Redskins Receiver Anthony Armstrong Catches his First Official Rookie Card

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Texas native Anthony Armstrong ran a*rather circuitous route to the NFL before*making a huge splash during his breakout rookie season with the Washington Redskins in 2010.

The speedy Armstrong spent much of his formative football years indoors — with both the*Indoor Football League and the*Arena Football League — and then graduated to the practice squads of the Miami Dolphins and*Redskins, respectively.



But when he finally earned a spot*on the active roster in D.C., his fast feet and soft hands were perfectly suited for FedEx Field, where*Armstrong*kept delivering*one big play after another.*He finished*his first season in the NFL with 44*receptions for 871 yards and three touchdowns. He averaged a staggering 19.8 yards per catch as a rookie, third-best in the league behind only DeSean Jackson and Mike Wallace.

In February, Armstrong was going long again, this time on a plane flying*home to Dallas. While there, he connected with Andrew Tolentino,*Beckett Media assistant editor and one of Armstrong’s*classmates at Newman Smith High School*in*Carrollton, Texas.*While in*town, Armstrong drew double coverage from Tolentino and Panini America’s Tracy Hackler on*a special video (below) during which*the Redskins’*star caught, for the first time, his first*NFL Rookie Card from 2010 Certified Football.

While filming the video, Armstrong was nice enough to sign*copies of the card for Beckett Media and Panini America to give away.*You can find out how to*win Beckett’s prized Armstrong card here. To be eligible to win the one*he autographed for Panini America, simply tell us in a comment to this post what you think of Armstrong’s breakout season and what you think of his box-busting debut, which you can see in its*entirety below.*

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