Price: $8.39
(as of Dec 12, 2024 20:39:17 UTC - Details)

The Wilson Duke Metallic Gold Edition decorates a classic with a stunning gold finish. Every kick, every play, every touchdown in the NFL has been with Wilson. Practice like your sports heroes with the Duke Metallic Edition. Features a high-performance composite to match the original’s feel and excellence.
Official NFL American Football for training or competitions, also suitable for collectors
High quality Horween leather, Handmade in the USA
The Wilson trademark W is pressed into every panel of Wilson NFL leather, NFL shield stamped in blue, red and silver
Specifications almost identical to those of the official NFL balls
Reviewer: Audrey
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: High quality football
Review: Great for the avid football lover.

Reviewer: jblake
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The Duke rocks!
Review: This football feels awesome in your hand. Excellent grip. Good looking as well.

Reviewer: J. B.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Read this about the ball, everything you'd ever want to know.
Review: Coached for several years of football at high school. I love the break in process of footballs. I take extra pride when I see my kids spinning a ball I broke in for them. It's fun.TL;DR - It's Real. It's made of REAL leather. They are made in the US in Ohio. They are hand made and thus defects are expected. Break in can be complicated or easy. Do not get this if you want to throw in streets or parking lots.The Duke is the real deal. From this desk I probably have a line of sight to 15 footballs of various kinds. Most of them are wilson, I think actually 2 are not.. maybe just 1. I even have a football sitting here that I designed custom panels for. Fun stuff.You're going to have to take my word that this is the NFL game ball in all things but the fact the NFL has a few little things that do not effect the ball at all. Even a chip on the inside that some of the balls you get from Wilson can have.Yes, you will see the seams to not come to a perfect + sign at the ends, that's because this isn't to be worn, it's to throw and kick and get muddy. They are ALL made by hand, you will never get perfection of millions of items made by a human. And we want that because it makes the balls tougher and made better.Wilson GST is the high school and college ball. Very few differences there unless you really know what you're looking for it's not worth my time to list the difference besides the obvious laces and white stripes of rubber. The leather is identical except for the dye they put on the balls.As a genuine leather ball "harder" is a common phrase because the leather isn't beaten in yet. Once the leather softens and begins to break in it feels softer than my wallet of leather (real too). You will see strings from the seams some times. They're common and it's not some defective thing, again, a football not a jacket here.If you have a ball that has a barcode on it IT IS NOT A REAL BALL, it's a toy or backyard ball, but it isn't the ones you will find being played anywhere above the 5th grade level. If you look at the leather of the ball the bumps, dimples, whatever textural term you want to use, you will see W's marked all over the ball. The laces at the top are also leather. Rather hard on the NFL ball but on the GST (not reviewed here) they are black and rubber.If the ball is stamped ANYTHING but made in the USA (right under the wilson logo on the "National Football League" side not the logo side) it is fake. Everything is burn stamped in. I don't know how else to put that. The only weird thing on the ball texture is the shield logo itself. Makes not effect on the ball and dang is it durable. I never have to ignore it when scrubbing hoping the logo doesn't rub off.These boys are made right down the road from me in Ada Ohio. I need to go there so bad because I'm such an equipment nerd. Helmets everywhere too.Break in is extremely personal to the human throwing the ball. I said THROWING. If it's your personal ball break it in however you want. If it's for a team, tell the receivers to stop talking and only ask the QB. The ball will eventually break in naturally and do what it does, the break in process ONLY accelerates the process (and adds a cool darker brown tone). Remember this is a LEATHER ball and thus will act like it. Get it too wet and your ball is dead. Also, don't use this on anything that isn't a turf or grass field. It will be extremely unforgiving when it scratches and the leather rips ever much each time it hits the ground. It begins to become like suede. No grip on it at all. I could go on for hours, but that was a good little rant.

Reviewer: NOE HERNANDEZ
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Review
Review: Great seller and product

Reviewer: Alejandro V.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Ideal replica football
Review: Wilson makes a great $45 replica of its authentic leather football which is the perfect option for not paying $150. If a leather is what you need this isn’t it but if you’re looking to throw a football around this is great. The tack on it is great for a synthetic football that resembles the official NFL Duke ball

Reviewer: Orlando
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great Ball
Review: Works great for my kid

Reviewer: Naturallywoo
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great for sports
Review: Brought this for my son when he left his football on our vacation...after breaking in his new football with his friends they are in haven enjoying the last fee days of summer and nice weather before football season arrive

Reviewer: Jackson S.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Very nice
Review: As a someone who both collects and uses many footballs, this one is great to throw around and great looking, very accurate to an actual NFL duke without the hassle of it being actual leather, great composite ball

Reviewer: Murilo Alessandro Scadelai
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Bola é perfeita e um excelente presente, só observar que ela vem vazia, é preciso uma bomba com bico para encher.

Reviewer: Mr. Wagner
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Nice size, good feel. Perfect for kids

Reviewer: PML
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Awesome addition to my collection!

Reviewer: Juan Pablo De los Santos Maza
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Lo que se muestra en las imágenes de promoción son lo que promete, buen balón de americano para juego o colección

Reviewer: Jason47
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: High quality football , fast delivery