Maurice Jones-Drew Rookie Card
The diminutive running back of the Jacksonville Jaguars is the illustrious Maurice Jones-Drew. I say diminutive tongue in cheek, because what he lacks in height he makes up in impressive body size. Dudes legs are impressive and a force to be reckoned with. Given his first few years in the league, the Maurice Jones-Drew rookie card is sure to be a sought after commodity for years to come.
Overshadowed when he entered the NFL by the poster boy Reggie Bush, Jones-Drew has done nothing but produce since stepping on the NFL football field. While Reggie Bush has dealt with injuries and unmet expectations (his recent Super Bowl ring aside) Maurice has done nothing but produce since day 1. His 15 touchdowns his rookie year made people stand up and take notice.
What they noticed was an extremely powerful runner that also had blazing speed. Seen often breaking large plays from seemingly nothing his rookie year it wasn’t unheard of for him to run a few touchdowns in a game. The fact that he was able to produce so heavily given that he was splitting time with a likely Hall of Fame running back in Fred Taylor is all the more impressive. Jones-Drew has made the league step up and take notice.
While running backs often succumb to a sophomore slump in terms of their stats, Jones-Drew had no such step back in his 2nd year as he ended with another 9 touchdowns to go with over 1,100 yards from scrimmage. Given that this is by far his least productive touchdown year you can see why people are hankering to find his football cards for sale throughout the nation.
In 2008 he was back to his old productive self and punched the ball in another 14 times and stepped up with a combined almost 1,400 yards in rushing and receiving. The time had finally come for the Jaguars to say goodbye to the talented Fred Taylor and feature MJD. Thankfully for Jacksonville he didn’t disappoint and ended the 2009, his first as a feature and sole back in the NFL, with 16 touchdowns and over 1,700 all purpose yards. The sky is the limit for Maurice and football card collectors should stand up and take notice.
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