Running back Steve Slaton sported the uniform when he attended the 2007 Playboy All-American honoring at the Playboy Mansion at the beginning of the preseason wearing it with white bottoms.
Dionte Christmas was chosen to the Preseason First Team after leading the league in scoring the past two seasons.
The league's coaches voted South Dakota the inaugural preaseason #1 and South Dakota senior forward Tyler Cain the preseason player of the year.
Mitchell Schwartz was a second-team preseason All-Pac-10 choice by Athlon, Lindy's, and Steele, as Steele also listed him as the nation's # 63 draft-eligible tackle.
Schefter appeared on NBC twice in the summer of 2008, working as the sideline reporter for Al Michaels and John Madden during the Redskins-Colts Hall-of-Fame game and then the Redskins-Jaguars preseason finale.
In the 2007 Virginia Cavaliers preseason, Groh was listed among the five worst coaches in college football by Sports Illustrated columnist Stewart Mandel.
During the 2003 NLL season, goaltender Ginny Capicchioni appeared in two preseason and one regular season game to become the only woman to make an appearance in the National Lacrosse League.
Brad Johansen is the former radio play-by-play announcer for the Cincinnati Bengals, He is the current play-by-play TV announcer for Bengals preseason games along with, being the current play-by-play announcer for the Xavier University men's basketball telecasts and College Football on CBS Sports Network.
He spent most of 2007 training with Centro Atlético Fénix of the Uruguayan Premier Division, before signing a contract with New England Revolution after impressing the coaching staff during an extended trial in the 2008 preseason and early regular season.
On 18 July 2008 he suffered significant damage to his knee in a tackle by Argentinian striker Diego Ruiz during an ill-tempered preseason 'friendly' against CFR Cluj.
After a disappointing preseason, Bollinger lost the third-string spot and was released by the Vikings on August 30, 2008.
He had two fights in the IHL preseason, one for the Muskegon Lumberjacks, and one for the Kalamazoo Wings.
Having trained with English club Sheffield United during the spring of 2008, Tobin signed a one-year contract with Norwegian club with Nybergsund on February 16, 2009 after a two-week trial period in which he started in the team's preseason games.
Just days before finalising the deal for the striker, he had a meeting with Bizhdili to discuss a possible transfer, after he was convinced he signed on 27 August 2009 and trained with the rest of the club at their preseason training camp in Mavrovë.
In a 2010 preseason win against the St. Louis Rams, Ellerbe returned an interception 45 yards for a score but was yelled at on the sidelines by head coach John Harbaugh for showboating.
He was released after the 2011 preseason due to the emergence of rookie tight ends Julius Thomas and Virgil Green.
On August 10, 2012, Chris Mortensen of ESPN reported that Garrard would undergo arthroscopic surgery and miss some time, including all four preseason games.
In 1954 he was a preseason All-American candidate, but injuries affected his level of play during the season.
Another incident happened during a 2006 PBA preseason game at the Emilio Aguinaldo College Sports Center in Manila when both players were reportedly involved in a physical and verbal exchange.
During the following preseason, he was part of the German BBL team of SC Rasta Vechta, but was cut from the team shortly before the 2013-14 season's start.
The first basketball game in the arena was a preseason NBA basketball game between the Boston Celtics and the Atlanta Hawks.
On September 5, Gilliam hit a 2-run pinch triple in a road game against the Houston Astros, giving the Dodgers a 3–2 lead in the 9th inning; the Los Angeles Rams, playing a preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles at the Coliseum, were playing so poorly despite their 10–0 win that the biggest cheer from the stands came from people listening to portable radios tuned to the Dodger game who cheered when Gilliam got the hit.
In 1987, DeForest was signed as a free agent but then released in the preseason by the Houston Oilers (NFL) and then signed by the New Orleans Saints NFL.
Beginning in 2012, he did preseason games for the Houston Texans with Spencer Tillman.
In the 2005 NFL season, he was rushed into the Bears starting lineup as a rookie after a preseason injury to starter Rex Grossman, and the poor play of back-up Chad Hutchinson.
While in preseason with the club in Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Rey picked up an injury that would prevent him from playing the first match of the season.
Before the 1992 season, Dupree led the Rams in rushing in the preseason, which included a 100-yard game in the final preseason game against the Los Angeles Raiders, but was one of the 14 players cut by coach Chuck Knox to trim the team down to the 47 player regular season roster, and retired shortly afterward.
On Friday 16 February 2007 he made his AFL debut in a preseason game against Sydney Swans at the North Sydney Oval.
While training with Inter Milan, the Montreal Impact organization invited Ferrari to the team's preseason training camp in Los Angeles, on 14 February 2012.
Aside from Swift and Adderly, Reese has previously been joined in the booth by Jim Barniak (1978–82), Bill Bergey (1982–83, also filled in when Quick had knee surgery during the 2004 preseason), and Stan Walters (1984–97).
The stadium hosted an NFL preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts on August 26, 2006, in which the Colts won 27-14.
Then he went to the preseason Spanish club, Albacete, in which that year he was hired by loaner Everton Viña del Mar.
Keels also worked for the Cincinnati Bengals as a preseason announcer on WKRC-TV from 2000–2010, and worked on the Cincinnati Reds Television Broadcasts for Fox Sports Ohio in 2010.
On 4 July, he made his debut for Vaslui in a 9–1 win in a preseason friendly over Bischoffen.
The following season, new head coach Tommy Tuberville replaced Bironas, the preseason All-SEC kicker of the football team, with the punter, Damon Duval.
He recorded two preseason double-doubles, with one coming against Stephen Curry's Davidson team.
He was invited back for preseason by Borussia Mönchengladbach but instead accepted a professional contract from the New York Red Bulls.
On July 27, 1997, Couper was included on the Chicago Bears roster for one of the "American Bowl" preseason matches against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Croke Park, Dublin.
In preseason mock drafts from May 2012, Lotulelei was listed as a late first-rounder for the 2013 NFL Draft as well.
During a preseason game with the New Orleans Saints in 2006, a golf cart driven by T-Rac hit Saints quarterback Adrian McPherson.
Williams struggled in training camp adjusting to the team's offense, but by the end of the preseason he had supplanted Dwayne Harris as the third wide receiver.
Smith was scheduled to start in the third preseason game of the 2008 season, but became ill with a rare disease called Lemierre's syndrome.
In March 1990, Pruett was seriously injured in a preseason testing crash at West Palm Beach, Florida, an IMSA street course.
He recorded a sack in a preseason game against the Washington Redskins.
In the mid-1980s the stadium hosted preseason training for the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League (USFL), including stars Herschel Walker and Brian Sipe.
The Victoria Highlanders and Victoria United maintain a friendly relationship and play a charity match each preseason around July 1.
In August 2013, Makalambay signed a contract for two seasons with Belgacom League club Royal Antwerp after a few weeks training in the preseason.