Talk about putting yourself first when it comes to promoting your favorite team. Seattle Seahawks fans are doing just that when they buy “12th Man” jerseys, which happen to be a top seller across the league according to NFLShop.com.
Sure, Seattle star players still reign supreme. Jimmy Graham goes #3 among tight ends, Russell Wilson is 9th overall and Marshawn Lynch has the 15th best-selling NFL jersey. But an entire fan base working their way inside the top-25? Now that’s impressive.
Seahawks fans have taken custom football uniforms to a whole new level, as an NFL jersey you would otherwise almost always have to surely submit a special order for, now is just sold as if its a regular player jersey. It’s an impressive feat, but the number of requests must have been so large that NFLShop starting simply making it to sell as if it is a player jersey.
That works out for Seattle fans, who take great pride in being one of the top fan bases, which makes Seattle’s home field one of the toughest locations for visitors to play. It’s even more difficult when you add all of the Seahawks fans that don the jersey, which ranked an impressive 19th in the top-25 released in mid-September.
Not impressed? There is a laundry list of elite names the 12th Man jersey beat out to crack the top-25, with the likes of Julio Jones, Drew Brees and Clay Matthews visibly behind the jersey in the NFLShop jersey sales ranks.
Seahawks fans can choose from various colors and styles, while the jersey boasts the trademark #12 and “Fan” on the back. It might not last inside the top-25 for the entire season, but it’s interesting to note that it got in the top-25 in the first place.
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