Arkansas football will have a small but noticeable tweak to its uniforms in 2026, and it comes tied to the program’s new jersey sponsorship with Tyson Foods.
The Razorbacks will wear the Tyson Foods logo on the right shoulder, but the patch placement is changing from what fans saw in the March promo shoot. Back then, the Tyson logo sat just above the SEC logo on the right shoulder.
For 2026, the Tyson patch stands alone on that shoulder, while the SEC logo has moved to the collar, taking the spot that previously belonged to the small Razorback logo. The Nike swoosh stays put on the left shoulder.
It’s a subtle adjustment, the kind most people probably wouldn’t notice without the new Tyson mark drawing the eye. The collar Razorback logo, sitting just above the “ARKANSAS” wordmark, has only been part of the modernized ‘D-Mac era’ uniforms since the 2024 season. Before that, the collar was clean.
Those red ‘D-Mac era’ jerseys returned in 2019 and were worn for every home game that season. The white version followed in 2020. This fall will mark the sixth season Arkansas has used the full set of modernized ‘D-Mac era’ uniforms.
New head coach Ryan Silverfield said in May that he wasn’t rushing to overhaul the look. During an appearance in Little Rock, he was asked about possibly bringing some of the uniform variety he had at Memphis to Fayetteville. The Tigers’ options were extensive enough to earn 456 unique possible combinations of helmets, jerseys and pants in the new College Football 27 video game, but Silverfield made it clear he’s leaning conservative for now.
"I think year one we're gonna stick with the traditional things," Silverfield said. "We'll see as the years go on.
I don't want to say never. I'm a traditionalist.
Listen, we'll see what happens over the years. I always like to be creative.
If it gives us an advantage, maybe with players and recruiting, and if it's something that makes a difference maybe we'll look at that. But year one we're going to stick with the basics."
Arkansas opens the season Sept. 5 against North Alabama in Fayetteville, and while kickoff is still more than a month away, SEC Media Days begin this week in Tampa. Arkansas is set to go on Thursday, July 23, the final day of the event, with Silverfield bringing running back Sutton Smith, center Caden Kitler and edge Quincy Rhodes Jr. along with him.
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