Ole Miss to Debut Realtree Camo Helmet Design vs. Kentucky

This story was up to date at 11 a.m. CT following the Rebels’ announcement on Monday morning. Yow will discover the replace on the backside of the story.

Since Lane Kiffin took over the pinnacle teaching job with the Ole Miss Rebels, his group has seen quite a few tweaks to a typically-traditional uniform slate.

Not solely have the Rebels revived completely different variations of their white helmets below Kiffin starting with final season’s Sugar Bowl look, powder blue jerseys have additionally been added to the uniform rotation starting in 2020.

Now, a helmet design that was “leaked” on Twitter through the summer season might be seeing the sector of play this weekend when No. 14 Ole Miss performs host to No. 7 Kentucky to open SEC play. The tweets beneath got here from Lane Kiffin and have a “Realtree camouflage” helmet design for the Rebels.

The rumor mill hit a brand new gear on Sunday when the official Ole Miss soccer Twitter account modified its profile image to an identical design.

This design would make some sense for the Rebels. Realtree founder Invoice Jordan is an Ole Miss alumnus who graduated in 1973. Within the early Nineteen Eighties, Jordan established his Realtree model of camouflage, and it has change into in style within the outside business since its inception.

The Rebels (presumably in new helmets) will kick off in opposition to the Wildcats at 11 a.m. CT on Saturday. The sport can be televised on ESPN. 

UPDATE: 11 a.m. CT:

Ole Miss has formally introduced that it is going to be sporting these helmets on Saturday vs. Kentucky. 

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