Drool Gallery: 2011 Panini Prestige Football Rookie Card Variation Short Prints

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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.

In addition to the base Rookie Card versions for*all 100 rookies that are seeded one per pack in 2011 Prestige Football, Panini America*on Wednesday afternoon*announced*that 17 of those players will also appear*on short-printed “Draft Day” variations that*fall roughly one per box.

Headlining the limited lineup are*No. 1 overall pick Cam Newton of the Carolina Panthers and fellow first-rounders Von Miller (Denver Broncos), Marcell Dareus (Buffalo Bills), Blaine Gabbert (Jacksonville Jaguars) and Mark Ingram (New Orleans Saints).*

See below for the full preview gallery, unveiled for the first time right here on The Knight’s Lance.




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