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Popular college football video game cover shows how insane 2025 NFL Draft was

A lot can change over a year as evident by the NFL draft for these star college players.
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Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers (3) in action during the game between the Texas Longhorns and the Ohio State Buckeyes at AT&T Stadium.
Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers (3) in action during the game between the Texas Longhorns and the Ohio State Buckeyes at AT&T Stadium. | Jerome Miron-Imagn Images

It was a crazy draft that didn’t nearly go as expected for several star players. Just look at the epic draft-day slide Colorado Buffaloes star Shedeur Sanders endured all the way to the fifth round. How things can change so quickly for several athletes. The EA Sports College Football 25 cover exemplifies the 2025 NFL Draft perfectly.

College Football 25 is the first in the series of EA Sports games, taking over the old title NCAA Football that had been going on since 2014. The 2024 edition of that featured then USC Trojans and now Chicago Bears star Caleb Williams.

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The College Football 25 cover featured Travis Hunter of Colorado, Quinn Ewers of the Texas Longhorns, and Donovan Edward’s of the Michigan Wolverines.

On draft day, the only first-rounder ended up being the wide receiver and cornerback Hunter after the Cleveland Browns traded their No. 2 overall pick to the Jacksonville Jaguars who selected the Heisman Trophy winner.

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The quarterback Ewers, meanwhile slid to the 231st overall pick in the seventh round to the Miami Dolphins after leaving behind millions of dollars in the NIL transfer portal as the Arch Manning Era has started in Texas.

The running back Edwards wasn’t even drafted, but signed as an undrafted free agent with the New York Jets.

All three were five star recruits, but after posing together on the cover, all three went in very different directions on the way to the NFL.

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Who will be on the official EA Sports College Football 26 cover? Maybe they should decline the offer.

Update: And it’s already happening with Arch Manning declining.

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MATT RYAN

Matt Ryan is a dedicated sports journalist with over 20 years of experience in digital and linear media. After receiving a Masters in Journalism from USC, he’s worked for Fox Sports, NBC Sports, Yahoo Sports, USA Today Sports Media Group, and Bally Sports, while holding various leadership roles along the way.

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