Nick Scott helmet

The helmet image shared by Penn State freshman Nick Scott. PSU officials had no comment on the numbered helmets.

(Instagram photo, Nick Scott)

Penn State football fans, many of them anyway, were convinced Monday that Penn State's uniform was about to undergo more change when freshman running back Nick Scott shared a Instagram photo of a Penn State numbered football helmet.

But according to a report from StateCollege.com's Ben Jones, the helmet that caused such a stir is just an office decoration, says Penn State football coach James Franklin.

"I don't know where the helmet came from. I know the history of it because people told me Penn State used to have numbers on the helmets," Franklin told Jones.

"Basically nothing has changed. It is sitting there in my office. It has been there since I got the job...That's the whole story."

In 2012 under Bill O'Brien, the Nittany Lions received mixed reactions when they became the first team to wear names on the backs of their jerseys.