
Ken O'Brien
1991 • Fleer
Ultra • #106

The 1991 Fleer Ultra Russell Maryland #288 rookie card captures the Dallas Cowboys' future defensive cornerstone in one of the era's most celebrated card designs.
1991 • Fleer • Ultra
NFL • Dallas Cowboys
Near Mint
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Russell Maryland’s 1991 Fleer Ultra rookie sits in a lower price tier relative to the marquee rookie cards from that Cowboys era, but it still benefits from his status as the first overall pick and a key contributor to multiple championship teams. High-grade examples command a premium because condition-sensitive Ultra surfaces and edges can separate elite copies from typical raw cards. Within the broader 1991 Ultra football set, this card generally trades in line with solid team- and draft-driven demand rather than star-skill-position pricing.
This is a standard rookie card from the base Ultra release rather than a serial-numbered parallel or short print, so overall supply is not inherently scarce. What matters more is graded scarcity at the top end, where clean copies can be less plentiful than raw availability suggests due to foil, centering, and surface issues common to the issue. With just one active listing noted, current visible supply is limited, but the card’s long-term rarity profile is driven more by condition scarcity than by print-run restriction.
As a retired player without the sustained hobby spotlight of Hall of Fame skill-position stars, Maryland’s card carries a narrower collector base, which can cap upside even when demand is steady among Cowboys collectors. Rookie-card status supports baseline interest, but submission trends are unlikely to accelerate unless high-grade examples begin consistently trading above market relative to comparable early-1990s defensive linemen. The outlook is stable rather than explosive, with the strongest momentum likely tied to registry-grade demand and championship-era Cowboys collecting.

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