EA Sports College Football 25 will be released July 19, cover stars unveiled
College football video game fanatics finally have a date.
EA Sports College Football 25 will be released worldwide on July 19, and history will be made with active college football players on the cover of the game for the first time ever.
Colorado cornerback/receiver Travis Hunter, Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers and Michigan running back Donovan Edwards will be the cover stars of the game, EA Sports told USA TODAY Sports. The trio will be on both the standard and deluxe editions of the game.
A full reveal of the game will be launched Friday.
EA Sports’ video game franchise, which began in 1993, has had players on its cover for the majority of its versions. But when previous versions of the NCAA Football game had players on its cover, they were in their college gear but had already left the college ranks by the time the game came out.
Hunter, Ewers and Edwards are three of more than 10,000 college football players expected to be in the game, according to EA Sports. Player likeness without compensation was the reason why the NCAA Football franchise folded in 2013 and why a college football video game hasn’t been released since then. But with name, image and likeness running rampant in college sports, EA Sports will compensate players in exchange for their likeness with $600 and a free copy of the game.
All the cover stars told reporters it is a surreal moment to have the honor.
“They’re gonna remember all three of us because we were the first guys on the cover to kind of bring it back,” Ewers said. “It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity to be able to be on the cover of the game.”
EA Sports College Football 25 details
EA Sports College Football 25 will be available on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
Standard and deluxe editions of EA Sports College Football 25 are available for pre-order. EA Sports is also offering the MVP bundle, which includes the deluxe editions of EA SPORTS College Football 25 and Madden NFL 25. Prices for the versions are: