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C.J. Stroud
2023 · Panini Donruss Optic Football — Downtown! · #D2
A named Optic insert alongside Stroud’s numbered Prizm player references.
- Sport
- Football
- Year / season
- 2023
- Set
- Panini Donruss Optic Football — Downtown!
- Number
- #D2
- Format
- Card
About this card
C.J. Stroud’s 2023 Panini Donruss Optic Football card is number D2 in that release, in the Downtown! edition. Donruss Optic reprints the Donruss designs on chromium stock. Its Holo parallel is the familiar step up from the base card, with many colored and numbered parallels above it.
It carries no rookie label. That is not a claim either way: the catalog adds the label only when a cited source supports it.
How to identify it
Compare the finish: base Optic is a smooth chrome, Holo adds a rainbow shimmer, and colored parallels change the border or background. A player’s Donruss and Optic cards often share a design but not a number, so confirm the brand as well.
Downtown! is part of this card’s name: it marks an insert or parallel inside Panini Donruss Optic Football, and the number on its own can point to a different card.
In C.J. Stroud’s run
C.J. Stroud has 4 entries in this catalog, from 2023 to 2024, and this is the earliest of them. Nearby entries are listed below, so you can compare the releases that sit around this one.
- C.J. Stroud, 2023 Panini Prizm Football #339
- C.J. Stroud, 2024 Panini Prizm Football — Color Blast #22
- C.J. Stroud, 2024 Topps Cosmic Chrome Football — Cosmic Heroes #CH-1
In the 2023 checklist
The catalog’s selected checklist for the 2023 Panini Donruss Optic Football — Downtown! release also includes Anthony Richardson, Jalen Hurts, Bijan Robinson, Jahmyr Gibbs, Josh Jacobs, Saquon Barkley and 3 more. It is a partial checklist of cataloged cards, not the full release.
- Anthony Richardson, 2023 Panini Donruss Optic Football — Downtown! #D3
- Jalen Hurts, 2023 Panini Donruss Optic Football — Downtown! #D5
- Bijan Robinson, 2023 Panini Donruss Optic Football — Downtown! #D10
- Jahmyr Gibbs, 2023 Panini Donruss Optic Football — Downtown! #D11
What to know about this issue
- PSA lists Stroud at D2 in its complete Downtown! checklist.
- The same release year does not make an Optic insert interchangeable with a Prizm base card.
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