BYU Football to Change Finish on Royal Helmets in 2022
Last season, BYU added royal blue and navy blue helmets to their uniform repertoire. The navy and royal helmets were worn eight times in total, and the Cougars wore 12 different uniform combinations in 13 games. After just one season, BYU is making some minor changes to the finish of the royal helmets. In 2021, the royal blue helmets featured a matte finish as you can see in this picture from the BYU-Arizona game.
Following the 2021 season, BYU sent the royal helmets to be re-finished. Beginning in 2022, the royal helmets will feature a gloss finish according to new Director of Football Equipment Josh Hewitt. Hewitt tweeted a picture of the newly-finished royal helmets on Monday.
These new helmets have been teased throughout the offseason - various recruits have posted photos in the new helmets, like these photos from BYU target CJ Jacobsen.
A few weeks ago, we ranked the 18 uniforms BYU has worn in the independence era. You can check out our rankings below.
Ranking BYU Uniforms in the Independence Era
18. Midnight Virgil
17. All Navy
16. Blackout (2016, 2020)
15. Blackout (2012)
14. Navy home with navy pants
13. Royal Rush
12. Navy classic home
11. Navy all white
10. Royal Oreo
9. Navy away with navy accents
8. 2019 Throwback
7. Royal Sitake
6. The Virgil
5. Royal home with royal pants
4. Navy classic away
3. All white with royal accents
2. Classic royal away
1. Classic royal home
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