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Christian McCaffrey
2017 · Panini Donruss Football · #318
McCaffrey’s Donruss rookie belongs to the Rated Rookies subset.
- Sport
- Football
- Year / season
- 2017
- Set
- Panini Donruss Football
- Number
- #318
- Format
- Card
- Issue status
- Rookie card
About this card
Christian McCaffrey’s 2017 Panini Donruss Football card is number 318 in that release. Donruss is Panini’s paper-stock base brand, carrying a name that goes back to the early 1980s. In its football and basketball sets, first-year players usually appear in the Rated Rookies subset, marked with the Rated Rookie logo, and many cards also come in Press Proof parallels.
The catalog labels this a rookie card, based on the source cited below.
How to identify it
Look for the Rated Rookie logo on rookie cards and for the stamping or foil that marks a Press Proof. Insert sets inside Donruss have their own designs and numbering, so an insert’s name belongs with its number.
In Christian McCaffrey’s run
This is the only Christian McCaffrey entry in the catalog so far.
In the 2017 checklist
The catalog’s selected checklist for the 2017 Panini Donruss Football release also includes Patrick Mahomes II. It is a partial checklist of cataloged cards, not the full release.
What to know about this issue
- Beckett explicitly identifies #318 as a rookie card.
- Its photograph is a posed studio image; Press Proof versions are separately listed parallels.
Inspect the source
Source reviewed 2026-10-07. The source describes this issue; it does not verify any item offered by a third party.
The PSA reference confirms the basic issue identity. Edition notes retain the reviewed Beckett checklist attribution; that site was unavailable during our October 7 review.
- PSA Set Registry: Christian McCaffrey Rookie Set (opens in a new tab)
- Beckett: Christian McCaffrey Rookie Card Guide (unavailable at October 7 review) (opens in a new tab)
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