New in 2025

Below are potential new designs for the upcoming season shared by coaches during the offseason. None of them are official until they show up in a game on a Friday night this fall, but we think it's still fun to share them now anyway. Check our 2024 page for new helmets that saw the field last season.

All Nations Conference

Winnebago is wearing this script logo this season as they start play in the cross-state 9-man All Nations Conference.

Class A

Grand Island, after a year wearing a stripe and script logo on one side, are back to the look they wore from 2013-23, with no stripe and just the GI on the left for the Islanders

Playing at the Tigers' freshly remodeled on-campus stadium, Fremont brought back their helmet stripes after one season without.

It looks like Lincoln Southeast is bringing back the gold stripe after the Knights went without it last season.

After switching from their signature tape look to a decal and numbers last season, Millard North has flipped sides for that combination this year.

Starting their season against Arbor View in Nevada, Millard South is using the school's star logo instead of Pat the Patriot, still with red numbers on the other side.

North Platte has flipped sides for their Bulldog and NP decals this season.

Omaha Benson will bring back the Bunny logo they wore on gray shells in the late 2010's, now on white shells this season.

In their first helmet change since the school opened in 2022, Omaha Buena Vista has replaced their Bison decals with numbers on one side, while also adding a stripe.

Omaha Westside brought back their white shells last worn in 2023, but the Warriors have switched to black face masks instead of gray.

After wearing white shells in Week 1, Papillion-La Vista became the first school this season to wear two different shell colors on Thursday of Week 2, wearing a new variation of their maroon shell against Lincoln North Star.

Class B

Blair will use just the script from their paw-and-script logo from seasons past this year, with a black facemask and added stripe as well for the Bears.

For the first time since 2019, there's a Cardinal head back on the helmets for Crete as they start the season.

Plattsmouth has flipped their numbers and script to opposite sides.

Class C1

It looks like Fairbury has a new F logo this year, replacing the Jeff head they'd been wearing for a few seasons. The Jeffs still had crimson numbers on the other side of the helmet against Superior to open the season.

Ogallala has switched back to their full spear design this season, after a few years of a larger arrowhead decal.

After introducing the Old English C last season, Omaha Concordia will now pair it with a script logo on the other side, as the Mustangs use this "Wild Horses" script on the players' left.

Class C2

Gibbon has added a stripe to this design that the Buffaloes have been wearing since 2021.

After adding a Panther decal last season for the first time since switching to black shells, Hershey has added a stripe to go with it this season.

Palmyra has switched to this script 'Panthers' decal on one side in place of their shield logo from seasons past.

Valentine has a new decal this year that we'd love to have a closer look at, but here's our initial attempt to recreate the updated look for the Badgers.

Class D1

Morrill debuted this block M logo in the Lions' opener against Bayard.

Omaha Christian Academy will no longer serve grades 9-12 this year, with Omaha Christian High School taking the Eagles' place, as the Guardians will wear this helmet in their inaugural season.

Looking to draw on the success of the Super Bowl champs, Southern Valley has switched to Eagle wing decals this season.

Tri County will switch from a Trojan head to this Trojan script this season. The Trojans have worn their decals on only the players' right for a few season, so we'll have to see if they continue that with their new look this year.

Class D2

Out west, Bayard has replaced their striped letter B with a Tiger head decal, worn only on the players' rights.

It looks like Blue Hill will have a new look when the Bobcats kick off in August, bringing back the BH oval logo they wore in the early 00's on blue shells.

In Deshler, the Dragons will have a new coach but return to an old logo, with a fresh take on this dragon design last worn in 2022.

The Franklin Flyers have been cooking this design since all the way back in October, with an early contender for Best New Helmet of 2025.

Hyannis has switched from blue shells to silver, keeping their Longhorn decals.

Another potential new design from Coach McLaughlin's collection: Walthill could be joining the script logo game with this look for the Blujays. From their Week One game against Cedar Bluffs, it looks like the Blujays will stick with orange masks like they've worn previously.

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