Fred Warner Signed 49ers Eclipse Black Mini Helmet BAS Witness Authenticated

Add the signature of the most complete linebacker in the NFL to your collection with this Fred Warner Autographed San Francisco 49ers Eclipse Black Speed Mini Helmet — BAS Witnessed. Four First-Team All-Pro selections in seven NFL seasons. The highest-paid linebacker contract in NFL history, signed in May 2025 at $63 million over three years. The #1 overall PFF grade among all 88 qualified linebackers in the 2025 NFL season — achieved in just six games before a fractured and dislocated ankle ended his year prematurely. The most decorated linebacker of his generation was performing at his career-best level at the moment the injury intervened. Selected 70th overall in the third round of the 2018 NFL Draft, Warner has produced the kind of sustained All-Pro standard that third-round picks are not historically supposed to reach — four First-Team selections in seven seasons at a position where coverage range, run-stopping physicality, and pre-snap recognition must all operate at elite levels simultaneously for a player to earn the designation once, let alone four times. The Eclipse Black Speed Mini signed by Warner is the most visually distinctive available signed Warner mini — the alternate colorway that steps outside the 49ers' traditional red and gold, in the compact display format, carrying the autograph of the active linebacker the market has formally valued higher than any in NFL history.

This San Francisco 49ers Eclipse Black Speed Mini Helmet has been hand-signed by Fred Warner with a bold, clean autograph. Authentication is provided by Beckett Authentication Services (BAS) at their elevated Witness tier — a Beckett representative was physically present at the signing to verify the autograph's authenticity in real time.

Product Highlights

• Hand-signed by Fred Warner — San Francisco 49ers linebacker, four-time First-Team All-Pro, highest-paid linebacker in NFL history
• San Francisco 49ers Eclipse Black Speed Mini Helmet — the alternate colorway, compact display format
• BAS Witnessed — Beckett representative physically present at signing, verifying autograph in real time
• Four First-Team All-Pro selections in seven seasons (2020, 2022, 2023, 2024) — including a unanimous selection in 2023, one of only three players league-wide to earn that designation
• $63 million / three-year extension — highest-paid linebacker in NFL history, signed May 2025; contract runs through the 2029 season
• #1 overall PFF grade among all 88 qualified linebackers in 2025 — 93.2 overall, 91.5 coverage (1st), 91.3 run defense (4th); no other 2025 linebacker exceeded 90.0 in both run defense and coverage simultaneously
• First player in 49ers franchise history with 10+ career sacks and 10+ career interceptions; second in franchise history in tackles behind only Hall of Famer Patrick Willis
• Backed by our Lifetime Authenticity Guarantee

Four All-Pros in Seven Seasons — The Sustained Standard

The First-Team All-Pro designation at linebacker requires simultaneous elite performance in three independent disciplines: tackling and run defense, pass coverage against running backs, tight ends, and occasionally wide receivers, and pre-snap recognition that allows a player to be in the correct position before the ball is snapped. Most linebackers who reach All-Pro level do so in one of those disciplines — a coverage specialist, a run-stopper, a blitz threat. Fred Warner earns the designation because he operates at an elite level in all three simultaneously. His 2023 unanimous All-Pro selection — one of only three players in the entire NFL to earn that specific designation that year — came on the strength of 132 tackles, four interceptions, 11 passes defended, and four forced fumbles in 17 games. His 2024 First-Team All-Pro came on 131 tackles, two interceptions including one returned 45 yards for a touchdown, four forced fumbles, and a first-quarter interception of Patrick Mahomes in Super Bowl LVIII. Four times in seven seasons, the AP voters who evaluate every linebacker in the NFL have placed Warner's name first. The Eclipse Black Speed Mini signed by Warner is the compact piece of the linebacker who has earned that specific recognition four times in the span that most linebackers earn it once or never.

70th Overall to the Highest-Paid Linebacker in History

The 2018 NFL Draft's 70th overall pick was acquired by the San Francisco 49ers via trade with the Chicago Bears. Third-round picks at linebacker become useful starters. Occasionally they become Pro Bowl players. Fred Warner became the highest-paid linebacker in NFL history. The three-year, $63 million extension signed in May 2025 — his third contract with San Francisco — is the market's most specific available statement of what the 49ers believe Warner's production is worth: more than any linebacker the sport has previously produced. The contract runs through the 2029 season, meaning Warner will spend his entire prime in San Francisco's uniform. He is already the second-most productive tackler in franchise history behind Hall of Famer Patrick Willis, and the first 49er ever to record 10+ career sacks and 10+ career interceptions — the dual credential that quantifies the most complete available individual assessment of his value on both sides of the passing game. The Eclipse Black mini carries the autograph of the player whose career trajectory from third-round pick to highest-paid linebacker at his position has no direct precedent in the modern NFL.

93.2 — The Best Six Games of His Career, Interrupted

The 2025 season lasted six games for Fred Warner before a dislocated and fractured right ankle ended his year in Week 6 against Tampa Bay. In those six games, Warner produced the highest overall PFF grade among all 88 qualified linebackers in the NFL — 93.2 — described by PFF analysts as a career-best mark, earned while playing above even his own elite standard. His 91.5 coverage grade ranked first at the position. His 91.3 run-defense grade ranked fourth. No other linebacker in the 2025 season exceeded 90.0 in both categories simultaneously. Projected over a full 17-game slate, Warner was on pace for 140+ tackles — production that would have placed him among the league leaders for the seventh consecutive season. The fractured ankle required surgery and ended his postseason, but Warner confirmed no follow-up procedures were needed and entered the 2026 offseason on a rehabilitation timeline that projects him for a full return. The Eclipse Black Speed Mini signed by Warner captures the autograph of the player who was performing at his career peak when the injury intervened — and who returns to the field with the highest linebacker contract in NFL history still intact through 2029.

BAS Witness — The Elevated Authentication Tier

This mini helmet carries BAS Witness authentication — the most complete verification level available from Beckett Authentication Services. At the BAS Witness tier, a Beckett Authentication representative is physically present at the signing — watching the autograph being applied in real time and verifying its authenticity at the moment of creation. The BAS Witness hologram on this Eclipse Black Speed Mini represents the highest available confidence in the autograph's authenticity, providing collectors with the most complete chain of verification in the signed memorabilia market.

Authenticity

This mini helmet is certified by Beckett Authentication Services (BAS) at the Witness tier. A Beckett representative was physically present at the signing to verify the autograph in real time. The tamper-proof BAS Witness hologram is affixed directly to the mini helmet and verifiable at Beckett's official website.

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