Celebrate Up-and-Comers with 2024 Panini Rookies & Stars

Writer: Isaiah Lucas

The 2024 NFL season officially ended with Super Bowl LIX and Panini’s Rookies & Stars Football is here to help look back at what a fantastic year it has been, especially for the league’s younger crop of talent. 

From current stars to the most potential-packed newcomers, 2024 Panini Rookies & Stars Football packs a punch with powerful autograph-memorabilia combinations and chase-worthy inserts.

Let’s review the top performances and moments from some of the players on the extensive Rookie & Stars Football autograph roster. 

The first rookie in team history to make the Pro Bowl, Jacksonville’s Brian Thomas Jr. didn’t let the pressures of being the team’s top wideout spook him. He followed the trend of fellow LSU stars Odell Beckham Jr., Ja’Marr Chase and Justin Jefferson by putting the league on notice immediately with 87 receptions, 1,282 yards and 10 touchdowns (all franchise rookie records). 

There were a lot of new faces for the Chargers in 2024, including wideout Ladd McConkey, who immediately filled the role as the top target and played a major role in the team’s playoff push. The second-round pick’s monster nine-catch, 197-yard performance in the opening round of the playoffs vs. Houston was the best example of what’s to come as he gains more experience. 

Tight end Ja’Tavion Sanders instantly impacted Carolina’s passing attack, just like he hoped on the day he was drafted, becoming the new franchise record holder for receiving yards by a rookie at the position with 342. 

Quarterback Michael Penix Jr. showed everyone why the Falcons took the chance on him with the No. 8 pick, dueling in each of the season’s final three games, flashing all the signs of becoming a potential star. 

There were also a few second-year studs who balled out under new circumstances, further cementing themselves as star presences in the league’s future. 

 Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs sped past opponents all season long on his way to 1,929 yards from scrimmage, tying the league lead in rushing touchdowns (16) and finishing with the most total scores in the league (20). His work as a between-the-tackles back was the most encouraging.  

Rams wideout Puka Nacua kept the vibes strong in L.A. and proved his record-setting rookie season wasn’t a fluke, racking up over 1,000 yards from scrimmage once again (1,036).

Spending most of the season as the starter, Bengals running back Chase Brown produced 1,350 yards from scrimmage and 11 total touchdowns. The long-term ground game is sorted in Cincy with the former fifth-round pick able to do everything required at the position.

You’ll be able to celebrate their accomplishments, along with the likes of many more in Rookies & Stars Football by way of a 200-card base set that features a wide array of colors and styles. Popular inserts such as Crusade, Thrillers and Stellar Rookies highlight the collection, while a deep variety of autographs and parallels can be found throughout. 

There are 10 cards per pack, six packs per hobby box and 14 boxes per case in Rookies and Stars Football. Each hobby box will contain two autographs, two memorabilia cards, five numbered base or rookie cards, 12 inserts or insert parallels, 12 rookie cards and six Optichrome inserts or insert parallels.