{"product_id":"framed-autographed-signed-doug-flutie-35x39-boston-college-maroon-football-jersey-beckett-bas-coa","title":"Framed Autographed\/Signed Doug Flutie 35x39 Boston College Maroon Football Jersey Beckett BAS COA","description":"\u003cp\u003e🏈 \u003cstrong\u003eVintage Doug Flutie Framed Autographed Boston College Maroon Football Jersey Beckett BAS COA — 1984 Heisman Trophy Winner, The Hail Mary That Stopped the World, The Most Improbable Throw in College Football History, Authenticated in the Maroon of Boston College\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏈 November 23, 1984. Boston College Eagles versus the Miami Hurricanes. Six seconds left. BC trailing by three. The ball snapped. Doug Flutie dropping back. Throwing from beyond the 50-yard line toward the end zone. Gerard Phelan catching it for the touchdown. Final score: Boston College 47, Miami 45. The play that has been shown in highlight reels ever since — the Hail Mary that ended one of the most dramatic games in college football history — was thrown by a 5-foot-9 quarterback from a Boston-area school who had been told his entire career that he was too small to do what he was doing. This framed autographed Boston College maroon football jersey, authenticated by Beckett BAS, is the collectible that connects to that moment and to a career that defied every conventional scouting measurement. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🎓 \u003cstrong\u003eBoston College and the Heisman Trophy — 1984\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🎓 Doug Flutie won the 1984 Heisman Trophy — the award for the most outstanding player in college football — in a season that produced the single most famous individual play in the history of the award's winner class. He passed for 3,454 yards and 27 touchdowns during the 1984 season, leading Boston College to a 9-2 record and a berth in the Cotton Bowl. The Heisman was the formal recognition of a four-year BC career that had made him one of the most recognizable players in college football at a time when the sport's media visibility was still growing. The maroon jersey is the visual symbol of everything those four years at Boston College produced. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🤏 \u003cstrong\u003e5-Foot-9 — The Quarterback Nobody Was Supposed to Draft\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🤏 The conversation about Doug Flutie has always included the question of size. At 5-foot-9, he did not fit the physical profile that NFL evaluators preferred for starting quarterbacks. The USFL drafted him. The NFL drafted him. Neither fully believed he could be the answer at the professional level. So he went to the Canadian Football League, where the wider field and the different rules created more space for his mobility and arm strength to operate, and he proceeded to win six Grey Cup championships and become one of the most decorated players in CFL history. The maroon BC jersey represents the beginning of a story that was defined entirely by a player proving that the measurements were wrong. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏒 \u003cstrong\u003eA Career That Spanned Three Professional Leagues\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏒 Doug Flutie played professional football in the USFL, the CFL, and the NFL — a breadth of professional career that is unique in the sport's history. His NFL career included stints with the Chicago Bears, New England Patriots, Buffalo Bills, and San Diego Chargers. He remains one of the most recognizable figures in the history of the Buffalo Bills organization. His CFL career with the BC Lions, Calgary Stampeders, and Toronto Argonauts produced individual achievements that place him among the greatest players the Canadian game has produced. The framed maroon jersey captures the college chapter from which all of that professional longevity grew. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🔒 \u003cstrong\u003eBeckett BAS Authentication — Certified Genuine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🔒 Beckett Authentication Services (BAS) confirms that the signature on this Boston College maroon football jersey was applied in person by Doug Flutie. The BAS COA provides documented provenance and authentication at the standard required by the signed memorabilia market. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🖼️ \u003cstrong\u003eFramed for Display — The Maroon That Started Everything\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🖼️ The 35x39 framed format presents this autographed Boston College maroon football jersey as a finished display piece — wall-ready for a sports room, a football fan's office, or any space where one of the most dramatic individual career stories in college football history belongs on the wall. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏈🌟 Doug Flutie. Boston College Eagles. 1984 Heisman Trophy Winner. Autographed Maroon Football Jersey. Framed. Beckett BAS COA. Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia. 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