2025-26 Panini Donruss Optic Josaiah Stewart Football Emoji SP

Josaiah Stewart landed on the Los Angeles Rams as the 90th overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft — a pass rusher who wasted no time proving he was worth far more than a third-round slot. Now his 2025-26 Panini Donruss Optic Rated Rookie lives on one of the hobby's most visually arresting short-printed parallels: the Emoji SP.

This is a Rated Rookie card — the signature rookie designation on the Donruss platform — printed on Panini's Optichrome stock, the chromium finish that makes colors snap and grades climb. The Emoji SP designation means this is a genuine short print, the kind of low-distribution variant that doesn't show up in every box. 2025 Donruss Optic Football dropped January 26, 2026, and carries extra collector weight as what industry insiders are calling Panini's final licensed Optic football release — a historical footnote that makes every rookie card from this set more significant than the year before.

• Player: Josaiah Stewart — Los Angeles Rams EDGE, 2025 NFL Draft Pick No. 90
• Set: 2025-26 Panini Donruss Optic Football
• Card type: Rated Rookie — Emoji SP (short print parallel)
• Rookie year card on Optichrome stock, part of a 47-parallel Rated Rookie rainbow
• Set context: Widely regarded as the final Panini-licensed Optic football product

On the field, Stewart hit the ground running — ranking among the NFL's top rookie splash-play leaders through the first two weeks of 2025 and generating 21 total pressures, including 3 sacks in his debut season. His defensive coordinator put it plainly: "He's a really good rusher. You can trust him." A third-round steal playing meaningful snaps in a Rams defense built around pass rush — that's exactly the kind of player whose early rookie cards collectors want before the breakout is priced in.

The Emoji SP is one of the more coveted short-print variants in the Optic parallel system, and on a Rated Rookie from what may be the last Panini Optic NFL release ever, the combination of player upside, SP scarcity, and set significance makes this one worth locking up now.

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