2015 Panini Contenders Football Rookie Ticket Autograph Variations Guide Update

Overview

As one of the biggest yearly releases for rookie collectors, 2015 Panini Contenders Football is celebrated for a deep checklist and many on-card autographs. Another key component of the product is the short-printed variations that offer a more limited option for collectors. Although the differences can be quite subtle, collectors know very well that almost any Rookie Ticket has the potential to be a super short print.

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Making things a bit more muddled for collectors is the fact that Panini released a college-themed version of Contenders Football earlier the year. This set also has variations and it contains many of the same players. While the college images are generally easy to distinguish, it can make searching on eBay more of a chore and some of the RPS players have college variations in this release as well.

This year, it appears Panini has made things very simple for once. In order to know if you have a variations or base Rookie Ticket, simply look to the logo in the top corner. If it shows a team helmet, you have the base version. But, if it is just the team logo, the card is a variation. Obviously, the player images switch as well, but this is a much more convenient way to determine what you have.

Among the RPS subjects, the Cleveland Browns are the one exception as both base and variation Rookie Ticket feature a Browns helmet. It appears that the variation is the card with the smaller helmet.

Print runs are not known at this point, but Panini normally reveals that info and we will update the guide when we receive confirmation on the specific rarity.

Rookie Ticket Autograph RPS Variations

As in most seasons, the top first-year names can be found in the Rookie Ticket Autograph RPS portion of the checklist. Filled with attendees of the NFLPA Rookie Premiere, these cards are hard-signed. In addition to the basic variation for the 41-card checklist, 18 players also have a college variation, which are much easier to spot. A full gallery is shown below. There are several players which come only as redemptions, including multiple key names.

Other Rookie Ticket Autograph Variations

Beyond the RPS options, there are still plenty of variations to be found in 2015 Contenders Football, but the same concept offered above still appears to be the case. However, these cards utilize sticker autographs.

Adding even more for collectors to chase, each of the Rookie Ticket cards offer a variety of limited parallels for both the variations and the base cards. View the full checklist for specific details.

2015 Panini Contenders Football Rookie Ticket RPS Autograph Variations Gallery

Click on the listings or images to shop for cards on eBay. Parallels are occasionally shown but the images are the same. Work in progress. 

201 Melvin Gordon - San Diego Chargers (Sticker Autograph)
Base: Running
Variation I: Leg Up
Variation II: College

Base: TBD
Variation: TBD

214 Duke Johnson - Cleveland Browns*
Base: Catching ball
Variation: Ball in one arm

218 Jamison Crowder - Washington Redskins
Base: Both hands on ball
Variation: Ball tucked into arm

227 Maxx Williams - Baltimore Ravens
Base: Jersey number obscured
Variation: Jersey number visible

229 Mike Davis - San Francisco 49ers
Base: Ball in his left arm
Variation: Both hands on ball

232 Rashad Greene - Jacksonville Jaguars
Base: Ball tucked in arm
Variation: Catching ball

237 Tevin Coleman - Atlanta Falcons - Redemption 
Base: TBD
Variation I: TBD
Variation II: College

238 Todd Gurley - St. Louis Rams - Redemption 
Base: TBD
Variation I: TBD
Variation II: College

239 Ty Montgomery - Green Bay Packers
Base: Both hands on ball
Variation: Ball tucked in arm

Base: Pants text not visible
Variation: "Browns" text visible on pants

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