GREEN BAY (WLUK) — A trio of Northeast Wisconsin high school football teams were in for quite the surprise in Titletown on Wednesday.

As part of the Packers Helmet Give Back Program, Oshkosh North, Shiocton and Winnebago Lutheran Academy High Schools each received $7,500 worth of new helmets.

With the teams preparing for the upcoming season — players and coaches alike couldn’t hold in their excitement to receive top-of-the-line equipment.

“Just an awesome surprise by the Packers and I’m looking forward to see how they work on the field,” said Winnebago Lutheran Academy football player, Mason Faust, who will be a senior this upcoming school year.

Packers Super Bowl Champion Jarrett Bush helped unveil the surprise.

Winnebago Lutheran Academy football coach Kevin Loehr says this will be a huge help for the program.

“It was such a blessing that they reached out to us. We got 18 helmets for our program. That’s huge. That’s going to benefit us for the next five years,” said Loehr.

Aside from alleviating costs for high school football teams, the new helmets also look to increase player safety on the field.

“We’re providing new VICIS helmets which are some of the top rated helmets in the industry to these high school programs so that they’re able to play as safe as possible,” said Packers Football Outreach Manager, Ryan Fencl. “And every school is in a different financial position. Obviously, helmets are not cheap especially with new technologies coming out all the time.”

Maintaining player safety is a top priority for these teams.

“If we don’t get the state of the art equipment or the stuff that are going to protect kids then football’s going to die,” said Loehr. “You know, so we need to do that and that’s huge, it gives families, coaches relief too.”

Now, the players will be under the Friday night lights in style.

“My senior year, just want to make it the most special season as it could be, working with the guys and I think this definitely helps bring us together,” said Faust.

Seven other high school football programs across the state, including Appleton West, will also be receiving new helmets later this summer.