Patriots' Mack Hollins makes striking Super Bowl entrance barefoot with mask, cuffs

New England Patriots wide receiver Mack Hollins has made it wide that helium tries to debar wearing shoes erstwhile he's distant from the shot field. 

So it was nary astonishment that helium arrived barefoot successful Santa Clara, California, a fewer hours earlier Super Bowl LX kicked off. But what helium was really wearing whitethorn person been much of a surprise.

The 32-year-old walked toward the Patriots locker country wearing a facemask that appeared to beryllium a motion to Hannibal Lecter, on with handcuffs astir his wrists. Hollins' feet were besides shackled, and a reddish jumpsuit had the words "Range 13" connected the back.

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Mack Hollins (13) of the New England Patriots successful a disguise and handcuffs up of Super Bowl LX against the Seattle Seahawks astatine Levi's Stadium connected Feb. 8, 2026 successful Santa Clara, California. (Kathryn Riley/Getty Images)

Hollins, who won a Super Bowl during his rookie play with the Philadelphia Eagles, had Patriots caput manager Mike Vrabel's precocious schoolhouse jersey successful his manus arsenic helium walked done the Levi’s Stadium tunnel. Vrabel is aiming to beryllium the archetypal idiosyncratic to triumph a Super Bowl rubric arsenic a subordinate and aboriginal arsenic a caput manager for the aforesaid franchise.

Hollins went done immoderate aboriginal warmups connected the stadium turf connected Sunday portion wearing the No. 84 "Warriors" jersey — and, of course, without immoderate cleats on.

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While the jersey was a nod, it could person besides hinted astatine the 1979 cult-favorite movie "The Warriors." The Patriots went undefeated connected the roadworthy this past regular play and won the AFC Championship crippled successful Denver. In a motion to the film, the thought of persevering distant from location developed arsenic a rallying outcry for the squad this year.

Mack Hollins (13) of the New England Patriots warms up anterior to the NFL Super Bowl LX shot crippled against the Seattle Seahawks astatine Levi's Stadium connected Feb. 8, 2026 successful Santa Clara, California.  (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)

Clips of the 1980s nonrecreational wrestling duo, the Road Warriors, became a communal taxable for Vrabel to amusement the Patriots this season. Once Vrabel ran retired of unseen clips to amusement the team, helium pivoted to the videos from "The Warriors."

Vrabel, 50, told reporters past week that helium was initially amazed the clips resonated with the players. "It's astonishing what sticks. I didn't deliberation astatine the clip that it would person stuck, but present we are astatine the extremity of January, and it's inactive sticking," the erstwhile New England linebacker said.

While the Patriots were granted the location squad designation for the neutral-site game, the squad elected to deterioration their achromatic roadworthy jerseys for Super Bowl LX — keeping successful enactment with their "road warriors" mentality.

Sunday isn't the archetypal clip Hollins' pregame attire has raised immoderate eyebrows.

Mack Hollins (13) of the New England Patriots arrives anterior to Super Bowl LX against the Seattle Seahawks astatine Levi's Stadium connected Feb. 8, 2026 successful Santa Clara, California. (Kathryn Riley/Getty Images)

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Ahead of a January 2025 NFL playoff crippled betwixt the Bills and the Ravens, the then-Buffalo receiver arrived astatine the Orchard Park, New York, stadium wearing sunglasses, a straw hat, swimming shorts and a floral shirt. He was besides seen holding a formation towel, on with a Bills mini-football.

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