ANN ARBOR --

Devin Gardner's orange spring game jersey

might look familiar Saturday, even though he's never worn it publicly.

That's because others have -- like, the Oregon State football team.

The Wolverines decided to outfit their quarterbacks with no-contact jerseys this spring after backup Russell Bellomy suffered an ACL injury that will sideline him indefinitely. That means Michigan currently has no healthy scholarship quarterbacks behind Gardner, which heightens the need to keep Gardner healthy.

The Wolverines wanted a color other than red, which is worn by rival Ohio State. So they sought out Oregon State's orange threads to tide them over until they ordered custom jerseys through Adidas.

Oregon State's Jordan Poyer, right, tries to tackle Wisconsin's Montee Ball during a game last season. Michigan's quarterbacks will wear jerseys like Poyer's during Saturday's spring game.

"As we've stated, we don't wear red jerseys, so these were a temporary fix until we could get some custom jerseys made, which we hope will be in this week," a Michigan spokesman wrote in an email.

An Oregon State spokesman said Michigan contacted them for the jerseys because U-M equipment manager Jon Falk knows Beavers equipment manager Arnold Alcantar.

"They needed a contrasting color," the spokesman wrote in an email. "Our equip guy knows Michigan's equip guy a little. Simple as that."

The interesting thing about the exchange is Oregon State is a Nike school, while Michigan is outfitted by Adidas.

It's clear when looking at Gardner's spring game jersey, which was posted on Michigan's official Facebook account, that the cut of the uniform is unlike the regular U-M jerseys. And this would explain why.

It's not an Adidas jersey at all, even though it now features an Adidas patch.

InsideUnis first reported that the jerseys came from Oregon State.

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