This event allows the three licensed trading card companies, Upper Deck, Donruss Playoff and Topps to photograph rookies and collect autographs for future card releases.

The schedule for the event is as follows:

May 15: Autograph Session at Beverly Hills Baseball Card Shop with DeSean Jackson and Kevin O’Connell

May 16: Youth Football Clinics and EA Sports Rookie Madden Bowl

May 17: Upper Deck and Donruss photo shoots

May 18: Topps photo shoots

The rookies scheduled to attend are:

Donnie Avery – St. Louis, WR
Earl Bennett – Chicago, WR
John David Booty – Minnesota, QB
Brian Brohm – Green Bay, QB
Andre Caldwell – Cincinnati, WR
Jamaal Charles – Kansas City, RB
Glenn Dorsey – Kansas City, DT
Early Doucet III – Arizona, WR
Harry Douglas – Atlanta, WR
Joe Flacco – Baltimore, QB
Matt Forté – Chicago, RB
James Hardy – Buffalo, WR
Chad Henne – Miami, QB
DeSean Jackson – Philadelphia, WR
Dexter Jackson – Tampa Bay, WR
Chris Johnson – Tennessee, RB
Felix Jones – Dallas, RB
Dustin Keller – New York Jets, TE
Malcolm Kelly – Washington, WR
Jake Long – Miami, T
Mario Manningham – New York Giants, WR
Darren McFadden – Oakland, RB
Rashard Mendenhall – Pittsburgh, RB
Jordy Nelson, Green Bay, WR
Kevin O’Connell – New England, QB
Ray Rice – Baltimore, RB
Eddie Royal – Denver, WR
Matt Ryan – Atlanta, QB
Jerome Simpson – Cincinnati, WR
Steve Slaton – Houston, RB
Kevin Smith – Detroit, RB
Jonathan Stewart – Carolina, RB
Limas Sweed – Pittsburgh, WR
Devin Thomas – Washington, WR

The cards feature autographed embossed logos of rookies from this year’s draft. The rookies signed the logos during the NFL Rookie Premier. There are two versions, a base foil card with a signature, standard swatch and serial-numbered out of 25 and a holographic version featuring a signature, prime swatch and serial-numbered out of 10.

]]> http://www.sportscardworld.com/2007/09/17/unannounced-autograph-insert-in-playoff-absolute/feed/ 0 http://www.sportscardworld.com/2007/09/11/2007-etopps-football-debuts/ http://www.sportscardworld.com/2007/09/11/2007-etopps-football-debuts/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:36:34 +0000 Admin http://www.sportscardworld.com/2007/09/11/2007-etopps-football-debuts/ Topps has launched the 2007 eTopps Football product line. On Monday, they made available 5 cards for this year’s set. The highlight from these first five is rookie Adrian Peterson who had over 100 yards rushing in his debut and a 60 yard receiving touchdown.

The cards released on Monday are as follows:

These cards will be on sale from Monday 9/10/07 until Thursday 9/13/07 1:00 PM ET

The grand prize includes two game tickets, hotel and airfare. Ten runner-ups will receive an autographed mini-helmet from NFL rookies. 20 second place winners will receive a 2007 Score football factory set.

Collectors can enter by sending in an entry card found exclusively in 2007 Score Football at Walmart or a 3 1/2″ x 5″ piece of paper mailed to NFL “Game In London, England” Sweepstake, 2300 E. Randol Mill Rd., Arlington, TX 76011-6333.

Donruss will be distributing a special six card set during the game. The set will include Eli Manning, Steve Smith, Jeremy Shockey, Jason Taylor, Ted Ginn Jr. and Ronnie Brown.

]]> http://www.sportscardworld.com/2007/08/21/donruss-to-offer-trip-card-set-in-london/feed/ 0 http://www.sportscardworld.com/2007/08/13/donruss-produces-set-for-dallas-cowboys-kids-club/ http://www.sportscardworld.com/2007/08/13/donruss-produces-set-for-dallas-cowboys-kids-club/#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:44:55 +0000 Admin http://www.sportscardworld.com/2007/08/13/donruss-produces-set-for-dallas-cowboys-kids-club/ Donruss has announced that they are producing a special 6-card set for members of the Dallas Cowboys Kids Fan Club. The players featured in the set will be Tony Romo, Terry Glenn, Jason Witten, DeMarcus Ware, Roy Williams and Terence Newman.

Every child that registers will receive the following Cowboys collector items:

• Personalized welcome letter from Jerry Jones
• Rowdy Rookies exclusive Donruss football cards
• Autographed 8 x 10 by Rowdy (The Official Mascot of the Dallas Cowboys)
• 8 x 10 Official membership certificate
• Drawstring bag with the Rowdy Rookies logo
• Rowdy Rookies coloring book
• Rowdy Rookies sticker set
• Die-cut Rowdy Rookies logo sticker
• Logo button with Rowdy Rookies logo
• Rowdy logo fridge magnet
• Personalized wallet-size membership card
• Access to the Kids Club website featuring games, downloads and Football 101 for kids
• Two free tickets to a Dallas Desperados home game

For more information, visit www.DallasCowboys.com

[tags]Michael Vick, Donruss, Upper Deck[/tags]

Each pack will now contain one autograph and two game used cards per pack.  Each pack has a suggested retail price of $100.  Every box will have at least one patch card numbered to 50 or less.

Ultimate Collection Baseball is set to arrive in October and will include signed rookie cards of such hot rookies as Tim Lincecum, Hunter Pence, Kei Igawa and Akinori Iwamura.

2007 Ultimate Collection Football will be available in November.

[tags]Upper Deck, Ultimate Collection[/tags]

Attendees will have to bring a special Pepsi coupon to exchange the the set.  The coupons are available at participating grocers through July 31st.  No purchase is necessary.

The six-card set includes Brady Quinn, Adrian Peterson, Calvin Johnson, Dwayne Jarrett, Tony Romo and Torry Holt.

[tags]Donruss/Playoff, Promotion[/tags]

[tags]Donruss Classics[/tags]

Donruss/Playoff will use Adrian Peterson’s images on packaging throughout the year and will include his autograph in all their football products.

“Adrian Peterson had an outstanding career at Oklahoma and should be one of the most exciting rookies this season,” said Donruss Playoff Marketing Director Scott Prusha. “He is an electrifying performer that will shine on the NFL stage. We are excited to have him aboard and look forward to working with him throughout the year.”

It is not clear if this will prevent Topps and Upper Deck from including autograph and memorabilia cards of Adrian Peterson in their 2007 NFL card products, but there is no mention of it being an exclusive deal.

[tags]Adrian Peterson, Donruss/Playoff[/tags]

The promotion featured a 10-card set that was inserted in Target blaster boxes with the “Kickoff Classic” logo.  The players in the set included Brett Favre, Peyton Manning, Ben Roethlisberger, Tom Brady, Eli Manning, Shaun Alexander, LaDainian Tomlinson, Cadillac Williams and Ronnie Brown.

The two winners were Richard Wood of Conroe, Texas and Wanda June of Springfield Missouri.

[tags]Donruss Playoff, Rookie and Stars, Promotion[/tags]

 NFL Rookie Premiere autographs will be included in the upcoming Topps Football which is scheduled for release in July.

Each card will feature a Hologram Authentication sticker.  There will be a red ink version which is limited to 10 copies.  Dual and Quad autograph cards are also available and will be limited to five copies.

TOPPS NFL ROOKIE PREMIERE AUTOGRAPHS CHECKLIST

[tags]Topps, NFL Rookie Premiere, Autographs[/tags]

This is the 12th year that the top rookies are brought together for autographs, photos, a Madden Tournament, hobby shop appearance and more.

The 35 rookies and alternates that where scheduled to attend were:

1. Gaines Adams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2. John Beck, Miami Dolphins
3. Lorenzo Booker, Miami Dolphins
4. Dwayne Bowe, Kansas City Chiefs
5. Michael Bush, Oakland Raiders
6. Craig Davis, SanDiego Chargers
7. Trent Edwards, Buffalo Bills
8. Yamon Figurs, Baltimore Ravens
9. Ted Ginn Jr., Miami Dolphins
10. Anthony Gonzalez, Indianapolis Colts
11. Chris Henry, Tennessee Titans
12. Johnnie Lee Higgins, Oakland Raiders
13. Jason Hill, San Francisco 49ers
14. Tony Hunt, Philadephia Eagles
15. Kenny Irons, Cinncinnati Bengals
16. Brandon Jackson, Green Bay Packers
17. Dwayne Jarrett, Carolina Panthers
18. Calvin Johnson, Detroit Lions
19. Kevin Kolb, Philadelphia Eagles
20. LaRon Landry, Washington Redskins
21. Brian Leonard, St. Louis Rams
22. Marshawn Lynch, Buffalo Bills
23. Robert Meachem, New Orleans Saints
24. Adrian Peterson, Minnesota Vikings
25. Antonio Pittman, New Orleans Saints
26. Brady Quinn, Cleveland Browns
27. Sidney Rice, Minnesota Vikings
28. JaMarcus Russell, Oakland Raiders
29. Joe Thomas, Cleveland Browns
30. Steve Smith, New York Giants
31. Troy Smith, Baltimore Ravens
32. Drew Stanton, Detroit Lions
33. Paul Williams, Tennessee Titans
34. Patrick Willis, San Francisco 49ers
35. Garrett Wolfe, Chicago Bears

According to Beckett, Craig Davis and LaRon Landry were no-shows at the event.

Upper Deck will be releasing a 30 card set later in the year that will feature the players from this event.

[tags]Upper Deck, Topps, Donruss Playoff, Rookie Premiere[/tags]

1. #158 Kenny Irons
2. #161 Darius Walker
3. #169 Anthony Gonzalez
4. #176 Jason Hill
5. #189 Patrick Willis
6. #211 Paul Williams
7. #239 Jared Zabransky
8. #240 Chris Leak
9. #241 Jordan Palmer
10. #242 Garrett Wolfe

*Disclaimer – This is an unofficial list based on some research. 

[tags]Playoff Prestige, Shortprints[/tags]

He joins an impressive list of Topps spokesmen Barry Sanders, Dan Marino, Kurt Warner, Michael Vick and Tom Brady.

Reggie bush appeared on all Donruss advertising and packaging in 2006.

[tags]Donruss, Vince Young[/tags]