The Panini America Interview: Buffalo Bills Rookie Superstar DL Marcell Dareus
The Buffalo Bills selected mammoth defensive lineman Marcell Dareus out of Alabama with the third overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft expecting huge things from the athletic playmaker who clinched the 2010 BCS National Championship for the Crimson Tide with one of the greatest defensive plays in BCS history. Halfway through his rookie season, Dareus has not disappointed. (more…)
Buffalo’s Marcell Dareus Voted Week 8 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week (with Interview)
Voters on NFL.com have made their choice. Defensive lineman Marcell Dareus of the Buffalo Bills is the Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week for games played on October 30-31, the NFL announced today. (Look for an exclusive interview with the Bills' gentle giant after the jump.) Dareus, who was switched to nose tackle from defensive end before the game, was credited with four tackles and…
And the Nominees Are . . . Voting Begins for the Week 8 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week
Want to know who gets more excited than Panini America and NFL collectors about NFL Rookie performances each week during the season? Pepsi with its NFL Rookie of the Week initiative. So it comes as no surprise after months of behind-the-scenes work that Panini America and Pepsi would come together to help promote Pepsi Rookie of the Week voting and…
Panini Unwrapped: 2011 Threads Football
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucgJ9fzFCNE&w=585&h=359] In another must-see edition of the award-worthy Panini Unwrapped series, watch as Panini America's Tracy Hackler and Carlos Torrez shred a particularly hot box of 2011 Panini Threads Football. Not only can you win their hits from this box, but you can also win a sweet new Panini America T-shirt available nowhere else but here. Stay tuned to the…
Gallery: Rookies Don NFL Jerseys for ‘New Breed’ Insert in 2011 Donruss Elite Football
That didn't take long. Less than a week after photographing the top 2011 NFL rookies over the course of four days at the 2011 NFL PLAYERS Rookie Premiere in Los Angeles, Panini America officials already have incporated those images into New Breed, a 36-card insert set planned for the June 15 release of 2011 Donruss Elite Football. (more…)
A 2011 Panini Prestige Football Exclusive: NFL Draft Real-Time Rookie Card Reveal
Thirty-two different times tonight during the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft, league commissioner Roger Goodell will call out a name and make a dream come true for one of the most talented young football players on the planet. On May 18, Panini America will fulfill some dreams of its own by releasing the first officially licensed NFL Rookie Cards…