HOUSTON (AP) – Houston’s DeAndre Hopkins was among three NFL players to receive the first pairs of low-top Kanye West-designed Adidas Yeezy Boost 350 cleats on Friday.
“It was a surprise to me,” Hopkins told The Associated Press. “It wasn’t really nothing thought of or something we talked about. Last night they texted me and were like: ‘We have a surprise for you coming.’ And that’s what it was.”
As Hopkins talked, the pair of shoes in the popular turtle dove color sat at his feet near the cleats he wore for practice.
The special delivery from West went to Adidas athletes Hopkins, Minnesota’s Adrian Peterson and Buffalo’s Sammy Watkins. They were sent a day after Denver’s Von Miller wore Yeezy 750’s , which are high top and look more like a boot, in Thursday night’s game against Carolina that opened the NFL regular season.
“He’s a big guy, he kind of needs that ankle support,” Hopkins said of Miller’s shoes. “These are more my cleats and what I wear is the same as the Adidas cleats, and they just kind of put the Yeezy cover on it. I like Von’s, but I prefer these.”