Jaguars draft: Trevor Lawrence and Topps launching NFT collection

The Jacksonville Jaguars should feel good about their quarterback of the future, Trevor Lawrence. The Clemson product hasn’t signed his NFL contract yet but has already signed a good number of endorsement deals, including one with Topps.

Last month, Topps announced it would be launching a 50-card box set, and Lawerence’s brother, Chase, and sister-in-law, Brooke, would be responsible for designing 20 of them. However, that wasn’t the end of the quarterback’s collaboration with the sports card company, as they launched a collection of six NFT (non-fungible tokens) for a 24-hour period starting at 11 a.m. ET April 27th.

Chase and Brooke were once again commissioned to create the six-piece collection that includes five open-edition cards, with the opportunity to receive an exclusive Chrome card and a one 1/1 action of a signed Superfractor card and signed Artist Proof card from the Lawrence siblings.

What is an NFT (non-fungible token)?

An NFT can range from an image to a video. Think of digital books; instead of owning a physical copy, you have a digital one. There are already NFT collectors and hope they will increase in value down the road just like other potential collectibles.

The original Star Wars figurines became valuable because the producers didn’t think fans would collect them and instead saw them as toys. There are certain early-edition Pokemon Trading Card Game cards that are valued by collectors because of how rare they are. Some expect NFT will eventually become as invaluable.

Lawrence is helping the Jacksonville Jaguars get the national spotlight.

The fact the Jaguars will take Lawrence with the first overall pick in the draft is the worst kept secret in the NFL. He hasn’t taken a snap in Jacksonville and the national media is talking about him as if he were already a member of the team, which is good. The Jags haven’t gotten much attention in a while but the former Tigers quarterback is changing that.

Lawrence already signed endorsement deals with Adidas, Gatorade, and Blockfolio. Sponsors are betting he will be the face of the Jaguars for a while and one of the best young players in the NFL. The Tennessee native showed at Clemson how talented he is, and it’s not hard to imagine he can make a successful transition to the pros. The Jaguars have been looking for a franchise quarterback, it seems like they will get him in 2021’s draft.