A parent searching for a kids football jersey with a name usually pictures a licensed NFL-style jersey with a name and number sewn on. What Bear Grips Pro Shops actually makes is a printed youth performance or cotton tee with the player name and number on the back, built the same way as a full-size adult version. For most youth leagues and flag football programs, that is exactly what shows up at the game anyway. Here is what to know before ordering.
The Youth Moisture-Wicking Performance Tee (Sport-Tek) at $23.88 VIP base is the closest match to a game-day jersey feel for youth football, tackle or flag. The Youth Airlume Cotton Athletic Tee at $19.88 VIP is the lower-cost option for practice or team-store apparel. Both take the same back-of-shirt name and number layout as the adult version covered in the football jersey name and number breakdown.
Youth shirt backs are narrower than adult sizes, so a name and number combination that fits cleanly on a youth large may crowd on a youth small. Test the design at the smallest size ordered across the roster, not just the sample size, and keep names to a single line rather than stacking a long last name over two lines.
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Boys tackle and flag football rosters typically run 12 to 25 players per team, which fits comfortably inside a Self-Service VIP plan's 200-product limit even across multiple teams in the same league. A parent-run booster club managing 3 to 4 teams can list every player across every team in one shop without hitting the product cap.
At the Youth Moisture-Wicking Performance Tee base of $23.88, a 20-player roster runs about $477.60 in base cost before the team's retail markup. See the full pricing breakdown for cost by roster size and product.
Youth performance and cotton tees with each player name and number built in. No minimum, ships in about a week.
Start FreeNo. Bear Grips prints on youth performance and cotton tees with the name and number as part of the printed design, not a licensed sublimated jersey.
Yes. Each player gets their own product listing with their name and number already in the artwork.
Order per player based on actual measurements rather than age alone, and check the name and number layout on the smallest size in the roster before finalizing the design.
The Youth Moisture-Wicking Performance Tee starts at $23.88 VIP base, before the team sets its own retail price.
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