CINCINNATI — John Ross will no longer be wearing No. 15. He officially made the change to No. 11 this offseason and unveiled the new number on his Instagram last month after the much-discussed media day photo shoot.



Ross wore No. 1 in Pop Warner and at the University of Washington. He even wore No. 11 at one point when he was playing both ways during his freshman year for the Huskies (he had to take 11 with another player on defense wearing 1). He wore No. 2 at Jordan High School and it was recently retired.



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I know its different, cause im not the same⚡️



A post shared by John Ross III (@_jross3) on Jun 14, 2019 at 12:20pm PDT



Upon being drafted by the Bengals No. 11 was on his mind but already taken by Brandon LaFell. Ross ended up with No. 15.



There’s not much worth remembering from the two-year run of that number.



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