# NFL keeps fining Caleb Williams for refusing to cover logo of “science” cleats worn by over 80 players

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/nfl-keeps-fining-caleb-williams-for-refusing-to-cover-logo-of-science-cleats-worn-by-over-80-players/
- Published: 2026-11-01T12:50:17+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-01T17:41:10+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/nfl-keeps-fining-caleb-williams-refusing-cover-logo-science-cleats-worn-over-80-players
- Topics: Art, Culture, World

## Key points

- Caleb Williams was fined $35,823 for wearing Caddix cleats with a visible logo.
- Caddix says Williams bought the cleats and received no payment.
- The company says more than 80 NFL players have worn its cleats.

## Summary

Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams has been fined $35,823 across two games for wearing Caddix cleats with an unauthorised logo. The case has drawn attention to the NFL’s rules on visible branding and raises questions about how they apply to equipment marketed as helping reduce injury risk.

Caddix CEO Jack Rasmussen said Williams bought the cleats himself and was not sponsored or paid by the company, which has four employees and has sold cleats for less than two years. The fines were $11,941 after Chicago’s Week 6 game against Atlanta and $23,882 after Week 7 against New England; the article says Williams wore the cleats before Week 6 without being fined. Rasmussen says more than 80 players have worn Caddix cleats, including Kyle Juszczyk, Cooper Kupp and Jalen Ramsey, and that the company has offered to cover Williams’s fines. The NFL had not responded to the article’s request for comment.

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