When it comes to sports card collecting, rookie cards reign supreme.
These days, most players have a wide variety of rookie card options, with everything from lower-end base cards to high-priced rookie patch autos, but there was a time when Topps was the only game in town. Even in the late 1980s and early 1990s when the market expanded, there were still only a handful of companies.
Taking a team-by-team approach, we have highlighted the most iconic rookie card in the history of each NFL franchise, with a healthy mix of retired legends, more recent stars and active players.