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…)
Examining My Favorite Autograph from the 2011 NFL PLAYERS Rookie Premiere . . .
Over the course of four days at the just-completed 2011 NFL PLAYERS Rookie Premiere in Los Angeles, the Panini America events team acquired seemingly countless autographs from the 36 future NFL superstars who participated in the marquee event. Those autographs will highlight the company's stacked roster of football brands all season long. But one signature in particular stands out -- and unlike…
Final Photo Farewell from Saturday’s 2011 NFL PLAYERS Rookie Premiere (Gallery)
LOS ANGELES -- The Panini America team arrived at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum at about 6:30 this morning, bright, early and eager to prepare for the spectacle that is the 2011 NFL PLAYERS Rookie Premiere. We'll be updating The Knight's Lance all day long with fresh content from one of the most important days on the football card calendar. Check…
Panini America on Location: Day Three at the 2011 NFL PLAYERS Rookie Premiere
LOS ANGELES -- Just when we thought we couldn't pack more Panini America goodness into our hectic 2011 NFL PLAYERS Rookie Premiere week, along comes Friday to throw that notion on its rear. A day that started with Mark Ingram, Cam Newton and a quick drive to the NFL Network studios in nearby Culver City for a few special announcements (more on…
Panini America on Location: More Photos, Fun at 2011 NFL PLAYERS Rookie Premiere
LOS ANGELES -- Stevan Ridley, the New England Patriots rookie running back by way of LSU, is a self-proclaimed "country boy" with an affinity for hunting and fishing. Titus Young, the Detroit Lions wide receiver from Boise State (and South Central Los Angeles), painstakingly scrutinizes his own signature and is not the least bit afraid to switch it up his signing style…
Panini America Gears Up for Busy Weekend at the 2011 NFL PLAYERS Rookie Premiere
The annual NFL PLAYERS Rookie Premiere is nothing less than one of the most pivotal events on the trading card calendar every year -- and the 2011 edition is upon us. A dedicated Panini America team departed for Los Angeles this morning for four full days dedicated to capturing the essential content -- photographs, autographs, memorabilia, interviews, videos and lasting memories -- that…
The Panini America 2011 NFL PLAYERS Rookie Debut Interview: Mark Ingram
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eed1KgkRMs&w=565&h=454] Mark Ingram delivered more than his share of chapters to the Alabama record book on his way to becoming one of the greatest running backs in the history of college football. Heck, his legendary 2009 season alone -- 1,658 yards, a 6.1 ypc average, 20 total touchdowns -- was worthy of a book all by itself. In addition to carrying the…
Drool Gallery: 2011 Panini Prestige Football Rookie Card Variation Short Prints
Collectors have come to embrace the short-printed splendor surrounding Rookie Card variations randomly tucked into Prestige Football every year. For the 2011 edition, due out everywhere May 25, the company delivers the goods again on some of the most collectible rookies selected in the 2011 NFL Draft. (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…
Panini America Teams with NFL PLAYERS for Rookie Debut at the 2011 NFL Draft
Panini America, the world’s largest sports and entertainment collectibles company and the exclusive trading card partner of the 2011 NFL Draft, announced today that it has joined as a sponsor of this week’s NFL PLAYERS Rookie Debut in New York City. The event, now in its second year, kicks off Thursday and will be attended by more than 20 of…