The Rock’s College Football Rookie Card Sells For $45K

The Rock’s College Football Rookie Card Sells For $45K

The rare college football card of WWE and Hollywood megastar, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, has sold for $45K and Johnson himself shared the news.

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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s college football rookie card has now sold for $45K. For those who are not familiar with Johnson’s path to wrestling and Hollywood stardom, the catalyst to his journey in entertainment was his days playing football. Johnson’s original dream was to play in the NFL, and he played for the University of Miami as a defensive lineman, but unfortunately was never drafted to the NFL, and he was cut not long into his stint in the Canadian Football League. It was after this failed quest, he returned home with only “$7 bucks” in his pocket and then started his illustrious wrestling career before ultimately retiring to pursue a career as a leading man in Hollywood.

Despite the huge success Johnson has earned from both professional wrestling and Hollywood, his passion for football has always found a way back into his professional career. In his early years in Hollywood, he starred in the sports drama Gridiron Gang, and he later starred in Ballers, which ran for five seasons and saw Johnson play a financial manager for football players. Last year, Johnson also purchased the XFL, the football league previously owned by WWE CEO Vince McMahon, and his upcoming NBC autobiographical sitcom, Young Rock, will also explore his younger days, such as his time playing football in Miami. Now, ahead of Young Rock’s release, and on Super Bowl Sunday, Johnson’s football card is selling big.

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On Instagram, Johnson revealed that his rare football rookie card from his days at the University of Miami, which there is reportedly less than 50 in existence, has sold for an incredible $45,000. The cards were originally created in 1994, and Johnson was one of the names from the University of Miami that got his own card. In the post, the former WWE Champion shows an image of the card on auction and writes that the continuous rise in the cards price “has become so surreal to me,” and he reminded fans that playing in the NFL was his original dream before writing: “On SUPER BOWL Sunday my rookie card gets sold for 45K!! Congrats to the winning bidder!” Full post can be seen below:

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The timing of this news is incredible, and it feels like another full circle story in a way for the Hollywood star. All these years later, he continues to have a big presence in football despite not reaching the NFL, and Johnson mentions in his post, the “humbling irony” is not lost on him “one bit.” The card previously sold for $14,000 in December, and in almost two months, his card has more than doubled its value. The trading card industry has boomed thanks to the pandemic, and if one takes into account Johnson’s popularity, the Super Bowl occasion, and perhaps his upcoming Young Rock series, it may help explain the incredible rise in price for Johnson’s rookie football card.

The news is also quite timely as it will perhaps create more intrigue into his days at the University of Miami, and with Young Rock debuting on February 16 on NBC, it may lead to more people tuning in to see the ‘young Rock’. Johnson’s football days are only one of the timelines that Young Rock will explore, as his days as a 10-year-old and 15-year-old in high school will also be explored. Whether or not this has any impact on Young Rock’s viewership remains to be seen, but The Rock’s football card selling for $45K is yet another feather in the cap of the highest-paid actor, as his superstar status shows no sign of waning.

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