UCF football team is trading jersey numbers for QR codes

The UCF Knights will have QR codes on the back of their jerseys. | Photo by Roy K. Miller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

This spring season, the University of Central Florida’s (UCF) football team will don QR codes instead of numbers on the back of their jerseys (via SportsLogos.net). The team showed off their new garb on Twitter, sporting large, custom QR codes beneath their last names that you can scan to access players’ biographies on UCF’s website.

Custom QR codes for every player

4.16.22 Spring Game #ChargeOn pic.twitter.com/SuBYfp6yJC

— UCF Football (@UCF_Football) April 15, 2022

In a video posted by UCF coach Gus Malzahn (who also has a QR code stamped on his team polo shirt) you can see how exactly the feature actually works. Judging by the video, it looks like UCF will display players’ QR codes on its home stadium’s jumbotron as well.

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