Alvin Kamara Rookie Card: 2017 Prizm, Optic and Donruss

Alvin Kamara's rookie cards are from 2017 products, the season he was drafted and won NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. The ones collectors look for first:

• 2017 Panini Prizm #291. Cardboard Connection's checklist lists him as card 291 of the 300-card base set. Prizm is the flagship chrome-style football product, and its Silver parallel is usually the most sought-after version.
• 2017 Donruss Optic Rated Rookie #199 and its Silver Holo parallel.
• 2017 Donruss Rated Rookie #349, with Press Proof parallels.
• Others seen in listings: 2017 Panini Select #167 (Premier Level), 2017 Panini Phoenix #113, 2017 Panini Prestige #251, and a 2017 Panini Certified Rookie Patch Autograph (Mirror Red /99).

The card number is on the back; the Rated Rookie or RC logo is on the front.

Kamara is #67 in the 2017 Panini Prizm Rookie Autographs set. Cardboard Connection lists these parallels, from most common to rarest: Disco, Green, Pink, Red/White/Blue, Blue Wave (#/149), Green Scope (#/99), Purple Crystals (#/75), Red Power (#/49), Camo (#/25), Bronze Stars (20 or fewer), Gold (#/10), Gold Vinyl (#/5), Black Finite 1/1 and White Sparkle 1/1. He also appears in two Prizm inserts, Instant Impact (#7) and Rookie Introductions (#17), which are not rookie cards in the RC sense.

A serial-numbered parallel is a different card from the base #291 and sells at its own price.

We could not open a dated sold-price source for Kamara's rookie cards on Sept. 25, 2026 (SportsCardsPro and eBay refused automated access), so we give no guide price. What we could read are asking prices at one dealer, SportsMemorabilia.com, on that date. Asking prices are what a seller wants, not what cards sell for:

• 2017 Panini Select Premier Level #167: $56.99.
• 2017 Donruss Optic Rated Rookie #199: $63.99 to $65.99; Silver Holo parallel $120.99.
• 2017 Donruss Rated Rookie #349: $65.99; Blue Press Proof $84.99.
• 2017 Panini Phoenix Silver Prizm #113: $102.99.
• 2017 Panini Certified Mirror Red Rookie Patch Autograph #54/99, PSA 8: $164.99.

To price your copy, match the card number and parallel exactly and compare with completed sales in the same grade.

From Wikipedia, read Sept. 25, 2026:

• 2017: drafted in the third round, 67th overall; Offensive Rookie of the Year with 728 rushing yards, 826 receiving yards and 13 total touchdowns.
• Pro Bowl in each of his first five seasons (2017–2021), the first Saints player to do that; second-team All-Pro in 2017 and 2020.
• Dec. 25, 2020: six rushing touchdowns against Minnesota, tying the NFL single-game record.
• Contracts: a five-year, $75 million extension in August 2020 and a two-year, $24.5 million extension on Oct. 22, 2024.
• 2025: 11 games, then an MCL sprain in Week 12 ended his season.
• Career: 7,265 rushing yards and 61 rushing touchdowns; 4,955 receiving yards and 25 receiving touchdowns.

Running backs' card prices usually cool as they age and miss games; a strong return or a record would be the thing that changes that.

• Prizm #291: check the back for 291 and the Prizm logo; Silver and colored parallels have a reflective pattern the base card lacks.
• Donruss vs Optic: both use the Rated Rookie design; Donruss #349 is paper, Optic #199 has a chrome-like finish.
• Serial numbers such as 54/99 mark numbered parallels and autographs.
• Autographs: a sticker autograph sits on a clear label; an on-card autograph is signed directly on the card surface. Check which one the set uses before paying an on-card premium.

Take one straight photo of the front and one of the back, so the year, set and card number are readable. StarLens reads the player, set and number from the photo. Then match the result against the checks on this page before you trust any price.

Research and drafting for this page were assisted by AI and checked line by line against the sources listed below. Every price names its source and date. Some sites we wanted to cite (PSA, SportsCardsPro product pages, eBay, Beckett) refused automated access on Sept. 25, 2026; where that left a gap, the page says so instead of guessing. If you find an error, tell us and we will correct it.