Description
The Leaf football machine keeps rolling with 2026 Leaf Metal Football.
Already the second 2026 football product from the company, the set features a mix of retired greats, a handful of current standouts, and lots of rising stars — including players who will be selected in the 2026 NFL Draft and other stars of tomorrow whose pro careers are still in the future.
Collectors will find a pair of box types. They can expect to pull four autographs and four base or inserts in every traditional hobby box, while jumbo boxes house eight autographs and eight base or inserts. Each box type also includes one additional signature from the On-Card Autographs checklist.
2026 Leaf Metal Football Checklist Overview
No individual card in the product has a production run higher than /12. Leaf Metal opens with a 203-card base set and a corresponding Base Autographs checklist.
Several insert concepts run throughout the product, with both base and autographed versions. The inserts vary in scope, with die-cut offerings, retro designs, and colorful features that pop off the cards.
Die-cut Scoring Kings, vintage Leaf 1950, and vibrant Stainless cards are all in play.
Armed And Dangerous is a quarterback-centric checklist that has three distinct background variations — Space, War, and Western.
Explode Onto The Scene wrap up the concepts, featuring rising talents who leave a path of destruction behind them.
There are also a handful of autograph-only sets — die-cut Skywriting, Metal X, and Lunararity.
As for the On-Card Autograph in every box, there are 44 players on the checklist, including several NFL Hall of Famers like Jim Kelly, Warren Moon, Edgerrin James, and Fran Tarkenton, as well as other former standouts.
While many Leaf products have a wide variety of multi-signed cards, Leaf Metal only has one option — TRItanium.
2026 Leaf Metal Football cards at a glance:
Cards per pack: Hobby – 9, Jumbo – 17
Packs per box: Hobby – 1, Jumbo – 1
Boxes per case: Hobby – 10, Jumbo – 8
Set size: 203 cards
Release date: March 18, 2026
What to expect in a hobby box:
- Autographs – 5 Total
- On-Card Autographs – 1
- Base or Inserts – 4 Total
What to expect in a jumbo box:
- Autographs – 9 Total
- On-Card Autographs – 1
- Base or Inserts – 8 Total
