Michigan’s Edwards, Texas’ Ewers, Colorado’s Hunter Among 6 on College Football Video Game Cover

Michigan running back Donovan Edwards, Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers and Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter are among the six players featured on the cover of EA Sports College Football 25, which is set to return after being discontinued 11 years ago.

The cover of the deluxe edition of the popular video game was published on the online PlayStation Store on Friday. No official release date has been set, but the game is expected to release this summer before the start of the college football season. The game will feature all 134 major college football schools.

College Football 25 will be the first version of EA Sports’ college football franchise to be released since 2013, when the game ceased production amid lawsuits accusing it of using players’ likenesses without paying them. The NCAA’s approval in 2021 for players to be able to profit from their brand opened the door for the game to be made again.

The cover features the backs of several players in easily identifiable college football uniforms in a stadium tunnel, with the names on the backs of six players’ jerseys. Along with Edwards, Ewers and Hunter, Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe, Georgia quarterback Carson Beck and Ohio State running back Quinshon Judkins are featured.

The video game developer offered FBS players a minimum of $600 and a copy of the game to have their likeness included in it. It also offered name, image and likeness deals to some players to promote the game through an ambassador program. It was not immediately clear how much a deal with a cover athlete was worth.

More than 11,000 players accepted offers to join the game.

For those who declined the offer, EA Sports said a generic player would be created in their place. The developer also said that players would be prevented from manually adding players who have opted out. I didn’t say how I planned to do that.

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