AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas Longhorns received their first look at new football locker room renovations on Wednesday.
Custom-built screens that serve as nameplates, the lockers also feature several patent-pending technologies.
The new lockers cost nearly $10,000 apiece and feature 43-inch TV screens.
This is the NEW Texas. #HookEm pic.twitter.com/rAxLxV8fwk
— Texas Football (@TexasFootball) August 3, 2017
Junior defensive back Kris Boyd tweeted out a picture of his reaction that has since gone viral:
Caption this! 🤦🏾♂️😂💀 pic.twitter.com/DGIIyyzBQk
— kris boyd™ (@kris23db) August 3, 2017
According to SB Nation, a tray housing the uniform slides out to allow better access by the players and includes a helmet rack that cools the helmet to dry it out on hot or rainy days and a ventilation system that reduces the normal griminess and stench associated with locker rooms.
The only full stainless steel lockers in college football also feature lock boxes for the players with chargers and USB connections, as well as storage and more ventilation underneath the seats.
James Weiss, the vice president of sales at Longhorn Lockers, released a video on YouTube back in April showing off some of the features that make these lockers so unique.
Got no choice but to win https://t.co/mOpgpQJzzu
— Keenan Robinson (@KeenanRobinson1) August 3, 2017
It doesn't even look real pic.twitter.com/6RBqzVv0CO
— KaroChvmbxrlvnd (@_SirLifts_Alot_) August 3, 2017
Coach Tom Herman swung the first sledge hammer back in April:
Well thank you for gifting us this GIF for all of Tom Herman's tenure. https://t.co/K0nBBdAgFk pic.twitter.com/kR4opUn3ud
— Ted Harrison (@tedvid) April 7, 2017