Let’s be honest, the players that drive the NFL card market are primarily at the offensive skill positions.
The quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers and tight ends garner the biggest bucks for their cards, and a nice crop of newcomers entered the NFL after April’s draft.
Four of the top eight selections were skill position players with quarterbacks Bryce Young, C.J. Stroud and Anthony Richardson going first, second and fourth, respectively. Bijan Robinson was the top running back off the board at No. 8. These guys all made a name for themselves playing college football and now hope to up their game at the next level.
Sports Collectors Digest takes a look at this year’s college football players who could emerge as stars. And with name, image, likeness (NIL) dominating college athletics, most of these guys have cards and memorabilia already penetrating the market. NIL has changed the landscape of college football.
Card company Onyx Authenticated has produced college football cards for the last three seasons. President Lance Fischer jumped at the chance to offer collectors another avenue to get cards of their favorite collegiate players.
“The first year that NIL
