2025 Donruss Optic Football brings chromium flare to the flagship Donruss set. Add in plenty of colors that pop from a wide-ranging parallel rainbow, SSP insert chases, and hard-signed autographs from the Rookie Premiere, and collectors essentially have all they can want from a product.

Collectors should again expect to find one autograph per hobby box, as well as plenty of inserts, parallels, and rookie cards.

2025 Donruss Optic Football Checklist Overview

The base set will take a comprehensive look at the NFL’s top veterans and notable rookies on an etched optichrome finish. A handful of legends also make an appearance on the checklist.

Hobby boxes will have more than 15 exclusive parallels, including Black Pandora, Ice, Green, and the coveted Gold Vinyl.

Rated Rookies make their way from Donruss to Donruss Optic, giving the top first-year standouts some extra shine. There are 100 cards that wrap up the base checklist and have their own set of parallels.

The main rookie attraction, however, is the RPS Rated Rookie Autographs, which were hard-signed during the annual NFL Rookie Premiere.

As some of the first on-card signatures from the rookie class, these autos are covered by a lengthy list of parallels.

Additional Rookie Autographs will have single-, dual-, and triple-signed versions.

First-year standouts also make an appearance in Rookie Patch Autographs, adding a prime slice of jersey, along with their signature.

Insert chases include Rookie Kings and Sunday Kings, sets inspired by street art. These cards feature graffiti-style artwork with neon colors providing a sharp contrast to black-and-white photography.

Additional inserts include My House and a 2015 Retro concept, throwing it back to the first year of Panini’s current run of the Donruss flagship set, which did not have an Optic version.

The SSP chase Downtown returns, it will have Dual and Legends versions with a handful of parallels for each.

2025 Donruss Optic Football cards at a glance:

Cards per pack: Hobby – 4; FOTL – 4; Blaster – 4; Mega – 6; H2 – 4; Choice – 8
Packs per box: Hobby – 20; FOTL – 20; Blaster – 6; Mega – 7; H2 – 8; Choice – 1
Boxes per case: Hobby – 12; FOTL – 12; Blaster – 20; Mega – 20; H2 – 20; Choice – 20
Set size: 300 cards
Release date: January 26, 2026

What to expect in a hobby box:

• Autographs – 1
• Inserts – 4
• Holo Parallels – 3
• Additional Numbered Parallels – 9
• Base Rated Rookies – 20