Jersey Champs
Jersey Champs
Jersey Champs is an apparel company that specializes in creating and distributing custom jerseys based on hip-hop and pop culture references.
[1] The company was founded by Sean Kelly in 2016.
[6] Jersey Champs has been featured in *Entrepreneur *, *Inc.
Magazine *, *The Huffington Post *, *BuzzFeed *, Forbes, New York Times, Future Sharks, MSN, Fox News, ABC News, Breitbart, USA Today ** and a number of blogs and podcasts.
Overview
Backwoods Basketball Jersey
Sean Kelly (Entrepreneur) launched Jersey Champs out of his dorm room during his freshman year at Rutgers University in May of 2016.
He started the company with just $1,000 and put jerseys up on the site for preorder, selling out in the first week.
His first concept was a "Views From the 6" Jersey.
[7] Jersey Champs has been able to expand by growing its Instagram and leveraging Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram ads and also collaborating with notable influencers and celebrities.
[5] As of December 2018, Jersey Champs had over 1.6 million followers on Instagram and 70k likes on Facebook.
Jersey Champs utilizes a team of independent graphic designers to create custom concepts.
[11] Themes for the jerseys range from hip-hop, cultural references, trending memes and more.
[-1] Popular concepts include Backwoods, Flint Tropics, Blue Mountain State, *The Mighty Ducks *, Tune Squad, *The Fresh Prince of Bel Air * and more.
Notable people who have worn Jersey Champs apparel include Donald Trump, Meek Mill, Lil Uzi Vert, Young Thug, Lil Yachty, Lil Pump, Fatboy SSE, Mark Cuban, Action Bronson, Khalid, Logic, Wale, Tory Lanez, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Carson Wentz, Cash Cash, Tai Lopez, Michael Rapoport, Dez Bryant, Marcus Peters, Kyrie Irving, YBN Nahmir, Martavis Bryant, Young M.A, Lil Wayne, Futuristic, Landon Collins, 2 Chainz, Jae Crowder, 21 Savage, Supreme Patty and Casey Veggies.
Jersey Champs has NFL, MLB, NHL, NCAA & NBA licensing for Dog Jerseys and is an official seller in WalMart stores, Amazon, eBay, ArtFire & the Etsy Marketplace.