What year is Eli Raridon's rookie card?

Eli Raridon's rookie season was 2026, so the rookie cards carry that year.

How many rookie cards does Eli Raridon have?

Our checklist lists 4 Eli Raridon rookie cards with card numbers, each from a cited source. It is not every parallel or color variation.

How much is a Eli Raridon rookie card worth?

Parlae does not print card values. Find the year, set, card number, parallel and grade on your card, then check eBay sold listings or eBay's price guide for that exact card.

Are collectors watching Eli Raridon right now?

Collector attention is flat: Wikipedia lookups of Eli Raridon are down 10% this week. That is attention, not a price.

Eli Raridon rookie card: key RCs, checklist and collector interest

Eli Raridon's first licensed base rookie card is the 2026 Topps Flagship Football #369. Eli Raridon's rookie season was 2026.

Eli RaridonNE TE

3rd round, 95th overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots.

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Eli Raridon card market

Collector attention: down 10% this week, down 60% over 30 days

Attention measures how much people are looking up this player, a leading indicator collectors watch. It is not a price. Source: Wikipedia pageviews through 2026-10-15.

Eli Raridon's key rookie cards, by our criteria

First licensed base RC: The licensed base rookie card from the earliest year in the player's checklist. Where an Upper Deck Young Guns card exists, that card.
First chromium RC: The licensed chromium (Chrome, Prizm, Optic and the like) rookie card from the earliest year in the player's checklist.
Scarcest licensed RC autograph: Among licensed rookie-card autographs in the player's checklist, the one with the lowest stated print run.
First prospect card: For a player whose rookie cards are not out yet, or a baseball player's Bowman 1st: the earliest prospect card in the player's checklist. Not a rookie card.

First licensed base RC
2026 Topps Flagship Football #369
Topps, base, base rookie; set released August 21, 2026. Sources [1][2]

Which Eli Raridon card is the real rookie card

Eli Raridon's rookie year is 2026, the first season of Topps' return as the NFL card licensee after Panini's run (2016 through 2025), so his licensed rookie cards are Topps issues, led by 2026 Topps Flagship Football (released August 21, 2026), where he is base card 369 with the RC tag. In that set he appears on the base rookie card and its base variations (Clear, Player Number, Team Color Border), but not in any autograph, relic or rookie insert section on the checklists we read. No exclusive autograph contract was found in any source we read.

Sources [1][2]

Eli Raridon rookie card checklist with card numbers

4 rookie cards, each confirmed on the linked pages. Not every parallel is listed.

Eli Raridon card checklist
Card	Type	Print run	RC	Source
2026 Topps Flagship Football #369base rookie; set released August 21, 2026	Base	Not numbered	Yes	[1][2]
2026 Topps Flagship Football Base Clear Variation #369clear variation of the base rookie, listed /10	Parallel	/10	Yes	[1][2]
2026 Topps Flagship Football Base Player Number Variation #369	Parallel	Not numbered	Yes	[1][2]
2026 Topps Flagship Football Base Team Color Border Variation #369	Parallel	Not numbered	Yes	[1][2]

Eli Raridon's career, in brief

Played tight end at Notre Dame from 2022 to 2025; as a 2025 starter he caught 32 passes for 482 yards.
Drafted 95th overall by New England in 2026.
Through Week 4 of 2026 he had 3 catches for 44 yards and a touchdown.

Career facts: [1]

Grading Eli Raridon cards

A PSA 10 (Gem Mint) or BGS 9.5 is the top grade most collectors look for; it means sharp corners, clean edges, centered printing and an unmarked surface. A graded card and a raw one are different cards to look up.

How PSA, CGC and Beckett grade

PSA

Top grades:: Gem Mint 10, then Mint 9 and NM-MT 8.
Half grades:: 1.5 through 8.5 since February 2008; there is no PSA 9.5.

One overall grade on the label. Centering weighs heavily in it.

Source: Sports Collectors Digest on PSA's half grades

CGC

Top grades:: Pristine 10 (virtually flawless, 50/50 centering), then Gem Mint 10 and Mint+ 9.5.
Half grades:: Yes, from Fair 1.5 up to Mint+ 9.5.

Authentic (AU) for a genuine card that cannot take a number; Authentic Altered (AA) for one that was altered.

Source: CGC grading scale

Beckett (BGS)

Top grades:: Pristine 10; a Black Label Pristine 10 has a 10 in all four subgrades.
Half grades:: Yes, 1 to 10 in half points.

Four subgrades on the label: centering, corners, edges and surface.

Source: Beckett grading

Grading scales as each grader describes them, checked Oct 16, 2026.

Population by grade

A population report counts how many copies of a card a grader has graded at each grade. Search 2026 Topps Flagship Football #369 on PSA Population Report or CGC Cards Population Report.

How to identify your Eli Raridon card and check what it sold for

Find the year and maker on the back of your Eli Raridon card, and the card number, usually top or bottom on the back.
Check the front and back for a serial number (for example 23/99) and for a colored or patterned finish: those mark a parallel, which is a different card from the base version.
Look for the RC logo or the word Rookie. A card from before the first pro season, such as a Bowman 1st or a college card, is a prospect card, not a rookie card.
Note any grade on the slab label (PSA, BGS, SGC, CGC). A raw card and a graded one are different listings.
Search sold listings for that exact year, set, number, parallel and grade. What a card sold for is a better guide than any asking price.

Check Eli Raridon rookie cards in eBay's sold listings or eBay's price guide for that exact card.

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Eli Raridon card questions

What is Eli Raridon's rookie card?: Eli Raridon's first licensed base rookie card is the 2026 Topps Flagship Football #369. Eli Raridon's rookie season was 2026.
What year is Eli Raridon's rookie card?: Eli Raridon's rookie season was 2026, so the rookie cards carry that year.
How many rookie cards does Eli Raridon have?: Our checklist lists 4 Eli Raridon rookie cards with card numbers, each from a cited source. It is not every parallel or color variation.
How much is a Eli Raridon rookie card worth?: Parlae does not print card values. Find the year, set, card number, parallel and grade on your card, then check eBay sold listings or eBay's price guide for that exact card.
Are collectors watching Eli Raridon right now?: Collector attention is flat: Wikipedia lookups of Eli Raridon are down 10% this week. That is attention, not a price.

Card facts checked 2026-10-16. Parlae prints no card values. Set and brand names belong to their makers; Parlae is not affiliated with them.

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