2015 Panini Immaculate Collection Premium Patches Game Used NFL Shield Patch Autograph #PP-TB Tom Brady - PSA Authentic & PSA/DNA Autograph 10 | 1 of 1 | On-Card Autograph

There is only one G.O.A.T..

The five-time Super Bowl MVP and record holder for every substantial career passing stat, there will never be another Tom Brady. With seven Lombardi trophies across ten Super Bowl appearances, Brady threw for over 3000 yards in the Big Game alone throughout his career.

The card offered here commemorates Tom’s sixteenth season at the helm in New England. Coming off a dramatic Super Bowl victory over the Seahawks, his fourth title overall but first in a decade, Brady continued to dominate in 2015. Driving the Pats to an AFC-best 12-4 record, he led the league in touchdown passes en route to his 11th Pro Bowl selection. His impressive campaign would end, appropriately, with his last career game facing off against Peyton Manning.

Originally introduced as a high-end standalone basketball release by Panini for the 2012-13 NBA season, Immaculate Collection quickly became popular amongst collectors and soon after was released in both baseball and football. Created by Karvin Cheung, the creator of the archetypal high-end card set Exquisite Collection, Immaculate Collection Football debuted in 2014. The product had an emphasis on providing a high-end chase by limiting production run such that each and every card was numbered to 99 or less. On-card autographs featuring the 2014 rookie class, current superstars, and notable veterans were plentiful, and the set included highly sought after and rare on-card autographs featuring game-used patch material. Some 1-of-1 variations contained a full size NFL shield patch. Each box contains just six cards, five containing memorabilia, autographs, or a combination of the two.

To this day, Immaculate Collection stands as one of the most premium sets in the hobby. Similar to the NBA’s logoman patches, the 1-of-1 NFL shield patch auto, such as the one offered here for the greatest football player of all time, serves as one of the most coveted cards produced for a given player each year. While the memorabilia featured in many cards over recent years have not been confirmed to be worn or used by the players they are representing, that is not the case here as Panini guarantees that the substantial NFL shield patch featured here was worn in a game by Brady. The front of the card is stamped with a script “1 of 1” in the bottom corner to emphasize its unduplicated nature. Perhaps the best Brady card produced for his exceptional 2015 season, this card is a grail for any serious Brady collector.

This card has been authenticated by Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA). The autograph was graded and received a 10 from PSA/DNA.

The PSA certificate number for this card is: 96388244.

Going Deeper - Tom Brady

Humble Beginnings and the Road to Greatness

There are only a few athletes who are near-universally accepted as the greatest in their sport: Tiger Woods, Muhammad Ali, Wayne Gretzky, Babe Ruth—and Tom Brady.

While most of them entered their respective sports as highly touted prospects, Brady’s journey began as an unassuming sixth-round pick of the New England Patriots in the 2000 NFL Draft.

During ESPN’s segment covering the 199th pick, resident draft expert Mel Kiper remarked, “[Brady] throws a very catchable ball.” Watching the segment today, there is little evidence Kiper realized he was talking about the player who threw perhaps the most catchable ball in the history of the sport. Brady holds the record for the most passing yards, completions, and touchdowns in NFL history.

Kiper would go on to talk about Brady’s perceived weaknesses: “The question is going to be mobility. He only runs a 5.25 forty [yard dash] and of course when you have those edge pass rushers, you have to avoid the initial defensive end, the initial pass rusher. Can he do that at the pro level?”

Brady’s seemingly pedestrian 2000 NFL Combine performance (his 40-yard dash was on par with some offensive lineman) and the now infamous photo of his less-than-strapping, unathletic physique, have become part of the lore for what many consider the best draft pick of all time. Every year come draft time, that photo of Brady gets circulated through social media as teams hope to strike gold again as the New England Patriots did in the year 2000.

Brady would acknowledge as much when he posted the picture to his personal Instagram years later, with the caption:

“19 years ago today the @patriots took a chance on the guy in this photo: Me (199) 😂. Thank you to EVERYONE who’s helped me to prove them right! PS: Did they stop taking these photos after mine?? 🤣🤣”

What followed, of course, is legend. Brady would go on to join the Patriots as their fourth-string quarterback and was, by no means, a lock to even make the team. By the following season however, he was thrust into a starting role after veteran starter Drew Bledsoe sustained an injury in week two. That opportunity was all Brady needed. He would lead the Patriots to a 20-17 victory in Super Bowl XXXVI that year and become the youngest Super Bowl MVP.

Brady would win five more Super Bowls with the New England Patriots as well as one with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on his way to becoming the best quarterback, and arguably player, in the history of the sport. No NFL player has ever come close to being as good for as long. If you split Brady’s career into segments, you would find two, maybe even three, Hall of Fame resumes.

In 2024, Brady began the next chapter of his storied career in a new arena as the primary color commentator for FOX’s Sunday NFL broadcasts.