Jackson State Alumni Football Cards, page 5
| Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1978 Topps | 82 | Lem Barney | Detroit Lions | defensive back | Jackson State | Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1992 | The Lions retired jersey number 20 in 2004, in honor of Barney, Billy Sims, and Barry Sanders. See the Gallery's retired numbers page for the retired numbers of all of the NFL teams. | |
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1978 Topps | 105 | Harold Jackson | New England Patriots | wide receiver | Jackson State | |||
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1978 Topps | 135 | Coy Bacon | Cincinnati Bengals | defensive end | Jackson State | Bacon played for the USFL's Washington Federals in 1983. He scored the first points in USFL history--on a safety. | ||
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1978 Topps | 200 | Walter Payton | Chicago Bears | running back | Jackson State | College Hall of Fame 1996, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1993 | Payton's number 34 is one of fourteen jersey numbers that the Bears have retired. See the Gallery's retired numbers page for the retired numbers of all of the NFL teams. | |
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1978 Topps | 218 | Emanuel Zanders | New Orleans Saints | guard | Jackson State | |||
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1978 Topps | 254 | Rickey Young | San Diego Chargers | running back | Jackson State | This card shows Young with the Chargers, but the Chargers traded him to the Minnesota Vikings for Ed White in July of 1978. Young started hot for the Vikings: he led the NFL with 88 receptions for the season. | ||
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1978 Topps | 333 | Rushing Leaders | ||||||
| Walter Payton | Chicago Bears | running back | Jackson State | College Hall of Fame 1996, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1993 | |||||
| Mark van Eeghen | Oakland Raiders | running back | Colgate | ||||||
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1978 Topps | 334 | Scoring Leaders | ||||||
| Errol Mann | Oakland Raiders | kicker | North Dakota | ||||||
| Walter Payton | Chicago Bears | running back | Jackson State | College Hall of Fame 1996, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1993 | |||||
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1978 Topps | 337 | Robert Brazile | Houston Oilers | linebacker | Jackson State | Pro Football Hall of Fame 2018, Titans Ring of Honor 2018 | ||
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1978 Topps | 441 | Leon Gray | New England Patriots | tackle | Jackson State | Patriots Hall of Fame 2019 | ||
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1978 Topps | 442 | Jerome Barkum | New York Jets | tight end, wide receiver | Jackson State | |||
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1978 Topps | 487 | Eddie Payton | Detroit Lions | running back | Jackson State | Rookie card | ||
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1978 Topps | 504 | Bears Leaders | ||||||
| Allan Ellis | Chicago Bears | defensive back | UCLA | ||||||
| Walter Payton | Chicago Bears | running back | Jackson State | College Hall of Fame 1996, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1993 | |||||
| Ron Rydalch | Chicago Bears | defensive tackle | Utah | ||||||
| James Scott | Chicago Bears | wide receiver | Trinity Valley Community College | ||||||
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1978 Topps | 513 | Rams Leaders | ||||||
| Harold Jackson | Los Angeles Rams | wide receiver | Jackson State | ||||||
| Lawrence McCutcheon | Los Angeles Rams | running back | Colorado State | ||||||
| Bill Simpson | Los Angeles Rams | defensive back | Michigan State | ||||||
| Jack Youngblood | Los Angeles Rams | defensive end | Florida | College Hall of Fame 1992, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2001 | |||||
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1978 Topps | 524 | Chargers Leaders | ||||||
| Mike Fuller | San Diego Chargers | defensive back | Auburn | ||||||
| Gary Johnson | San Diego Chargers | defensive tackle | Grambling | Chargers Hall of Fame 1999 | |||||
| Charlie Joiner | San Diego Chargers | wide receiver | Grambling | Chargers Hall of Fame 1993, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1996 | |||||
| Rickey Young | San Diego Chargers | running back | Jackson State | ||||||
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1979 Coke Saints | 23 | Don Reese | New Orleans Saints | defensive end | Jackson State | Reese, Robert Brazile, and Rickey Young were teammates at Vigor High School in Prichard, Alabama. For more high school teammates who played in the NFL, see the Gallery's High School Teammates page. | ||
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1979 Coke Saints | 38 | Emanuel Zanders | New Orleans Saints | guard | Jackson State | nm-mt | ||
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1979 Coke Saints | 43 | Larry Hardy | New Orleans Saints | tight end | Jackson State | nm | ||
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1979 Stop N Go | 6 | Walter Payton | Chicago Bears | running back | Jackson State | College Hall of Fame 1996, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1993 | ||
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1979 Stop N Go | 7 | Robert Brazile | Houston Oilers | linebacker | Jackson State | Pro Football Hall of Fame 2018, Titans Ring of Honor 2018 | ||
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1979 Topps | 2 | 1978 NFL Leaders: Receiving | ||||||
| Steve Largent | Seattle Seahawks | wide receiver | Tulsa | Pro Football Hall of Fame 1995, Seahawks Ring of Honor 1989 | |||||
| Rickey Young | Minnesota Vikings | running back | Jackson State | ||||||
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1979 Topps | 3 | 1978 NFL Leaders: Rushing | ||||||
| Earl Campbell | Houston Oilers | running back | Texas | College Hall of Fame 1990, Heisman Trophy 1977, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1991, Titans Ring of Honor 1999 | |||||
| Walter Payton | Chicago Bears | running back | Jackson State | College Hall of Fame 1996, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1993 | |||||
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1979 Topps | 21 | Jerome Barkum | New York Jets | tight end, wide receiver | Jackson State | |||
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1979 Topps | 85 | Wilbert Montgomery | Philadelphia Eagles | running back | Jackson State, Abilene Christian | College Hall of Fame 1996 | Rookie card Montgomery led the NFL with 2006 yards from scrimmage in 1979. |
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1979 Topps | 132 | Bears Team Leaders | ||||||
| Gary Fencik | Chicago Bears | defensive back | Yale | ||||||
| Alan Page | Chicago Bears | defensive tackle | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1993, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1988, Vikings Ring of Honor 1998 | |||||
| Walter Payton | Chicago Bears | running back | Jackson State | College Hall of Fame 1996, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1993 | |||||
| James Scott | Chicago Bears | wide receiver | Trinity Valley Community College | ||||||