{"product_id":"2024-topps-chrome-silver-refractor-cooper-dejean-ra-cde-auto-rookie-rc-football-card","title":"2024 Topps Chrome Silver Refractor Cooper DeJean #RA-CDE Auto Rookie RC Football Card","description":"\u003cp\u003e🏈 \u003cstrong\u003eVintage 2024 Topps Chrome Silver Refractor Cooper DeJean #RA-CDE Auto Rookie RC Football Card – The On-Card Autographed Silver Refractor Parallel Rookie Card of the Iowa Hawkeyes Defensive Back and Return Specialist Who Was Drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles and Arrived in the NFL as One of the Most Versatile Secondary Players and Special Teams Contributors in His Draft Class\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏈 Topps Chrome is the standard-bearer for chrome football cards – the brand that applies the chromium-surface technology to the most significant product in the Topps football lineup, using the refractive finish and the parallel color system that has defined the chrome card market since Topps first applied the format to baseball in the 1990s. The Silver Refractor parallel is the most immediately recognizable base parallel in the Topps Chrome system – the silver-bordered refractor that sits above the base chrome but carries the same on-card autograph value that makes the Topps Chrome Rookie Auto one of the hobby's most sought-after first-year documents. Card #RA-CDE is Cooper DeJean's Rookie Auto entry in the 2024 Topps Chrome release, carrying his hand-signed on-card autograph on the Silver Refractor surface – an autographed rookie card from a player who entered the Philadelphia Eagles organization as one of the most positionally versatile prospects in their 2024 draft class.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏈 Cooper DeJean was born November 12, 2002, in Odebolt, Iowa – a small agricultural community in western Iowa that produced a football player who became one of the most decorated defensive backs in the history of the University of Iowa program. His college career at Iowa combined the defensive production of a safety or slot cornerback who could rotate to multiple positions in the secondary with the special teams impact of a return specialist whose instincts in the return game gave the Hawkeyes a weapon that changed field position on a regular basis. The University of Iowa's defensive tradition under Kirk Ferentz's coaching staff has produced a consistent pipeline of secondary players to the professional level, and DeJean's combination of football intelligence, ball-hawking ability, and the kind of competitive toughness that Iowa defenders are evaluated for gave him a draft profile that appealed to teams looking for a versatile defensive back who could contribute in multiple roles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏈 The Philadelphia Eagles selected DeJean in the 2024 NFL Draft, adding a defensive back whose positional flexibility gave the Eagles' defensive coaching staff options for how to deploy him across different coverage schemes and personnel groupings. His 2024 Topps Chrome Silver Refractor Auto RC #RA-CDE is the on-card autographed chrome document of his arrival in the NFL – signed by DeJean himself on the Silver Refractor surface, without a PSA grade but carrying the authentication of the on-card signature format that Topps has used for its Chrome Rookie Auto products. For collectors of on-card autographed rookie cards from the 2024 NFL Draft class, the Silver Refractor provides the immediately recognizable parallel format that distinguishes it from the base chrome while maintaining the on-card auto. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏈 This 2024 Topps Chrome Silver Refractor Rookie Auto card features Cooper DeJean's on-card hand-signed signature. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏈 Cooper DeJean. Odebolt, Iowa. University of Iowa Hawkeyes. Philadelphia Eagles. 2024 NFL Draft. Defensive Back. Return Specialist. 2024 Topps Chrome Silver Refractor #RA-CDE Auto Rookie RC. Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48039616348392,"sku":"VTG-2024-TC-CD-RACDE-SILVER-AUTO","price":149.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/2718\/4037\/files\/2024-topps-chrome-silver-refractor-cooper-dejean-ra-cde-auto-rookie-rc-football-card-925.webp?v=1770727472","url":"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/2024-topps-chrome-silver-refractor-cooper-dejean-ra-cde-auto-rookie-rc-football-card","provider":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}