Panini America Sheds Light on Rookie Card Variations in 2014 Rookies & Stars Football

August 21, 2014

Panini America 2014 Rookies & Stars Football RC Variations Main

High-volume breakers of 2014 Rookies & Stars Football have no doubt already discovered them in the two weeks since the product went live. Casual collectors, however, may have flipped right past them without even noticing. Indeed, there are short-print photo variations for 25 top rookies in 2014 Rookies & Stars Football that fall roughly three per hobby box on average.

Most of the variations stand out when compared to their base counterparts; for others, such as Blake Bortles, Mike Evans and AJ McCarron, you’d likely need to a microscope to discern the difference. Either way, the variations offer a fun chase element to the 2014 Rookies & Stars Football base set and gives collectors everywhere a meaningful reason to go back through their cards to see if they might have missed any the first time around.

Consider the gallery below your complete visual guide to all of the RC variations; for each player the base RC is featured first, followed by the SP. Enjoy.