During a recent appearance on “Jaguars Today” on 1010XL Sports Radio, Jacksonville Jaguars executive vice president of football operations Tony Boselli revealed the franchise plans to wear its “Prowler” throwback uniforms as much as possible during the 2025 season.
“I’m with the fans, you know where I lie,” said Boselli, who played offensive tackle for the Jaguars from 1995-2001 and was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2022. “I would wear those damn things every game if we were allowed … Any time we can wear the old-school jerseys, they will be on.”
The Jaguars originally wore the uniforms – which feature a black helmet with Jacksonville’s original logo on the sides, teal jerseys with a full-bodied jaguar on the sleeves and white pants with a teal, gold and black striping pattern down the sides – from 1998-2007.
They were revived and worn in two games last season, including a 37-34 win over the Indianapolis Colts on Oct. 6 and a 32-25 loss to the New York Jets on Dec. 15, while the Jaguars also wore their white alternate helmets in a 12-7 loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Nov. 10, maxing out the number of times they could wear an alternate or classic uniform.
The NFL has since revised its uniform policy and will allow teams to wear alternate or throwback designs as many as four times this season, and Boselli’s comments suggest that Jacksonville will shelve the white helmets after just one season in order to fully take advantage of the new rules.
He also strongly hinted that the Jaguars have explored making the throwback uniforms their primary home design moving forward, but said they “can’t change them immediately” despite entering their eighth season in their current design, which is well beyond the league’s five-year rule.
“Stay tuned,” Boselli said. “We’ll communicate that as we have the opportunity to at our next jersey change, but for this year, we’re going to maximize and wear those ‘Prowlers’ as much as we can … I love those old-school jerseys just like our fans do. Be patient with us and we’ll do everything we can to get to where all of us want to be at the right time.”
It’s worth noting that Boselli, the Jaguars’ first-ever draft pick, was only hired into his role in February, so he had little or nothing to do with the Jaguars reintroducing the throwback uniforms last season. But now that he’s the one leading the push to promote them to full-time status, it will take some time.
After all, teams are required to notify the NFL of any uniform changes by March 1 of the year prior to the season in which those changes will take place. They would also have to develop a matching road version and (most likely) black alternate jerseys and pants, which were originally introduced in 2002.
Boselli’s comments about it happening “at the right time” also bring to mind the $1.4 billion renovations to EverBank Stadium that will begin after the 2025 season and see the Jaguars play in front of a reduced capacity crowd in 2026 before having a temporary home in Gainesville or Orlando in 2027.
Thus, Jacksonville could ultimately hold off on making any uniform changes until the 2028 season and simply wear the throwback uniforms four times – which equates to roughly half of their home games – each season in the meantime.
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