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One of football’s favorite all-time trading card brands will join forces with one of the most prolific rookie classes in recent NFL history to create a star-studded and stacked 2014 Contenders Football. The perennial, ink-packed powerhouse is slated to release in early January with a hobby version that will deliver five autographs per box (with at least two on-card).
Each hobby box also will yield an average insert haul that includes two Rookie of the Year Contenders, two Draft Class, two Round Numbers, one MVP Contenders, one Legendary Contenders, two Touchdown Tandems and two additional inserts or parallels.
But Contenders Football always has been about one thing: The Autographed Rookie Tickets. For 2014, that Rookie Ticket roster includes 40 on-card RPS signers and a tiered parallel structure featuring versions numbered to 199 (Playoff Tickets), 99 (Championship Tickets), 22 (Cracked Ice Tickets) and only one (Super Bowl Tickets and Printing Plates).
Other highlights from one of the industry’s favorite sets . . .
- Dual autographs in the Alma Mater and Round Numbers inserts with versions numbered to 25 or less.
- The popular Rookie Ink insert returns featuring on-card autographs of the 40 top rookies who appeared at the 2014 NFLPA Rookie Premiere on base, Gold (numbered to 99 or less) and Holo Gold (numbered to only one) versions.
- Rookie of the Year Contenders on-card autographs.
- The brand-favorite MVP Contenders Autographs (numbered to 25 or less) and Legendary Contenders Autographs (numbered to 10 or less).
We’ll have plenty more on 2014 Contenders Football in the coming days right here on The Knight’s Lance, including an update on the retail version of the product. For now, though, check out this extended sneak peek at the product that includes some of the early autograph returns from 2014 NFL Draft headliners Kelvin Benjamin and Teddy Bridgewater.
All information is accurate at the time of posting – content is subject to change. Card images are solely for the purpose of design display. Actual images used on cards to be determined.
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