Top NFL Rookies Help Panini America Make a Mark at the 2015 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl

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Top NFL Rookies Help Panini America Make a Mark at the 2015 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl

Jan 16th 2015, 15:48, by Tracy Hackler

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Tomorrow afternoon inside the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif., some of the nation’s top draft-eligible players will showcase their wares during the 2015 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl. Astute fans and collectors will no doubt be watching to see if they can grab an early glimpse at next season’s top rookies. But it’s this season’s top rookies — including Teddy Bridgewater, Mike Evans, Jordan Matthews, Tre Mason and more — who have spent the days leading up to Saturday’s game making their mark on some of Panini America’s final products of the 2014 NFL trading card season.
For the second straight year, Panini America officials are using the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl as an opportunity to bring special guests from the current rookie crop to serve as game ambassadors — and to sign some of the final trading cards of their rookie seasons. In addition to the aforementioned stars in attendance, Panini America also hosted Jarvis Landry, John Brown, Martavis Bryant, Andre Williams, Allen Hurns, Brandin Cooks, Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Branden Oliver and Bishop Sankey. The result? Only some of the sweetest autographed cards of the entire season.

Products on the to-sign list this week included 2014 Immaculate Football, 2014 Spectra Football and any outstanding redemptions from earlier releases. But it was the many jaw-droppers coming to 2014 Black Gold Football that seemed to resonate most — with the players themselves and with the fans and collectors who got their first glances Wednesday night on the Panini America Twitter and Instagram feeds. You can check out a must-see gallery of some of the week’s highlights in the gallery below.
Today, in between any last-minute signing sessions, be on the lookout for many of the rookies making the TV and radio rounds in support of Panini America and the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl. Stay tuned to The Knight’s Lance for additional coverage. For now, though, simply enjoy the eye candy . . .

[skipfreely]

Boo more 2012 Bridgewater jerseys.

[deltapi1049]

The ones that were ripped off from the Strata Clear Cut concept are awesome, but I needed to run for a barf bag for the Spectra and other Black Gold cards.

Seriously, they really decided that a card modeled after a cut autograph looks good? Scary thing is, that isnt even the ugliest card in the preview thanks to those Spectra cards. Good god.

On the other hand, Immaculate continues to look awesome.

Panini and their stupid decisions on design. WHO ELSE IS SUPER DUPER EXCITED FOR 2016?!? Stab me in the face.

[Pot Roast]

Originally Posted by skipfreely

Boo more 2012 Bridgewater jerseys.

you mean Jarius Wright jerseys!

[Jnb0123]

Originally Posted by deltapi1049

The ones that were ripped off from the Strata Clear Cut concept are awesome, but I needed to run for a barf bag for the Spectra and other Black Gold cards.

Seriously, they really decided that a card modeled after a cut autograph looks good? Scary thing is, that isnt even the ugliest card in the preview thanks to those Spectra cards. Good god.

On the other hand, Immaculate continues to look awesome.

Panini and their stupid decisions on design. WHO ELSE IS SUPER DUPER EXCITED FOR 2016?!? Stab me in the face.

I personally love all the black gold cards that iv seen so far, except the tre mason shield card looks like the auto may be smeared:/

[Crazybella8]

Bridgewater looks absolutely thrilled to be there! Lol!!

[ILOVEBEER]

Originally Posted by Crazybella8

Bridgewater looks absolutely thrilled to be there! Lol!!

"More cards? Christ, what do these guys do with them?"