Dan HajduckyJun 22, 2025, 03:05 PM ET
- Dan Hajducky is simply a unit writer for ESPN. He has an MFA successful originative penning from Fairfield University and played connected the men's shot teams astatine Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities.
During the 2nd nighttime of Fanatics Fest 2025, with Washington Commanders backmost and 2024 NFL Rookie of the Year Jayden Daniels and Commanders managing spouse Josh Harris successful tow, Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin asked a Trade Night assemblage connected Saturday who had Daniels' astir costly rookie card.
Josh Roth, who owned Daniels' 1-of-1 numbered Black Finite Prizm paper from 2024 Panini Prizm, had asked for $2 cardinal -- comparing it to Pittsburgh Pirates' pitcher Paul Skenes' $1.1 million 2024 Topps Chrome Update MLB debut spot autograph card. Roth relented, saying Reddit laminitis Alex Ohanian had enactment a $250,000 nationalist bounty connected the paper earlier it was graded; with Beckett Grading Services, the paper received a 9.5 connected their out-of-10 scale.
Via Rubin -- with an appraisal assistance from Fanatics Collectibles CEO Michael Mahan -- Harris offered and bought the paper for $500,000, the astir ever paid for a Daniels card, and a signed Daniels jersey.
Harris plans to show the paper successful Northwest Stadium, the Commanders' home.
In Daniels' archetypal NFL season, helium led Washington to the NFC Championship crippled and won AP Offensive Rookie of the Year aft throwing for 3,568 yards and 25 touchdowns.