Panini NFL Player of The Day promo returns for 20th season

The Panini NFL Player of The Day promotion is back for its 20th season on the field and in hobby shops -- and that means bonus cards and potentially even more for some collectors.

For one collector that will mean spending time with an NFL player but for many others there will be autographs and other stuff to be had.

“Not too many things in the NFL have been around as long as Tom Brady and, just like the legendary quarterback, our Player of the Day program has been incredibly successful,” said Jason Howarth, Panini VP of Marketing, in a prepared release. “In addition to the lucky collectors who have had a chance to spend a day with an NFL player, millions more have won prizes while hobby shops have sold more packs of Panini trading cards.”

More than 500 hobby shops are in on this one as of kickoff last week and this year's promotion includes 32 players (one from each team) along with a few other wildcard players who could make a pack-breaker a winner if they are found.

"Each day, collectors have four chances to win by pulling a card of either the Player of the Day or one of the Wild Cards from a pack of Panini NFL trading cards," read the Panini breakdown. "Each shop receives a host of prizes including exclusive Panini NFL Player of the Day promo packs, T-shirts, an exclusive Panini FLPOD autographed card and more. At the end of the 32-day, in-store promotion, each shop selects a grand-prize winner from their daily winners, awards them the autograph card and enters their name into the national sweepstakes for a chance to win again."

That national contest determines the winner of the Player of The Day visit -- and the past players collectors have met includes Patrick Mahomes II, Antonio Brown, Maurice Jones-Drew, Donald Driver, Ed McCaffrey, Chad Pennington and Frank Wycheck to name a few.

The set for this one includes 100 cards with Silver and 1/1 Rapture parallels as well as memorabilia cards for 60 players. The autographs will be encased and include the likes of Marquise "Hollywood" Brown, D.J. Moore, Roquan Smith, Denzel Ward, Leighton Vander Esch, Noah Fant, T.J. Hockenson, D.J. Chark, Mecole Hardman, Josh Jacobs, Miles Sanders, DK Metcalf, Dan Marino, Brett Favre and Curtis Martin. There also are POD Mystery Autograph packs that went out to 250 shops.

The Fantastic Store located at 14508 Lee Rd Unit F in Chantilly, Va., is, of course, a participating shop for this one.

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