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Tom Brady
2020 · Panini Donruss Optic Football — Downtown · #DT4
Tom Brady’s DT4 Downtown insert reference.
- Sport
- Football
- Year / season
- 2020
- Set
- Panini Donruss Optic Football — Downtown
- Number
- #DT4
- Format
- Card
About this card
Tom Brady’s 2020 Panini Donruss Optic Football card is number DT4 in that release, in the Downtown edition. Donruss Optic reprints the Donruss designs on chromium stock. Its Holo parallel is the familiar step up from the base card, with many colored and numbered parallels above it.
Tom Brady’s rookie-labeled entry in this catalog is the 2000 Bowman Chrome Football #236, so this later issue carries no rookie label.
How to identify it
Compare the finish: base Optic is a smooth chrome, Holo adds a rainbow shimmer, and colored parallels change the border or background. A player’s Donruss and Optic cards often share a design but not a number, so confirm the brand as well.
Downtown is part of this card’s name: it marks an insert or parallel inside Panini Donruss Optic Football, and the number on its own can point to a different card.
In Tom Brady’s run
Tom Brady has 3 entries in this catalog, from 2000 to 2020, and this is the most recent. Nearby entries are listed below, so you can compare the releases that sit around this one.
In the 2020 checklist
The catalog’s selected checklist for the 2020 Panini Donruss Optic Football — Downtown release also includes Randy Moss, Derrick Henry, Travis Kelce, Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith. It is a partial checklist of cataloged cards, not the full release.
- Randy Moss, 2020 Panini Donruss Optic Football — Downtown #DT2
- Derrick Henry, 2020 Panini Donruss Optic Football — Downtown #DT9
- Travis Kelce, 2020 Panini Donruss Optic Football — Downtown #DT10
- Jerry Rice, 2020 Panini Donruss Optic Football — Downtown #DT13
What to know about this issue
- Downtown is a separately named insert checklist.
- PSA also lists Brady at DT22; this reference specifically identifies DT4.
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