Tennessee’s new adidas rollout already has Vols fans looking past the orange, white and Dark Mode uniforms and straight to the pants.
This past week, Tennessee Athletics unveiled its adidas looks across several sports, including football. The initial photos leaned heavily on white pants with the orange and white uniforms, which naturally sparked the question: will orange britches be back under adidas?
The answer appears to be yes. In a post that followed the reveal of the orange jerseys, Edwin Spillman was shown wearing orange pants, a strong sign that they’ll be part of the uniform mix moving forward.
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Head coach Josh Heupel also made clear how the program views the new partnership.
“We appreciate adidas recognizing the power of the Tennessee brand and we are excited about the future of this transformative partnership,” Tennessee football head coach Josh Heupel said. “Both current and future Vols will benefit from this historic deal. adidas is providing us with world-class resources and apparel that will continue to push our brand to the forefront of college football for years to come. We can’t wait to showcase our adidas uniforms this fall.”
There may be more adidas reveals coming, too. After Tennessee dropped its black uniforms, the official football account teased additional unveilings on X.
That has fans doing what fans do best: connecting the dots to a Smokey Grey uniform. Tennessee brought Smokey Grey back in 2022 and then updated the look every year through the 2025 season while still with Nike. The latest teaser only added fuel, with a Smokey Grey square sitting in the top right of the graphic alongside orange, white and black.
There’s still no set date for whatever comes next, whether that’s Smokey Grey or another new adidas piece. Tennessee had already scheduled the orange, white, Summitt Blue and black uniform reveals through Thursday, but nothing else has been locked in yet.
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