🏈 Earl Campbell Signed University of Texas Longhorns Orange Football Jersey Beckett BAS COA Framed 35x39 — The Tyler Rose — Born Tyler, Texas — 1977 Heisman Trophy Winner — Houston Oilers 1st Overall Pick 1978 — 3x NFL Rushing Champion — NFL MVP 1979 — Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 1991 — Beckett BAS Certified Autograph

🏈 An Earl Campbell signed University of Texas Longhorns orange football jersey, authenticated by Beckett BAS (Beckett Authentication Services) Certificate of Authenticity and presented in a 35x39 museum-quality framed display. Earl Campbell — the Tyler Rose, the most powerful and unstoppable running back in the history of the University of Texas program and one of the most physically dominant runners in NFL history — signed this burnt orange Longhorns jersey that represents the college chapter of his career before the Oilers and before the Hall of Fame. Beckett BAS certified genuine. Condition: NOS.

🌟 Tyler, Texas — The Tyler Rose — Born March 29, 1955 — The East Texas Product Who Ran Over Everyone Who Tried to Tackle Him

Earl Campbell was born March 29, 1955, in Tyler, Texas — the county seat of Smith County in East Texas, a city whose name in the sports world is synonymous with the player who grew up there and became its most celebrated athlete. The 'Tyler Rose' nickname combined the city's famous rose industry — Tyler is known as the Rose Capital of the World, sitting in the midst of the East Texas rose-growing belt that supplies a significant share of the American commercial rose market — with the elegance and beauty of the flower applied as an ironic counterpoint to Campbell's running style, which was anything but delicate. He ran through tacklers rather than around them, absorbed contact that would have ended other running backs' plays and continued forward, and made the downhill power run an art form at the University of Texas before doing the same thing for the Houston Oilers. Condition: NOS.

⭐ University of Texas Longhorns — Fred Akers — 1977 Heisman Trophy — The Greatest Running Back in Texas History

Earl Campbell played for the University of Texas Longhorns under head coach Fred Akers and was named the 1977 Heisman Trophy winner — the award given to college football's best individual player, presented to Campbell after a season in which his combination of power, speed, and durability made him not only the best player in the Southwest Conference but the most compelling individual argument for the Heisman in the country. His career at Texas defined what the burnt orange Longhorns running game could produce when built around the right back — a physical standard against which all subsequent Texas running backs have been measured. The orange jersey in this listing is the uniform of that era's Longhorns program, the color Campbell wore in Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium before the professional career that followed. Condition: NOS.

🏆 Houston Oilers — 1st Overall Pick 1978 — 3x NFL Rushing Champion — NFL MVP 1979 — Pro Football Hall of Fame 1991

The Houston Oilers selected Earl Campbell with the first overall pick in the 1978 NFL Draft — the franchise quarterback of their era in the running back position — and in his professional debut season he won the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award, the first of three consecutive NFL rushing championships (1978, 1979, 1980), and established himself as the most dominant back in the sport. In 1979 he was named the NFL MVP — a running back winning the MVP during an era of evolving passing games, a statement of how dominant his individual performance had been relative to every other player in the league. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1991. The burnt orange Longhorns jersey signed by the Tyler Rose and certified by Beckett BAS is the college artifact of the player who took all of that with him to Houston. Condition: NOS.

📦 Item Details

Item: Earl Campbell Signed University of Texas Longhorns Orange Football Jersey. Display: Framed, 35x39 inches. Authentication: Beckett BAS (Beckett Authentication Services) Certificate of Authenticity. Athlete: Earl Campbell, "The Tyler Rose." Born: March 29, 1955, Tyler, Texas. University: University of Texas Longhorns. Award: 1977 Heisman Trophy. NFL Draft: 1978, 1st overall, Houston Oilers. Accolades: 3x NFL rushing champion (1978-80); NFL MVP 1979; Pro Football HOF 1991. Condition: NOS.

🏈⭐ Tyler. Texas. East Texas. The rose fields. The Tyler Rose. The nickname. The irony. Born 1955. University of Texas. Burnt orange. The Longhorns. Fred Akers. 1977. The Heisman. The best player in college football. 1978. The NFL Draft. Pick one. Overall. Houston. The Oilers. The power runs. The broken tackles. 1978. 1979. 1980. Three rushing titles. Three years in a row. 1979. The NFL MVP. A running back. The best player in professional football. 1991. Canton. The Hall of Fame. The Tyler Rose bronzed. Beckett BAS certified. The burnt orange jersey signed. Condition: NOS.