2025 Panini Silhouette Football Caleb Downs #27 - Purple 055/125

Caleb Downs was one of the most decorated college defenders of his generation — two-time Unanimous All-American, 2025 Jim Thorpe Award winner, and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year — before the Dallas Cowboys traded up to select him 11th overall in the 2026 NFL Draft. This card captures him at the peak of his college prestige, on the Ohio State Buckeyes roster where analysts called him one of the two or three best players in his entire draft class.

This is his 2025 Panini Silhouette Football #27 base card in the Purple parallel, hand-numbered 055/125 — one of only 125 copies in existence. Purple /125 sits as the second parallel tier in Silhouette's deep rainbow, slotting above the Holo Silver /149 and below the Blue /99, Red /75, and rarer tiers beyond. 2025 Panini Silhouette marks the brand's debut in football, making every serial-numbered card from this release a true first-edition collectible in the Silhouette Football universe.

• Player: Caleb Downs — 2025 Jim Thorpe Award, Lott Trophy, 2× Unanimous All-American, CFP National Champion (2024)
• Set: 2025 Panini Silhouette Football — the brand's first-ever football release
• Parallel: Purple, serial-numbered 055/125
• Card #: 27 — Ohio State Buckeyes
• Rookie/NIL card: Pre-pro collegiate card from a top-11 NFL Draft pick

Downs went 11th overall to Dallas with NFL Network analysts calling him "an All-Pro-type of player." With the Cowboys counting on him as an immediate Day-1 starter, collector demand for his early Panini cards is only building. A numbered Purple parallel from Silhouette Football's debut season, for a player this pedigreed, is a straightforward hold. Don't sleep on it.

Available at Collector Station, Easley, SC. Local pickup available. All sales final. Shipping damage must be reported within 48 hours of delivery with photos.