According to EA Sports, the upcoming highly-anticipated College Football 25 video game will include former collegiate players such as Joe Burrow.
The game will be officially released on July 19, with early access starting on July 15.
In the Ultimate Team game mode, where players collect different top-rated athletes and assemble a fantasy team to compete against other players online, EA Sports announced it will include former NCAA legends in addition to current athletes.
Because of EA’s partnership with the NFL Players’ Association for its Madden series, the company was able to license the use of these former college athletes in the new game.
Burrow is confirmed to be in the game, but it’s likely that other prominent former LSU athletes like Heisman winner Jayden Daniels or current NFL stars Ja’Marr Chase and Justin Jefferson will be included in the Ultimate Team game mode, as well.
As EA has been releasing more information about the game with the release date drawing near, LSU has been featured in many promotional materials.
On July 10, EA released the list of its 100 top-rated players in the game which included current Tigers Will Campbell (rated a 95 out of a possible 99), Harold Perkins Jr. (92), Emery Jones Jr. (90) and Mason Taylor (90).
In June, EA announced that, as a team, LSU has the eight-highest overall rating at 90, with its offense ranked No. 6 in the country with an 89 and its defense ranked No. 18 with an 84.
In addition, the company revealed that Tiger Stadium will be ranked as the third-toughest place for opposing teams to play.
The game will include real-life recordings of chants, fight songs and crowd noise from Tiger Stadium, as EA confirmed that it collected audio from LSU’s thrilling overtime win over Alabama in 2022.
College Football 25 represents the return of EA’s college football series, which hasn’t had a game since 2013 because of legal issues with using amateur athletes’ likeness without compensation.
With the introduction of NIL, the game can now include athletes by name. Athletes can choose to opt in and allow EA to use their likeness for $600 and a free copy of the game.
