🏈 Graded PSA 10 Gem Mint Justin Herbert 2020 Panini Select #244 Rookie RC Football Card — Born Eugene Oregon, Raised Harrisburg Oregon, University of Oregon Ducks, 6th Overall Pick 2020 NFL Draft Los Angeles Chargers, 2020 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, 5,014 Passing Yards in 2021 Season, Los Angeles Chargers Franchise Quarterback — PSA 10 GEM MINT

The Los Angeles Chargers did not plan to start Justin Herbert in Week 2 of the 2020 NFL season. Tyrod Taylor was the starting quarterback. Then Taylor was injured on the sideline before the game and Herbert walked out of the tunnel at SoFi Stadium and threw for 311 yards and a touchdown against the Kansas City Chiefs in his NFL debut — with no preparation time, no mental ramp-up, no time to find his footing. The Chargers won. Herbert never gave the starting job back. He threw for 22 touchdowns and 10 interceptions as a rookie, won the 2020 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award, and declared in one unexpected Sunday afternoon that the Chargers had their franchise quarterback for the next decade. This 2020 Panini Select #244 Rookie RC, graded PSA 10 GEM MINT, is the card from the year that started everything.

🌟 Eugene, Oregon — Harrisburg, Oregon — University of Oregon — The Pacific Northwest Arm

Justin Herbert was born March 10, 1998, in Eugene, Oregon — the city of the University of Oregon and Hayward Field and the running tradition that has made the state a historic producer of elite track and field and college football talent. He grew up in Harrisburg, Oregon — a small agricultural community of fewer than 4,000 people in the Willamette Valley south of Eugene, where high school football is played Friday nights under the lights in the kind of intimate community setting that produces athletes who understand what it means to compete for an entire town. He chose the University of Oregon and played four seasons for the Ducks under head coaches Mark Helfrich and Mario Cristobal, developing the combination of physical gifts and cerebral approach to quarterbacking that would eventually make him the 6th pick of the 2020 NFL Draft. At 6 feet 6 inches with an arm that produces velocity and touch in equal measure, Herbert is built for the quarterback position at a level that scouts had not seen from a college prospect in years.

🏆 The 2020 Season — Unexpected Starter — 2020 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year

The circumstances of Justin Herbert's NFL debut — an emergency start with no preparation, against the defending AFC champions in a prime-time game — produced a performance that changed the trajectory of the Los Angeles Chargers franchise. He finished the 2020 season with 4,336 passing yards, 31 touchdowns, and 10 interceptions — setting NFL records for touchdown passes and passing yards in a single rookie season. He won the 2020 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award. The 2021 season deepened the argument: Herbert threw for 5,014 yards and 38 touchdowns, becoming the first Chargers quarterback to exceed 5,000 passing yards in a season. He made consecutive Pro Bowl rosters. The Chargers built their offensive scheme around his ability to process and throw at a level that the organization had not had at the quarterback position in a generation. The 2020 Panini Select RC is the first licensed NFL card from the year that announced his arrival.

⭐ 2020 Panini Select #244 — The Premium RC Product — PSA 10 Gem Mint

Panini Select is one of the premier football card products in the modern hobby — known for its distinctive design architecture that separates cards into tier levels (Concourse, Premier Level, Field Level) and its production of some of the most sought-after rookie parallels in any given year. The 2020 Panini Select Justin Herbert RC is among the most collected rookie cards in the 2020 class — alongside his Panini Prizm, Optic, and Mosaic RCs — because Herbert's immediate production gave the card market an ROY winner in his very first season. The PSA 10 GEM MINT grade is the absolute ceiling — four corners perfect, edges clean, surface without print defect, centering within spec. A PSA 10 Herbert Select RC is the premium version of the definitive first-year card of the Los Angeles Chargers franchise quarterback.

📦 Item Details

Card: 2020 Panini Select #244 Justin Herbert Rookie RC Football Card. Grade: PSA 10 GEM MINT. Player: Justin Herbert. Born: March 10, 1998, Eugene, Oregon. Raised: Harrisburg, Oregon. College: University of Oregon Ducks (2016-2019). Draft: 6th overall pick, 2020 NFL Draft, Los Angeles Chargers. Career accolades: 2020 NFL Offensive Rookie of Year; 2x Pro Bowl. 2021: 5,014 passing yards, 38 TDs. Condition: PSA 10 GEM MINT. Product type: Collectible Trading Cards.

🏈⭐ Eugene. Oregon. Harrisburg. University of Oregon. The 6th pick. SoFi Stadium. Week 2. No preparation. 311 yards. A win. 2020 Offensive Rookie of the Year. 5,014 yards in 2021. The Chargers franchise quarterback. The Pacific Northwest arm. 2020 Panini Select #244. PSA 10. Gem Mint. Perfect grade. The card of the season that changed the Chargers.