BACKPanini America Starts Sharing the Signature Mysteries of 2014 Contenders Football
Panini America’s 2014 Contenders Football arrived in hobby shops on Thursday to a ready-and-waiting collector base that has spent the last two-plus days in a wrapper-ripping, Rookie Ticket-revealing frenzy. That’s certain to continue in the weeks ahead as the many Contenders completists work on building their sets, with one eye always on the set’s various variations and short prints. We provided an early road map to help collectors identify Rookie Ticket variations earlier this week.
Today, we’re going to devote some attention to the retail-exclusive autographs in 2014 Contenders Football. The list below details the autograph cards — Rookie Tickets and inserts alike — that can be found only in retail versions of the product. We hope the information is helpful — and stay tuned to The Knight’s Lance next week when we offer additional information on the product’s SPs and SSPs.
Retail-Exclusive Rookie Tickets (Base Rookie Tickets only; does not include parallels)
| # | PLAYER | TEAM |
| 101 | Aaron Donald | St. Louis Rams |
| 199 | Alfred Blue | Houston Texans |
| 176 | Anthony Hitchens | Dallas Cowboys |
| 107 | Brandon Coleman | New Orleans Saints |
| 109 | Bruce Ellington | San Francisco 49ers |
| 243 | Chandler Catanzaro | Arizona Cardinals |
| 114 | Chris Smith | Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 133 | Christian Kirksey | Cleveland Browns |
| 128 | Garrett Gilbert | St. Louis Rams |
| 250 | Glenn Winston | Cleveland Browns |
| 131 | Henry Josey | Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 196 | Isaiah Burse | Denver Broncos |
| 134 | Jackson Jeffcoat | Washington Redskins |
| 194 | James Wright | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 120 | Jay Prosch | Houston Texans |
| 241 | Juwan Thompson | Denver Broncos |
| 198 | Orleans Darkwa | Miami Dolphins |
| 164 | Pierre Desir | Cleveland Browns |
| 173 | Shaq Evans | New York Jets |
| 181 | Travis Swanson | Detroit Lions |
| 183 | Trevor Reilly | New York Jets |
| 244 | Walter Powell | New York Jets |
| 186 | Xavier Su’A-Filo | Houston Texans |
Retail-Exclusive Rookie Ticket Variations (Variation Rookie Tickets only)
| # | PLAYER | TEAM | |
| 101 | Aaron Donald | St. Louis Rams | Rookie Ticket Variation |
| 114 | Chris Smith | Jacksonville Jaguars | Rookie Ticket Variation |
| 129 | Greg Robinson | St. Louis Rams | Rookie Ticket Variation |
| 196 | Isaiah Burse | Denver Broncos | Rookie Ticket Variation |
| 139 | Jason Verrett | San Diego Chargers | Rookie Ticket Variation |
| 143 | John Brown | Arizona Cardinals | Rookie Ticket Variation |
| 144 | Jordan Lynch | Chicago Bears | Rookie Ticket Variation |
| 167 | Rajion Neal | Green Bay Packers | Rookie Ticket Variation |
| 170 | Robert Herron | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Rookie Ticket Variation |
| 173 | Shaq Evans | New York Jets | Rookie Ticket Variation |
| 195 | Silas Redd | Washington Redskins | Rookie Ticket Variation |
| 183 | Trevor Reilly | New York Jets | Rookie Ticket Variation |
| 185 | Tyler Gaffney | New England Patriots | Rookie Ticket Variation |
Retail-Exclusive Insert Autos
| # | PLAYER | TEAM | INSERT |
| 5 | Cam Newton | Carolina Panthers | MVP Contenders |
| 7 | Reggie Wayne | Indianapolis Colts | NFL Ink (and parallels) |
| 10 | Ronnie Lott | San Francisco 49ers | Legendary Contenders |
| 8 | Frank Gifford | New York Giants | Legendary Contenders |
| 25 | Aaron Donald | St. Louis Rams | Rookie Ink (and parallels) |
| 24 | Darqueze Dennard | Cincinnati Bengals | Rookie Ink (and parallels) |
| 2 | David Fales | Chicago Bears | Rookie Ink (and parallels) |
| 17 | Dominique Easley | New England Patriots | Rookie Ink (and parallels) |
| 6 | Greg Robinson | St. Louis Rams | Rookie Ink (and parallels) |
| 15 | Marcus Roberson | St. Louis Rams | Rookie Ink (and parallels) |
| 11 | Rajion Neal | Green Bay Packers | Rookie Ink (and parallels) |
| 13 | Shaq Evans | New York Jets | Rookie Ink (and parallels) |
