I haven't been into sports stuff for about 10 years so I'm not commenting on the signature itself.. but as far as placement, I once met Derrick Rose at the height of his bulls career at a dealership in Chicago, I brought a jersey for him to sign on the actual jersey and not the number. He thought it was weird but he did it anyways. My thinking is, I wanted a huge signature that would stand out. Point is, its not normal but also not completely unheard of. I wouldn't question the signature based on placement