NCAA GLOVES - receiver gloves

Question
Can a receiver wear another color of gloves different of Gray ones, like blue or red? Based on the NCAA rules. And the linemen have to wear black or gray ones only?

Answer
Pepe
No, all players who wear gloves must wear GRAY gloves only.  All other colors are prohibited.  This is to assure the color of the gloves are a contrasting color of the ball, field and opponents' uniform.  In fact, there  are 4 recommended shades of gray.

Below are the rules as they apply to gloves.

Note: No player wearing illegal equipment shall be permitted to play. If illegal equipment is discovered by an official, the team shall be charged a team timeout. VIOLATION桼ules 3-3-6 and 3-4-2-b-2 [S23, S3 or S21].     Exception: If equipment in Rule 1-4-5 becomes illegal through play, theplayer must leave the game until the illegal equipment is corrected but will not be charged a team timeout.


Per Rule 1-4-3-d  d. If worn, gloves or hand pads must be gray in color. The recommended shades of gray are Pantone Cool Gray 8C, Cool Gray 9C, 423C and 430C.

Illegal Equipment
ARTICLE 5. No player wearing illegal equipment shall be permitted to play.  Any question as to the legality of a player抯 equipment shall be decided by the umpire. Illegal equipment includes the following (A.R. 1-4-5-I):...

...Uniforms and all other items of apparel (e.g., warm-ups, socks,
headbands, T-shirts, wristbands, visors, hats or gloves) may bear only a single manufacturer抯 or distributor抯 normal label or trademark (regardless of the visibility of the label or trademark) not to exceed 2-1/4 square inches in area (i.e., rectangle, square, parallelogram) including any additional material (e.g., patch) surrounding the normal trademark or logo. No sizing, garment-care or other non-logo labels shall be on the outside of the uniform. Professional league logos are prohibited.

m. Gloves or hand pads that are not gray in color or not in conformance with Rule 1-4-5-b. A glove is a fitted covering for a hand having separate sections for each finger and thumb, without any additional material that connects any of the fingers and/or thumb, and that completely covers each finger and thumb.

Mandatory and Illegal Equipment Enforcement
ARTICLE 6. Failure to wear mandatory
a. Each of the first three infractions for failure to wear mandatory
equipment or wearing illegal equipment requires a charged timeout.
The fourth infraction in a half requires a five-yard penalty. The delay penalty for the fourth timeout could be the first violation for not wearing mandatory equipment or wearing illegal equipment. The first three timeouts could have been taken by the team as charged team timeouts.
1. The timeouts are granted.
2. There is no offset for the first three violations when an opponent has fouled.
3. When timeouts are exhausted, the next violation is a dead-ball delay penalty at the succeeding spot.
4. A timeout is called, the offending team is indicated by the referee, and the captain and coaches are notified through the officials nearest the sidelines.
b. Officials should ascertain before the ready-for-play signal if players are not wearing mandatory equipment or are wearing illegal equipment.
Only in an emergency should the 25-second clock be interrupted.
Examples: A player(s) not wearing a helmet or a mouthpiece (A.R. 1-4-
6-I). The team will be charged a timeout or a delay penalty if all timeouts have been used. VIOLATION桼ules 3-3-6 and 3-4-2-b-2 [S23, S3 or S21].

To answers your question you may only wear GRAY GLOVES, you may not wear black, blue or red or any other color.  Linemen are not permitted to wear black gloves they too must wear gray - all players must wear gray gloves if they are going to wear gloves at all.

Best of luck,

Victor Winnek
NCAA Football Official