Caleb Williams Cards: Collect the Bears' Franchise Cornerstone
The first overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft and a Heisman Trophy winner, Williams carries the weight of a Chicago rebuild and one of the most watched card markets in football.
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SLAM Scores & Marketplace
SLAM is a liquidity score from 0–100 that measures how easily a card can be bought or sold at a fair price. It combines recent sales data, trading volume, and market depth into a single number. Listings are aggregated from eBay and Fanatics Collect.
90–100 Cash
70–89 Liquid
40–69 Inventory
0–39 Collection

Liquid
High demand, easy to sell
Caleb Williams - 2024 Panini Prizm Football
Avg Sale
$630
Sales
119
Grade
PSA 10
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Inventory
Sellable with patience
Caleb Williams - 2024 Donruss Optic Football
Avg Sale
$224
Sales
55
Grade
PSA 10
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Inventory
Sellable with patience
Caleb Williams - 2024 Panini Prizm Football
Avg Sale
$471
Sales
8
Grade
PSA 10
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Inventory
Sellable with patience
Caleb Williams - 2024 Donruss Optic Football
Avg Sale
$93
Sales
89
Grade
PSA 10
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Inventory
Sellable with patience
Caleb Williams - 2024 Donruss Optic Football
Avg Sale
$57
Sales
86
Grade
PSA 10
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Collection
Buy it because you love it
Caleb Williams - 2024 Donruss Optic Football
Avg Sale
$131
Sales
33
Grade
PSA 10
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The Case for Getting In Early
First overall pick. Heisman Trophy winner. The most anticipated quarterback prospect since Andrew Luck. Caleb Williams entered the NFL with a draft pedigree that immediately placed his cards at the top of the 2024 rookie class, and his Heisman Trophy-winning campaign at USC — showcasing an elite arm, improvisational brilliance, and a flair for the dramatic — translated directly into collector interest before he had taken a single NFL snap.
Williams cards appeal to both speculative buyers and long-term collectors. Speculative buyers see a young franchise quarterback with MVP ceiling in a market hungry for a star. Patient collectors view his cards as a multi-year hold tied to the Bears' competitive trajectory. The Chicago fanbase — one of the biggest and most passionate in football — ensures that demand for Williams cards remains strong even during rebuilding seasons, creating a base price that most rookie quarterbacks do not enjoy.
Key Cards at Every Price Point
2024 Panini Prizm Silver — The flagship Williams rookie card. The Prizm Silver is the most recognized and actively traded card in his market, serving as the benchmark that collectors use to gauge the health of the entire Williams card economy. Numbered parallels like the Green, Blue, and Red offer tiered scarcity above the Silver.
2024 Donruss Optic Rated Rookie — The iconic Rated Rookie design delivers clean aesthetics and strong brand equity. Optic parallels including Holo, Purple, and numbered variants give collectors multiple entry points, and the card trades with excellent trading activity across every marketplace.
2024 Panini Contenders Rookie Ticket Autograph — The on-card autograph format and ticket-stub design make this one of the most collectible cards in any quarterback's rookie class. Variations like the Cracked Ice and Championship Ticket carry significant premiums due to low print runs.
What to Watch For — and When to Buy
First-season and sophomore-year performance is everything for a number one pick. Wins, touchdown totals, and playoff contention directly move the needle — watch for a hot stretch or a prime-time breakout game, because those are the moments that reprice cards overnight. The Bears' roster construction matters too — every skill-position upgrade or offensive line improvement raises Williams' statistical ceiling and gets reflected in card prices. If you are looking to buy, target the quieter stretches between big games, before the next nationally televised performance creates a spike.
Modern print runs are high, which means raw base cards are abundant and affordable. The grading premium is significant: PSA 10 copies of the Prizm Silver command multiples of the raw price, and population reports are growing quickly. For numbered parallels and autographs, scarcity is real and values hold more firmly. Understanding which cards offer genuine scarcity versus mass-produced base is the key to buying smart in this market.
Mantel Tracks It All
A rookie quarterback's card market does not move gradually — it jumps. A four-touchdown Monday Night Football game, a first playoff win, a Pro Bowl selection — each milestone can reprice Williams cards overnight, and collectors who are not already ready miss the move entirely. Wish List alerts on Mantel let you set a target price on any Williams card and get notified the instant one surfaces at that number, so you are ready before the breakout game instead of scrambling after it. SLAM scores measure actual sales velocity, price trends, and trading activity across his market, showing you whether demand is building quietly ahead of a prime-time matchup or whether a post-game spike has already been priced in. Comps reveal what Williams cards are actually selling for — not the inflated asks that appear after a highlight-reel performance — giving you real transaction data to guide every purchase. Real-time listings from eBay and Fanatics Collect flow into one searchable feed so you can compare prices across sellers and products the instant they appear. And the Mantel community is where Williams collectors track the Bears rebuild together, reacting to every snap, breaking down how each roster move shifts card values, and sharing the pulls that build a franchise-quarterback collection.
Get in before the breakout. Set Wish List alerts on Mantel for the Williams cards you want, check SLAM scores and comps to know what they are truly worth, and connect with collectors who watch every Bears game and understand how wins, stats, and milestones translate into overnight card value.
Join the Caleb Williams Cards Community
Share your collection, compare comps, browse live marketplace listings, track trends, and connect with collectors who care about the hobby and the market behind every card.
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