2025 Topps Chrome Will Howard Rookie Auto Gold Wave Refractor 10/50 RC Steelers #RA-WH

This is Will Howard's Rookie Autograph (#RA-WH) Gold Wave Refractor, serial-numbered 10/50, from 2025 Topps Chrome Football — the first fully NFL-licensed Topps Chrome football release since 2015. After a decade away, Topps came back with real logos, real team marks, and real chromium — and Howard's Pittsburgh Steelers RC sits right in the middle of that historic return.

The Gold Wave Refractor is a distinct, numbered parallel in the 2025 Chrome rainbow — not to be confused with a standard Gold Refractor. The Wave surface treatment adds a rippled, textural finish to the gold chromium background, making it one of the more visually striking cards in the entire set. Capped at 50 copies worldwide, this copy is hand-numbered 10/50 — well into the scarcer half of the print run.

• Set: 2025 Topps Chrome Football — Rookie Autographs (#RA-WH)
• Parallel: Gold Wave Refractor, serial-numbered /50
• Copy: 10/50
• On-card autograph — hard-signed, not a sticker
• Player: Will Howard, Pittsburgh Steelers RC

Howard was drafted by Pittsburgh in the sixth round of the 2025 NFL Draft after leading Ohio State to a College Football Playoff National Championship. Inside the Steelers organization, head coach Mike McCarthy has publicly stated Howard is an NFL starting-caliber quarterback, and Steelers All-Pro Cam Heyward went on record with full confidence in Howard as a future starter. With Aaron Rodgers confirmed for one final season, Howard is widely seen as the franchise's next quarterback — making this RC window the right time to own his key paper.

Gold /50 and below is where 2025 Topps Chrome Rookie Auto value concentrates. The Gold Wave at /50 sits at the exact tier collectors and investors target before a player's role fully materializes. A Steelers QB with a CFP championship, a coaching staff that believes in him, and a path to starting reps in 2026 — this one has every ingredient a speculative RC needs.

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