Notre Dame’s storied football program announced this week that the Fighting Irish would be the first team to outfit the majority of its roster with the new VICIS Zero1 helmet, which received the highest safety marks in a joint NFL/NFLPA biomechanical study of 33 helmets. The multilayered design works to absorb impact and mitigate the force to the head.
More than 20 NCAA squads and at least a dozen NFL teams have players wearing the Zero1 this fall — with Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith and Seattle Seahawks teammates, quarterback Russell Wilson and wide receiver Doug Baldwin among the high-profile investors and wearers — but, to date, no team has had a majority of its roster wear the new helmet after a high-profile recall last year.