2021-22 Donruss #231 Jalen Johnson Rated Rookie IP Auto CGC/JSA Authentic Auto 10 Atlanta Hawks RC
Jalen Johnson — Atlanta Hawks — A permanent record: this Museum Artifact ID stays with this piece for good, independent of which gallery it's currently displayed in.
Worth the Wait — Jalen Johnson's Donruss Rated Rookie Autograph
His rookie card, signed years into the career it was drafted for — and the camera never left it either time.
Jalen Johnson wasn't a rookie anymore by the time we caught up with him. By October 24, 2025, when the Hawks came through Orlando to play the Magic, he'd grown into a real piece of Atlanta's rotation — the promise on the back of his 2021-22 Donruss Rated Rookie finally starting to look like the present tense. We'd carried that card for a while, waiting for a night like this one.
He stopped in the tunnel. Christian went first — Jalen Johnson took his time with it — and then he signed for me. Blue paint pen, on-card, clean through the whole signature.
The camera stayed on the card from before the pen touched down until he lifted it, for both signings. That's not a small detail — it's the difference between a good story and proof. CGC and JSA didn't need the footage to grade the autograph a perfect 10, but we didn't need to rely on memory either.
The card is four years old. The signature is brand new. Both are real.
Kia Center, Orlando, October 24, 2025
Kia Center, Orlando, October 24, 2025
