Football helmets serve the most important purpose of protecting a player. However, with time, football headgear has evolved and college football teams often display small stickers on their helmets.

Not only are unfamiliar college football fans asking what the Ohio State helmet stickers are but there are also questions of when the tradition started, what they mean, how players earn stickers ...

In his book “Rutgers Football: A Gridiron Tradition in Scarlet,” Michael Pellowski wrote that former defensive backs coach Dewey King was one of the first to award helmet stickers in 1961.

This is an excerpt from Greg Lansdowne’s chronicling of Panini’s World Cup Stickers: Panini Football Stickers – The Official Celebration. Lansdowne and Bloomsbury Press have graciously ...

Ever notice the stickers on an Ohio State football player's helmet during a game? Here's what to know on the Buckeyes' tradition before the CFP championship: ...

According to that 2022 ESPN story, Ohio State orders about 7,500 stickers every year and since Tressel established a written set of criteria in 2001, it has given out about 400 stickers per game.

The first stickers were handed out Oct. 7, 1967, the Buckeyes' second game of the season. Jim Nein returned an interception 45 yards, sealing Ohio State's 30-0 victory over Oregon.

I have a collection of sticker albums, predominantly 'Panini', for football tournaments (World Cup and Euros) dating back to Euro 88 in West Germany.

The Buckeyes will all be wearing helmet stickers celebrating college football's only two-time Heisman Trophy winner, ones that read "50" with a portrait of Griffin's face replacing the zero.

In his book “Rutgers Football: A Gridiron Tradition in Scarlet,” Michael Pellowski wrote that former defensive backs coach Dewey King was one of the first to award helmet stickers in 1961.

Tennessee football players will wear a "Mountain Strong" sticker on their helmets to show support for victims of Hurricane Helene, beginning with the Arkansas game.. On Friday, UT unveiled an ...