A photo guide to 2012 Topps Football SPs

By Susan Lulgjuraj | Beckett Football Editor

The latest issue of Topps Football comes with many quirks and nuances. There are plenty of inserts – some more rare than others.

There are also many short-printed photo variations in Topps’ base set – more than 50 actually.

Here’s a checklist provided by Topps of the base card variations, with photos to help. The photos pictured are the short-printed variations. Some names are left blank because we haven’t found photos for these cards yet, but will update as we find more.

Veteran Base Card Variations – Breakout Performance
82 DeMarco Murray

210 LeSean McCoy

223 Antonio Brown

225 Matthew Stafford

265 Reggie Bush

280 Jimmy Graham

320 A.J. Green

372 Marshawn Lynch

430 Victor Cruz

Veteran Base Card Variations – Ultimate Achievement
1 Aaron Rodgers

70 Rob Gronkowski

100 Drew Brees

120 Maurice Jones-Drew

150 Larry Fitzgerald

 180 Ray Rice

 220 Wes Welker

250 Cam Newton

374 Steve Smith

420 Jared Allen

Veteran Base Card Variations – Postseason Heroics
50 Tim Tebow Denver Broncos

52 Alex Smith

130 Hakeem Nicks

164 Vernon Davis

237 Demaryius Thomas

 300 Eli Manning

 360 Arian Foster

 376 Darren Sproles

400 Calvin Johnson

440 Tom Brady

Rookie Base Card Variations
3 Brandon Weeden

18 Alshon Jeffery

58 Dwayne Allen

77 Ryan Broyles

91 Michael Floyd

112 A.J. Jenkins

115 Stephen Hill

132 Coby Fleener

134 Ryan Tannehill

 140 Andrew Luck

151 Mohamed Sanu

165 Russell Wilson

185 LaMichael James

 186 Nick Foles

204 Doug Martin

214 Bernard Pierce

240 Justin Blackmon

279 Brian Quick

289 David Wilson

314 Rueben Randle

340 Robert Griffin III

365 Brock Osweiler

378 Kendall Wright

380 Trent Richardson

399 Isaiah Pead