2014 Panini Contenders Football preview

Some of the most anticipated rookie cards out of any on the NFL trading card release calendar are the Panini Contender Rookie Tickets. The talent-laden 2014 NFL draft class will get their version this January with the release of 2014 Panini Contenders Football. Boxes of Contenders will come five autograph with at least two of them featuring on-card signatures.

Rookie Tickets autograph will feature on-card signatures from 40 of the top NFL rookies. Parallel cards follow a unique system: Playoff Tickets (#’d to 199), Championship Tickets (#’d to 99), Cracked Ice Tickets (#’d to 22), Super Bowl Tickets (#’d 1/1) and Printing Plates (#’d 1/1).

Panini has packed more rookie autographs in Contenders with Rookie Ink and Rookie of the Year Contenders. Both of these sets also feature on-card signatures. Look for Gold (#’d to 99) and Holo Gold (#’d 1/1) parallels of the Rookie Ink autograph cards.

Alma Maters and Round Numbers insert cards contain dual signatures and are numbered to 25.

Veteran player signatures can be found in MVP Contenders Autographs (#’d to 25 or less) and Legendary Contenders Autographs (#’d to 10 or less).