What: 2017 Panini Certified football cards
Arrives: July 26
Box basics: Four autos or mem cards per 10-pack box (24 boxes per case via two inners)
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What’s buzz-worthy: Certified hits the gridiron once again with this year’s rookie class getting the big focus in this one along with a new crisp look.
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
Some of the first on-card autos penned by the 37 new NFL rookies at this year’s NFLPA Rookie Premiere will have a home inside packs soon.
They’ll be found in this year’s National Sports Collectors Convention promo packs.
NFLPA Rookie Premiere kicks off today in Los Angeles and the first glimpses of the autographing action are in.
Your first signer of those images teased so far from Panini America is former Tennessee and future New Orleans Saints RB Alvin Kamara.
We’ve also got our first glimpses at 2017 Panini Origins, which will have Photoshopped action images of players in NFL uniforms that will be signed during this weekend’s event. Keep reading for a look.
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This year’s NFLPA Rookie Premiere kicks off on Thursday with signings, photo sessions and more all planned to help you get NFL cards of the league’s newest stars in their new uniforms as soon as possible.
Besides the NFL’s exclusive card-maker, Panini America, the 40 players at the event also will work with other companies and sponsors — a roster that includes Fanatics, Fanatics Authentic, Nike, EA SPORTS, Pepsi and New Era among others — during the event that will run into the weekend.
“This is a tremendous opportunity for our players and partners to interact in an intimate setting,” said Ahmad Nassar, the president of NFL Players Inc. “For 23 years, NFLPA Rookie Premiere has been the foundation of players learning about the business and benefits of their union, as they begin their journey into the league. Putting their personalities and passions on display in front of the right brands, allows their stories to spread to a wider audience, while reinforcing what the NFLPA is about – benefitting the players.”
Most-important to collectors here? The NFLPA released the formal list of players expected to be at the event.
Flawless, Immaculate Collection and National Treasures.
Those are the high-end brands that will be arriving this coming card season from Panini America with a collegiate twist as the company pulled back the curtain on a number of the cards before they are signed in less than two weeks at the NFLPA Rookie Premiere.
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