Dan McGwire

• Sent: 7/1/10
• Received: 7/9/10
• Time: 8 days
• Autographed Items Received: 1991 Star Pics, 1991 Score

Oh, Dan McGwire! Unfortunately, he is widely regarded as one of the bigger "busts" of the NFL draft. I, however, have a soft spot for a lot of these so-called busts. It wasn't their fault that expectations got so high, and at the end of the day....these guys got to spend a year or two playing in the NFL. Every kid's dream and they got to live it. Sure, things may not have turned out the way they had planned or hope, but they still had their time. Dan McGwire was the 15th overall pick of the 1991 draft and was tabbed the Seahawks "QB of the future". A towering 6'8", he was one of the tallest quarterbacks ever and he enjoyed a great college career at San Diego State (with some guy named Marshall Faulk in the backfield). The college success did not translate, and McGwire only started a handful of games in his four seasons with the Seahawks and by his second year he was number three on the depth chart (behind those stellar NFL QB's Stan Gelbaugh and Kelly Stouffer). A final season as a reserve for the Miami Dolphins in 1995, and his career was over. Nowadays, he works for a vitamin water company and lives in Reno, NV.

Oh, and he had a brother that played a little baseball.

The 1991 Star Pics cards are favorites of mine and I think I might start hitting that set pretty hard soon. Back in 1993 or 1994, I picked up the complete set at the local card shop for $5. It has a whole lot of players who never really panned out, but it's also got some fun "pre-rookie" cards. I've got a handful already signed and they usually look great.