Helmet stickers, also known as reward decals and pride stickers, are stickers that are affixed to a high school

High school football

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 or college

College football

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 football

American football

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 player's helmet

Football helmet

A football helmet is a protective device used primarily in American football and Canadian football. It consists of a hard plastic top with thick padding on the inside, a face mask made of one or more plastic bars, and a chinstrap. Some players add polycarbonate visors to their helmets, which are...

. They can denote either individual or team accomplishments.

History

The practice of awarding helmet stickers is often credited to Ernie Biggs, trainer at Ohio State University

Ohio State University

The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...

 under legendary coach, Woody Hayes

Woody Hayes

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. But as recently shown on ESPN, the practice of awarding stickers has been credited to Jim Young (American football coach)

Jim Young (American football coach)

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, former assistant coach at Ohio's Miami University

Miami University

Miami University is a coeducational public research university located in Oxford, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1809, it is the 10th oldest public university in the United States and the second oldest university in Ohio, founded four years after Ohio University. In its 2012 edition, U.S...

in 1965, two years before they were used at Ohio State. The stickers stem from fighter pilots marking their planes with stickers after kills and/or successful missions.

Division I FBS colleges

• Arkansas - Sledgehammer
• BYU - Tan Cougar and Blue Cougar/"HC"(used only on throwback helmets)
• California - Football (football with big C and "WIN" on it)
• Central Michigan
• Clemson - Paw Print
• Eastern Michigan
• Florida State - Tomahawk (tomahawks given for academic achievements have "ACADEMIC" written up the handle of the tomahawk)
• Fresno State - White Bone, Yellow Bone, and Black Bone
• Georgia - White Bone (football excellence) and Black Bone (academic excellence)
• Houston-White Paw
• Kentucky - White Wildcat Paw/Blue Wildcat Paw(used only on white helmets)
• Kent State
• Louisiana Lafayette - Cajun Pepper
• Louisiana Monroe- Star/Warhawk foot
• Michigan State - White Block 'S'
• Middle Tennessee State-Pegasus logo
• Northwestern University - White Wildcat
• Ohio State - Buckeye Leaf
• San Jose State-Spartan logo
• SMU - Skull and Crossbones
• Stanford - Axe Blade
• Toledo- Yellow Rocket and White Rocket
• Tulane-Fleur-de-lis
• UCLA-Blue Bear Paw
• Utah State-Bull
• Vanderbilt - Ship Anchor
• Western Kentucky

Division I FCS colleges

• Appalachian State - Mountaineer
• Florida A&M - Snake Heads
• Georgia State - Panther, a block "M" (standing for magnanimatas, or "greatness of spirit" in Latin), and a gold star for academics
• Illinois State - Reggie Redbird
• North Carolina A&T
• Youngstown State - White Star
• New Hampshire
• Butler - Dog Bone

Discontinued usage

• Air Force - Lighting Bolt
• Akron - White Star/"Z" Logo
• Arizona - Wildcat Paw
• Arkansas State - "I Will"
• Bowling Green
• Buffalo - Horn
• Central Florida
• Cincinnati - Bearcat Logo
• Colorado - Buffalo
• Duke - Pitchfork
• East Carolina - Skull Pirate Logo
• Hawaii - Warrior helmet and cross spears
• Indiana
• Louisville - Cardinal
• Marshall - Green Horn
• Maryland-Red Turtle and Yellow Turtle
• Memphis - Tiger Paw
• Michigan - Wolverine, Yellow Football
• Mississippi State - White Bone
• Missouri - Tiger Paw
• N.C. State - Wolf Fang
• New Mexico State-Aggie "A"
• North Carolina - Tar Heel
• Northern Illinois-White Bone
• Oklahoma State - Cowboy
• Pittsburgh - Panther Fang
• Purdue - Train/Sledgehammer
• Rice - Owl
• Rutgers - Sword
• Southern Miss - Eagle
• South Carolina - Gamecock foot with spur
• South Florida-Bull
• Temple-Diamond
• Tulsa - Skull and Crossbones
• UConn - Huskie/"C" logo
• Utah - Utes logo
• West Virginia - Musket
• Wyoming - Small Bucking Horse Logos