On the Field at the NFLPA Rookie Premiere
By David Lee
Editor, Beckett Football
This year’s NFLPA Rookie Premiere Presented by Panini is in the books, but it was a rousing success by several accounts.
More than 40 rookies attended this year’s event in Los Angeles. Yesterday, the group took over the L.A. Coliseum where the L.A. Rams will call home until they build their new stadium. Many different stations were set up to capture portrait and action shots of the rookies wearing their NFL uniforms for the first time. They ran, juked and jumped, threw and caught for the cameras.
At other stations, rookies signed more autographs, created sketch cards, posed for a crazy bobble-head Instagram app, answered rapid-fire questions live on Facebook, and plenty other fun stuff. Check out all image gallery below from Saturday, and also go to our Facebook page here for field-view videos. We will have more coverage, including Q&As with Jared Goff, Carson Wentz, Derrick Henry, Paxton Lynch and several other top rookies in the August issue of Beckett Football.
Below (left to right): Tyler Irvin shows off his Contenders Draft Picks card; Jared Goff signs more National Treasures Collegiate patch cards; Derrick Henry loves his Beckett Football cover; Jets QB Christian Hackenberg fires a pass; former Notre Dame receiver Will Fuller draws the Notre Dame logo on a custom sketch card, Broncos RB Devontae Booker finds his Contenders Draft Picks card; Cowboys QB Dak Prescott starts the morning with some passes; Chargers DE Joey Bosa fires off the line at the camera; Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott shows off his Panini Same Day card.
