2025-26 Topps Signature Class Football Ozzie Newsome Preeminent Ink Auto Purple /100
The 2025 Topps Signature Class Football Ozzie Newsome Preeminent Ink Auto Purple /100 puts the signature of a true Pro Football Hall of Famer directly in your hands — and caps it at just 100 copies worldwide.
Ozzie Newsome isn't just a legend — he's the man who redefined the tight end position. "The Wizard of Oz" posted 662 receptions for 7,980 yards and 47 touchdowns across a 13-season career with the Cleveland Browns, retiring as the all-time leader in receptions and yards among NFL tight ends. He earned three Pro Bowls, was named All-NFL twice, and was enshrined in Canton in 1999. After his playing days, he made history again as the NFL's first African American general manager, architecting two Super Bowl titles with the Baltimore Ravens. His legacy runs deeper than almost any name on a football card checklist.
On the card itself: Preeminent Ink is one of 2025 Topps Signature Class Football's signature autograph subsets, sitting alongside Supreme Signers and HOF Signs in a product built top-to-bottom around premium ink. The Purple parallel, numbered to 100, sits mid-tier in the Preeminent Ink rainbow — above the unnumbered base but with five tighter parallels (Orange /50, Red /25, Black /10, Blue /5, and Superfractor 1/1) still above it — making it the most attainable numbered version while still being a genuine short-print hit. This is also the fully-licensed NFL debut of the Signature Class brand, a significant step up from the unlicensed 2024 release that immediately elevates the product's collectibility.
- Player: Ozzie Newsome — Pro Football Hall of Fame (Class of 1999), three-time Pro Bowler, Cleveland Browns all-time records holder in receptions, receiving yards, and receiving TDs
- Set: 2025 Topps Signature Class Football — the brand's first fully-licensed NFL release
- Insert: Preeminent Ink autograph subset
- Parallel: Purple, serial-numbered /100
- Comparable sales: The Newsome Preeminent Ink /50 (Orange) has already appeared on eBay with confirmed buyer activity — the Purple /100 offers a more accessible entry point into the same HOF autograph at a broader print run that still carries serious collector demand
Newsome autos in modern sets are perennially underproduced relative to demand — Browns collectors, Ravens collectors, tight end player collectors, and HOF signature hunters all converge on his cards. The Ozzie Newsome Preeminent Ink Auto Purple /100 from 2025 Topps Signature Class Football is a clean, numbered HOF auto from a landmark release. Add it before it moves.
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