerhouse Miami, seconds left, one final play from way too far out. Flutie scrambles, throws it as time runs out, just heaves it up. Somehow his guy comes down with it in the end zone. Game over. That throw wins him the Heisman and turns him into a legend. Whole story kind of sums him up, everyone says no, and he just does it anyway.

Reggie White, the “Minister of Defense” shunned the NFL to play for the Memphis Showboats of the USFL. At one point I had his First Professional Jersey on consignment in my shop. He wore it one time and it was too tight so he asked for a new one. The salesman kept it and we sold it for $800 in the late 1990’s. That jersey would be $$$$$ now.

My brother-in-law passed this along to me. Cards have lived in the box most of their life. Condition looks to be at least near mint on all of the cards. Some NFL Hall of Famers in here. Reggie White. Jim Kelly. Doug Williams. Gary Clark. Steve Young. Herschel Walker. I’ve put them in a binder and added penny sleeves for the aforementioned studs. More pics in replies.

There were a few greats that started out in the USFL - most notably Jim Kelly and Hershel Walker. These card were massively impossible to graded well, but they sure are cool!

Future Bills legend