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NFL Owner Buys Jayden Daniels Card For $500,000

Originally posted on The Spun | By Daniel Bates | Last updated Jun 23, 2025 12:45 PM ET

Trading cards are back in a big way as of late and so are the Washington Commanders.

After drafting Jayden Daniels second overall last April, the rookie QB led the franchise to a 12-5 record its first NFC Championship appearance since 1991 — giving the team more playoff wins in one season than they've had since the turn of the millennium.

Due to his early on-field success, Josh Roth and Jacob Ramos of Rothcards bought a rare 1-of-1 2024 Daniels Panini Prizm card for roughly $300,000 which they showed off at this year's Fanatics Fest. And it caught the attention of Commanders owner Josh Harris.

Per The Athletic, Harris asked Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin who in attendance had the rarest Jayden Daniels, and when Roth and Ramos came forward he two sides quickly negotiated a deal worth half a million dollars (even though they were asked for four times that).

"It was such an experience to be on stage with just everyone. It really happened so fast," Ramos told the publication. "Moments like that are timeless."

Oct 20, 2024; Landover, Maryland, USA; Washington Commanders owner Josh Harris stands on the field prior to the game against the Carolina Panthers at Northwest Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images© Geoff Burke-Imagn Images

Daniels reportedly signed the card afterwards and Harris plans to display it at Northwest Stadium this season.

Of course $500,000 is light work for a man who purchased his NFL team for a record $6.05 billion in 2023. And that number is only going to go up if Daniels and Washington can replicate this kind of success in the years to come.

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