Panini America Inks Trading Card Deal with Projected No. 1 NFL Draft Pick Andrew Luck

Panini America, the world’s largest sports and entertainment collectibles company, announced today that it has reached a trading card agreement with former Stanford University superstar quarterback Andrew Luck for the 2012 season.

Panini America, the world’s largest sports and entertainment collectibles company, announced today that it has reached a trading card agreement with former Stanford University superstar quarterback Andrew Luck for the 2012 season.
The deal is Luck’s first officially licensed NFL and NFL PLAYERS trading card deal and will include Luck’s first licensed autographed trading cards.

“Andrew Luck is poised to become one of the next great NFL quarterbacks, and football fans and collectors are eagerly anticipating his first NFL and NFL PLAYERS licensed trading cards,” said Panini America CEO Mark Warsop. “This partnership will help us deliver what absolutely will be the most coveted collectibles of the 2012 NFL season. We’re happy to welcome Andrew to the Panini America family.”
Luck was awarded the Walter Camp Award as National Player of the Year, Maxwell Award and First Team All-American honors last season on the strength of 3,517 passing yards and 39 total touchdowns. Luck also holds Pac-12/Pac-10 records for highest completion percentage in both a sing season (2011) and career, as well as the record for passer efficiency rating in a career.
Luck’s first officially licensed trading cards will appear in Panini America’s 2012 Prestige Football product that is slated to release in early June. In addition to traditional trading cards, Luck also will be featured exclusively on the company’s pioneering HRX Video Trading Card technology, product packaging and in social media initiatives throughout the length of the agreement.
“I’m truly impressed with the creativity and innovation that Panini America delivers to the sports collectibles industry,” said Andrew Luck. “To be part of such an exciting rookie class that will be featured in Panini trading card products in 2012 is something I’m looking forward to.”
Panini America is the only company in the world that manufactures licensed trading cards and stickers for the NBA, NFL, NFL PLAYERS, NHL, NHLPA, MLBPA and FIFA World Cup. The company also has exclusive relationships with USA Baseball, USA Basketball and the U.S. Soccer Women’s National Team.  In addition Panini also has relationships with the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, The Pro Football Hall of Fame and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and owns exclusive entertainment licenses with Disney, Justin Bieber and Michael Jackson, and more than 600 global licenses with other sports and entertainment properties.

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12 Replies to “Panini America Inks Trading Card Deal with Projected No. 1 NFL Draft Pick Andrew Luck”

  1. Nice work! His cards will be the talk of the town. Same way that Tebow and Newton were the last two years! Can’t wait to see what cards/autographs Panini brings for Luck next card season!
    Any plans for RG3, Tannehill?

  2. Congrats Panini!!!!!! Thats awesome news! Can’t wait to see his Panini 2012 stuff! Starting with one of my faves, Prestige!

  3. Congrats guys! A class act guy for a class act company! Tracy and Scott Keep up the good fight brothers!

  4. Glad to have Luck onboard ( Although I doubt I will hit one lol)! Tracy is this what Prestige will look like? I know Trent Richardson had cards like this at the event in Las Vegas so I was just curious. Its Absolute but with the Prestige logo.

  5. I noticed the Shield card is like the one Trent Richardson signed. I hope that is the one that makes it out to packs!
    Don’t forget to sign RG3 🙂

  6. I also think Nike changed the manufactured NFL Shield Logo for the upcoming season. Something to think about for future products if the change can’t be made for Prestige.

  7. Fantastic. Let ‘s get him in a Colts uniform so I can start sending all of my paychecks to Panini. As if Peyton wasn’t bad enough!

  8. NICE!!!! Im so excited for the first chance to pull his first autographed Panini card!!! Like my buddy above said, now lets try to get RG3 signed to the BEST company out there!! Keep up the great work Panini!!

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