Panini readies top NFL Draft picks’ cards for Prestige

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Posted on April 26, 2012 – 6:51 pm | Author: chrisolds
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By Chris Olds | Beckett Sports Card Monthly Editor

The names have been called, the jerseys have been made and there’s one thing left to do for Panini America as the NFL Draft continues.

Make the football cards.

Up first on the Texas-based company’s schedule is 2012 Prestige, which arrives in June with No. 1 pick Andrew Luck, No. 2 pick Robert Griffin III, No. 3 pick Trent Richardson and more. (Need an Andrew Luck checklist or OPG? Click here.)

But before the cards can be printed, they must be mocked up. The company unveiled a selection of cards on Thursday night as the Draft carried on.

See the first four … after the jump.

prestige_luck
prestige_griffin_iii
prestige_richardson
Richardson

Chris Olds is the editor of Beckett Sports Card Monthly magazine. Have a comment, question or idea? Send an email to him at colds@beckett.com. Follow him on Twitter by clicking here.

6 Comments

chrisolds

The Topps images were released within a second or two of the commish’s mouth saying their names. These were a bit later.

Posted April 26, 2012 at 7:52 pm | Permalink
Dan

Will Prestige include the draft day SPs as they have done in previous years?

Posted April 26, 2012 at 9:29 pm | Permalink
Buster Brown

Substantial design improvement. Looking forward to breaking several boxes.

Posted April 27, 2012 at 9:12 am | Permalink
Dustin Hopper

Why couldnt Panini do this with the 2011 NBA Draft class?

Posted April 27, 2012 at 11:52 am | Permalink
afff

they look nice might have to try a box or just go and buy the redskins pick RG3

Posted April 27, 2012 at 8:49 pm | Permalink

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