Cinncinati Bengals receiver Tee Higgins partners with Under Armour
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Celebrating 10 years of Andscape The veteran wideout will wear the Baltimore brand's cleats for his seventh NFL season Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins is the newest Under Armour athlete. After wearing Nike for the past six NFL seasons, Higgins will debut gear from the Baltimore-based brand on Sunday in the season opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. "My other brand was up," Higgins told Andscape. "I love everything [Under Armour] is pushing for - the clothing, the cleats, the gloves." Under Armour "Tee represents what we're looking for in an athlete and partner," Trey Evans, Under Armour Director of America's Sports Marketing, told Andscape. "At Under Armour, our ideal athlete partnerships go beyond performance, and he is someone who embodies that ethos." Higgins joins an Under Armour NFL roster that includes Tennessee Titans quarterback Cam Ward and Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson. Higgins has already noticed Jefferson's busy summer with Under Armour, headlined by "Bayou King" cleats, the JJets Flight School at the brand's Baltimore campus, and a flag football tour across Asia. Higgins said one thing that appealed to him about Under Armour was seeing how athletes like Jefferson have used the brand as a platform for community engagement and youth football initiatives "I like what Justin did this offseason in China," Higgins said. "You don't...
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