Rylan Howe

Charles Gordon shows off the new football uniforms at media day.

The Kansas football team unveiled new light blue uniforms last Thursday, after three years of donning navy blue jerseys.

The new uniforms are the lighter blue, dubbed “Kansas blue” by the Athletics Department. The University of Kansas designated “Kansas blue” the official shade earlier this year.

“I like ‘em,” senior linebacker Banks Floodman said. “They look like the Patriots and they’re pretty good,” Floodman said in reference to the defending Super Bowl champions.

The new home uniforms will be blue with white numbers and lettering. The pants will be gray with a thick blue stripe down the center. The team will wear white uniforms for away games.

The helmets will be the new lighter blue, with a red stripe down the center and have a gray facemask.

Junior quarterback Adam Barmann said the Jayhawks will have alternate red uniforms as well.

The jerseys also mark the first official adidas apparel shown to the public since the Athletics Department began its apparel contract with the company July 1.

“I grew up wearing adidas,” Barmann said. “I think they’re good-looking.”

Despite the new uniforms, team members realized that the new uniform color would not determine their success on the field this season.

“I think they’re nice,” senior running back Clark Green said. “It’s not about the uniform; it’s more about what you do in the uniform.”

The team will debut the new uniforms Sept. 3 against Florida Atlantic at Memorial Stadium.