Patriots’ Mack Hollins Arrives to Super Bowl 2026 in Prison Uniform, Barefoot with His Hands and Ankles Shackled

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• Patriots wide receiver Mack Hollins arrived at the 2026 Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 8 wearing a prison uniform, barefoot, with his wrists and ankles shackled together
• Hollins remained barefoot for his pre-game warmups, during which he wore a jersey from coach Mike Vrabel’s high school
• The wide receiver is well-known for frequently going barefoot, even in snowy weather

New England Patriots wide receiver Mack Hollins arrived to Super Bowl LX on Sunday, Feb. 8 wearing a prison jumpsuit, with his wrists and ankles shackled together.

Hollins donned maroon prison-style scrubs with "Warriors" written in white on the back. In addition to the shackles, he also wore a mask covering the lower half of his face, and, as usual, was barefoot.

The NFL star is known for going "shoeless," telling NBC in a 2023 interview that he believes "everyone should be barefoot." He added that he washes his feet "all the time," for those concerned about his hygiene.

"It's so funny that people look at me like that because shoes are definitely dirtier than feet," Hollins added.

The wide receiver, who won Super Bowl LII as a member of the Philadelphia Eagles, remained barefoot as he took the field for pre-game workouts. However, he changed into a jersey that sports reporters identified as representing Walsh Jesuit High School in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, where Patriots coach Mike Vrabel played high school football.

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Hollins has raised eyebrows by arriving shirtless and barefoot to games even in below-freezing, snowy conditions.

He told Sports Illustrated ahead of this seasonthat there are multiple health benefits to going barefoot.

"Strength of the foot, strength of the knee, strength of the ankle," he said. "Free electrons from the body, so you feel more grounded. You're cleaner. You move faster. You strengthen the whole body, so your knee doesn't have to take so much pressure, and your ankle is more developed."

"Shoes are a tool," he continued. "You wouldn't walk around with a hammer just because you might nail something every once in a while. Why walk around in shoes just because you might step on something every once in a while?"

Going "shoeless" isn't the only unique aspect of Hollins' philosophy on life.

He said in multiple interviews ahead of the Super Bowl that he does not eat vegetables, prefers to eat with his hands rather than utensils and does not trust wireless headphones.

"Going with no shoes, having wild hair, eating with my hands instead of utensils, that type of stuff, that’s not bothering anybody. That’s who I am," he said in a 2024 interview with Spectrum Sports Net.

"That’s what makes me happy. Do the things that make you happy in life. Like I said, life’s too short to be worried about what other people think," the wide receiver added.

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