Graded PSA 10 Gem Mint Amon-Ra St. Brown 2021 Panini Donruss Optic #228 Purple Shock Rookie RC Football Card

🏈 Amon-Ra St. Brown 2021 Panini Donruss Optic #228 Purple Shock Rookie RC PSA 10 GEM MINT — Born October 24 1999 Anaheim Hills California, USC Trojans, Detroit Lions 4th Round Pick #112 Overall 2021 — 4x Pro Bowl Wide Receiver — One of the Most Productive Pass Catchers in Detroit Lions History — The Donruss Optic Purple Shock Chromium Rookie Card in the Maximum PSA 10 GEM MINT Grade

🏈 A PSA 10 GEM MINT certified Amon-Ra St. Brown 2021 Panini Donruss Optic #228 Purple Shock rookie card — the Purple Shock parallel variant of his Donruss Optic RC, the chromium-surface football card from Panini's premium Optic lineup, with the purple photographic treatment of the Shock parallel tier applied to the refractor-capable Optic chromium stock. St. Brown became one of the most productive wide receivers in the NFL across his first several seasons with the Detroit Lions, earning Pro Bowl recognition in four consecutive years and back-to-back First-team All-Pro honors, establishing himself as the lead receiver in the Lions' high-powered offensive system. PSA 10 GEM MINT: the maximum grade. Condition: NOS.

🌟 Anaheim Hills, California — The St. Brown Family — USC — The Athletic Family Tree

Amon-Ra St. Brown was born October 24, 1999, in Anaheim Hills, California — the hillside community in Orange County where the Southern California suburban landscape meets the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains. The St. Brown family is one of the most remarkable athletic families in contemporary American sports: Amon-Ra's father, John Brown Sr., was a two-time amateur Mr. Universe and Mr. World bodybuilding champion who went on to train athletes; his brother Equanimeous St. Brown plays wide receiver in the NFL for the Chicago Bears; and his brother Osiris St. Brown played college football at Stanford. His mother, Miriam, grew up in Leverkusen, Germany, adding a European dimension to the family's California upbringing — a heritage reflected in Amon-Ra's name itself, drawn from Amun-Ra, the Egyptian god of the sun and creation. Amon-Ra attended Servite High School in Anaheim before transferring to Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, where a standout senior season (72 receptions, 1,320 yards, 20 touchdowns) made him one of the top wide receiver recruits in the country heading into USC, where he played under head coach Clay Helton in the Trojans' passing attack and developed into one of the more polished route runners in the college game coming out of the 2021 draft class. Condition: NOS.

⭐ Detroit Lions — 4th Round Pick #112 — The Underestimated Draft Position — The First-Round Performance

The Detroit Lions selected Amon-Ra St. Brown in the fourth round of the 2021 NFL Draft with the 112th overall pick — a selection that reflected the collective draft evaluation of the league at the time, but that the Lions have since recognized as among the most productive mid-round picks in their modern franchise history. St. Brown arrived in Detroit and immediately performed at a level inconsistent with his draft position. During the 2021-22 stretch, he tied the NFL record for the longest streak of consecutive games with at least eight receptions — a consistency metric that reflects not just athletic ability but route precision, football intelligence, and the reliability in the passing game that coaches can actually build a game plan around. He made the Pro Bowl in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 — four consecutive seasons of league-wide recognition at the position, with First-team All-Pro honors in 2023 and 2024 — and emerged as the unquestioned leading receiver for a Lions organization that has been among the most dramatically improved franchises in professional football over the same period. The 2021 Donruss Optic #228 Purple Shock RC PSA 10 documents the beginning of the career that produced those numbers. Condition: NOS.

📦 Item Details

Item: Amon-Ra St. Brown 2021 Panini Donruss Optic #228 Purple Shock Rookie RC. Grade: PSA 10 GEM MINT (Professional Sports Authenticator). Player: Amon-Ra St. Brown. Born: October 24, 1999, Anaheim Hills, California. College: USC Trojans. NFL Draft: 2021, 4th round, #112 overall, Detroit Lions. Pro Bowls: 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 (4x). First-team All-Pro: 2023, 2024. Condition: NOS.

🏈⭐ Anaheim Hills. Orange County. The foothills. The Santa Ana Mountains. The St. Brown family. John Brown Sr. The two-time Mr. Universe and Mr. World. Equanimeous. The NFL brother. Osiris. Stanford. The football family. Leverkusen Germany. USC. The Trojans. Clay Helton. The route running. The polished game. 2021. The Draft. Round four. Pick 112. Detroit. The Lions. The offense. Eight-plus receptions. Consecutive games. The NFL record tied. Pro Bowl 2022. Pro Bowl 2023. Pro Bowl 2024. Pro Bowl 2025. Four straight. First-team All-Pro. The Optic card. The Purple Shock. Card 228. PSA 10. GEM MINT. The maximum grade. Certified. Condition: NOS.