EA Sports College Football 25 cover athletes, release date revealed after 11-year hiatus


This July, many sports fans will remember their childhood.

Earlier this year, EA Sports announced that its college football The video game series will return this year after its last release in 2013.

On Thursday, the brand announced that the game will be available to play on July 19.

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The cover of EA Sports College Football 25. (EA Sports)

This year's video game features three athletes headlining the cover: Texas' Quinn Ewers, Colorado's Travis Hunter and Michigan's Donovan Edwards, the latter of whom had two rushing touchdowns en route to winning the national championship.

Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe and Georgia's Carson Beck can also be seen, as well as Ohio State's Quinshon Judkins.

The series began in 1993 with the release of College football Bill Walshand the game was released under the legendary trainer's name for two years.

The name changed to College Football USA during the 1996 and 1997 seasons before changing to NCAA Football from 1998 to 2014.

The game was on hiatus for a time due to disputes between EA, the NCAA, and college athletes. Every installment since the 1997 version featured an athlete on the cover, as video games typically do. However, the cover athlete was not allowed to charge for his image and likeness.

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Quinn Ewers, Travis Hunter and Donovan Edwards appear on the cover of College Football 25. (EA Sports)

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Additionally, in each delivery, players could not see the names of the athletes when controlling them. Instead, Reggie Bush, for example, would be listed as “HB No. 5” and Tim Tebow as “QB No. 15.”

But now, with name, image and likeness proliferating, players will know exactly who is on the field, rather than just a position and number.

EA Sports announced the game's return three years ago and even said a game would be released last summer, but it didn't happen.

NCAA logo outside the national office

(Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

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The last athlete on the cover was Denard Robinson of the Michigan Wolverines.

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