Panini America recently announced exclusive autograph deals with football prospects Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders.
The signings will allow the company to include NFL-licensed autographed rookie cards of the players in 2025 products.
With the agreements, Panini can avoid a similar situation as recent football and basketball products when it couldn’t include autos of top rookies like Jayden Daniels and Victor Wembenyama, both signers with Topps/Fanatics.
Exclusive auto deals have created a tricky situation for card collectors.
In the case of Daniels, collectors could get autographed cards of him from Topps products that were not NFL-licensed.