Las Vegas Raiders: Tim Brown enters the world of NFT’s
By Brad Weiss
Tim Brown is one of the most decorated wide receivers in football history, and the former Raiders star is now entering the world of NFT’s.
In college and professional football, there have been only ten men who have won the Heisman Trophy and then gone on to be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. One of those men is Tim Brown, the dynamic former Raiders wide receiver who carved out one of the more decorated careers in football history.
After a storied career with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Brown would go on to be a first-round pick of the Raiders, dominating early on, and becoming one of the greatest playmakers in team history. “Touchdown Timmy” rewrote the Raiders record book in terms of the wide receiver position, and became a top-10 player in NFL history in receptions, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns.
To celebrate his amazing career, Hall of Fame Resort and Entertainment Company in a partnership with Dolphin Entertainment and H2H, have worked with Brown to launch two NFTs (non-fungible tokens). These NFT’s were created by incredible artists and will be available on OpenSea.
One of the NFTs is a 1-of-1, and this one is a journey through his amazing career. The legend himself narrates some of the biggest moments of his life in football. Designed by Shane Griffin, this NFT is produced by Dolphin Entertainment, and also comes with a virtual meet-and-greet call from Tim to the auction winner’s person of choice, a personalized Notre Dame or Raiders official jersey, and two tickets to a future Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony of the winner’s choosing.
Brown will also have a second NFT, which will be numbered to 100 called “Playbooks”, and will show defining moments from his career, experienced through the visor of a helmet. The person who gets No. 100 of these playbooks will get a personalized Notre Dame or Raiders helmet.
We spoke with the Raiders legend on Monday
Speaking with Brown on Monday, he spoke about how he choose the moments to be included in his NFTs:
"With the moments, there are things that stand out, like winning the Heisman Trophy, and getting 1,000 catches. We were able to capture my time with the Raiders, at Notre Dame, and my high school, three incredible instituions."
Brown also discussed what it meant to be in the elusive group of ten to win the Heisman and go to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
"I had to google that when I heard about it. But seriously, to be the only wide receiver of this group, and to be able to do something like this for the fans, it is definitely special."
As someone who was seven when Brown was drafted and became a Raiders fan because of him in a household where my father was a Chargers fan, and my mom a Broncos fan, it was definitely cool to talk with him on Monday.
For more information, go to TimBrownNFTs.com. These will be available from May 17 through May 24.