John Ross’ change goes beyond the number on his jersey

Wide receiver John Ross made some news earlier this offseason when his No. 15 jerseys went on sale, and a photo of him wearing No. 11 surfaced.

However, we saw him wearing 15 again during minicamp. This series of events just helps illustrate the complicated logistics of a player changing their number, as Paul Dehner Jr. of The Athletic explains:

Well, this process isn’t as easy as one would think. In order to switch jersey numbers, you have to buy out all the No. 15 jerseys in stock anywhere from the NFL. You’re stuck with the number until you do.

It is probably something that most of us didn’t know about, and certainly makes changing numbers for players with their jerseys on sale in the store…