All 112 Miami University football players will be carrying a special message with them as they take the field for the Oct. 13 Cancer Awareness Game versus Kent State. Each player's helmet will feature a colored ribbon of their choice to symbolize how they have been affected by cancer.
 
These helmets and Miami's entire football uniform, will be featured on the "Gear Up" segment on ESPN's SportsCenter between 7-9 a.m. on Saturday morning.

Five helmets will be available for fans to purchase via auction. Stay tuned for more details.
 
Overall, eight players selected red to signify all blood cancers. Twelve will wear orange to raise awareness for kidney cancer and leukemia and 32 pink ribbons will be visible on the Yager Stadium field turf to honor those affected by breast cancer. Fourteen players will wear blue (colon cancer and esophageal cancer), 14 will wear purple (leiomyosarcoma, pancreatic cancer, testicular cancer), 11 have selected yellow (bladder cancer, sarcoma/bone cancer), nine picked white, eight chose green (liver cancer, ovarian cancer and cervical cancer) and four picked black (melanoma).
 
Below are what each member of the team selected for their colored ribbon.
 
Red (All Blood Cancers)
Cedric Asseh
Maleak Bryant
Kobe Burse
Bennett Clark
Mack Duffin
Nick Lavigna
Nick Marosi
Cecil Singleton
 
Orange (Kidney Cancer, Leukemia)
Joshua Allen
Tommy Doyle
Cole Jones
Zach Kahn
Trent Maynard
Sam McCollum
Tyre Shelton
Alonzo Smith
Blake Underwood
Jalen Walker
Donovan White
Paul Young
 
Pink (Breast Cancer)
Nigel Adams
Nate Becker
Cam Blakely
Cedric Boswell
Mike Brown
Austin Buroker
Deondre Daniels
Danny Godlevske
Quentin Hardy
Davion Johnson
Ben Kimpler
Brandon LaBrie
Pete Lampert
Mitchell Lewis
Reese Melton
Ryan Mullen
Ryan Newton
Payton O'Reilly
David Redding
Myles Reid
Ja'don Rucker-Furlow
Isaiah Schoonmaker
Andrew Sharp
Jared Sharp
Luke Sheppard
Jacob Swartz
Donte Taylor Jr.
Nate Trawick
Cam Turner
Maurice Thomas
Alec Vianello
Jackson Williamson
 
Green (Liver Cancer, Ovarian Cancer and Cervical Cancer)
Michael Bonds
Doug Costin
Andrew Homer
Allan Koikoi
Dean Lemon
Leonard Ross
Kyle Speas
Kenny Young
 
Purple (Leiomyosarcoma, Pancreatic Cancer, Testicular Cancer)
Jack Alpert
Will Carlton
Brody Carper
Kyle Kramer
Trent Kramer
Kameron Butler
David Marsh
Junior McMullen
Ryan McWood
De'Andre Montgomery
Zedrick Raymond
Manny Rugamba
Matt Skibinski
Sterling Weatherford
 
Blue (Colon Cancer, Esophageal Cancer)
Travion Banks
Bart Baratti
Chris Cavalaris
Michael Davenport
Zack Hazlett
Brad Koenig
Ian Leever
Luke Mayock
Adam Mehelic
Pete Nank
Mitch Palmer
Jack Schroer
Logan Speyer
Andrew Todd
 
Yellow (Bladder Cancer, Sarcoma/Bone Cancer)
Alec Bornhorst
Dallas Fields
Will Kellison
Jarrett LaRubbio
Gus Ragland
Nate Robinson
James Silvi
Samuel Sloman
Jack Sorenson
Daryus Thompson
 
 
White (Lung Cancer)
Jaylon Bester
Mitchell Burton
Pasquale Calcagno
Evan Crabtree
Isaac Hampton
Alex Malzone
AJ Mayer
Josh Maize
Jordan Rigg
 
Black (Melanoma)
Tyler Fleetwood
Isaiah Gentry-Madaris
Sam Murrer
Adam Wieczorek