Last Friday, Michigan running back Donovan Edwards was at a local hospital handing out gift baskets to patients for Mother’s Day when a doctor made a comment that caught him off guard.
“Congratulations on the cover,” said the doctor, referring to EA Sports’ upcoming College Football 25 video game.
Not knowing how the doctor knew this secret, Edwards responded that he didn’t know what the doctor was talking about and denied it. It was soon revealed that the cover was leaked on the official PlayStation Store.
The deluxe edition cover leak has been confirmed as genuine, as EA Sports revealed the covers on Thursday along with the July 19 release date, another milestone in the game’s return after 11 years. The game has two versions (standard for $69.99 and deluxe, which can be played three days earlier on July 16 for $99.99) and three main athletes cover both: Edwards, Texas quarterback Quinn Evers and wide receiver/defensive back from Colorado. . Travis Hunter. They are the first active college players to appear on the cover thanks to flexible rules that allow players to profit from their name, image and likeness rights. Previous editions of the game featured a star-in-the-making or former legend. EA suspended production of the game amid litigation following lawsuits challenging the NCAA’s previous NIL limits.
“It’s a surreal moment,” Evers told a select group of reporters earlier this week.
The game’s full release will arrive on Friday, the company said, and pre-orders for both versions of the game opened on Thursday. The game will be made exclusively for PlayStation 5 and XBox Series early to the game. games. each, along with other benefits.
Despite an 11-year hiatus from college, his legacy remains so strong and the role of cover athlete is so beloved that even hospital doctors follow every press release.
“A lot of people contacted me, but I told them I don’t know if it’s real,” Hunter said of the backlash. “I kept everyone on their toes.”
Each player who enters the game and is selected will receive $600 and a copy of the game ($70 value). An additional group of male and female college athletes have signed individual ambassador agreements to promote the game. Covered athletes also receive more, although the players declined to discuss how much they were paid. For all three players, the process of getting into the cover was simple.
“They just invited me and of course I wasn’t going to turn it down,” Hunter said. “It was almost a process and I wanted to do whatever was necessary for them.”
When Joey Harrington became an NCAA Football cover athlete, he was invited to Jamaica to start and play Madden with members of N’Sync.
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The three players met for a cover photo of the standard version that appears to be set at Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas. The Deluxe Edition cover also features Alabama quarterback Jalen Milro, Georgia quarterback Carson Beck and Ohio State running back Quinshawn Judkins.
But it’s Edwards, Evers and Hunter who are the focal points. Edwards won the national championship last season with Michigan, scoring twice in the title game. Evers led Texas to a Big 12 championship and a College Football Playoff appearance and is expected to be one of the top quarterbacks in the 2025 NFL Draft. Hunter is a two-way star who had 721 receiving yards and three interceptions in his first season at Colorado.
All three have memories of the game, despite ten years without a new game. Hunter, an active gamer who streams live on Twitch, said he continued playing NCAA Football 14 on PC after the game was stopped. He would establish himself as a two-way player or run the read option with Marcus Mariota and Oregon. Evers said he was creating his own and placing the player in Texas.
Some other details of the game are already known. All 134 FBS teams are included in the game. College Football 25 will be built on the Madden engine, but there will be no Madden leak. Dynasty Mode and Road to Glory will once again be the featured game modes. The delivery portal is also waiting. Schools have submitted thousands of assets to EA Sports over the past three years, including photos of stadiums, jerseys, cheerleading squads and more. The College Football Playoff and Football Bowl footage will be used, most of the individual trophies except the Heisman Trophy will not be in it, many ESPN broadcasters have already recorded their calls and the producers have planned every possible detail and made changes to the sport before the game they make. game launch.
When fall camp arrives, players and fans will not only be excited about the season on the field, but they will also be able to play it in a video game for the first time in over a decade.
“There are definitely going to be some games that are very intense,” Evers said. “That will be the talk of the locker room. But we must be present and understand what we are here to do. I know for a fact that at fall camp, in those little breaks we have, people play all the time. “
Cover topics over the years
Cover Version
1994
Bill Walsh
1995
Bill Walsh
1996
Unknown players from Kansas, Florida and Michigan State, Tommy Trojan, member of the Wisconsin group
1997
Tommy Fraser
1998
Danny Wuerffel
1999
Carlos Woodson
2000
Ricky Williams
2001
Sean Alexandre
2002
Chris Weinke
2003
Joey Harrington
2004
Carson Palmer
2005
Larry Fitzgerald
2006
Desmond Howard
2007
Reggie Bush
2008
Jared Zabranski
2009
Darren McFadden (XBox 360), Matt Ryan (PS3), Dee Sean Jackson (PS2), Owen Schmitt (PSP), Sparty (Wii)
2010
Michael Crabtree (XBox 360), Brian Johnson (PS3), Brian Orakpo (PS2), Mark Sanchez (PSP)
2011
Tim Tebow
2012
Marcos Ingram II
2013
Robert Griffin III e Barry Sanders
2014
Denard Robinson
2025
Quinn Evers, Travis Hunter, Donovan Edwards (com Jalen Milro, Carson Beck e Quinshawn Judkins)
(Cover art by EA Sports)
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