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CU player on cover of leaked 'EA Sports College Football 25' image

EA Sports' college football video game franchise has sat dormant for 11 years. More than 10,000 players have signed up to appear in the new game.

BOULDER, Colo. — The first college football video game in a decade will have a Colorado Buffaloes star on the cover.

The leaked video game cover for the deluxe edition of EA Sports' "College Football 25" appeared Friday on the PlayStation Store.

The cover includes a collection of standout players, including Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter.

Also in the image, seen walking into a stadium, are Michigan running back Donovan Edwards, Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers, Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe, Georgia quarterback Carson Beck and Ohio State running back Quinshon Judkins.

EA Sports announced in 2021 it would be reviving its college football video game franchise.

Three years later, the game is scheduled to be released this summer with a full reveal promised in May.

EA Sports has offered Football Bowl Subdivision players a minimum of $600 and a copy of EA Sports College Football 25 to be featured in the game. More than 10,000 players have accepted.

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For a generation of youth, EA Sports' college football games fueled their aspirations in the sport.

“I remember when I was in the game. Obviously in high school and all that you want to be in the game, but then when you get to college, you’re in the game, and I’m No. 10 from Baylor, before NIL, and I am No. 10,” Robert Griffin III, one of the game’s 2013 cover athletes and the 2011 Heisman winner, told The Associated Press.

“And that’s my name, ‘Quarterback No. 10 from Baylor,'" he says. “But, I’m like, white with a buzz-cut fade and no arm sleeve on my arm and I’m from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. They completely tried to change the character just so they don’t have to pay the guy. Or say, ‘Oh no, that’s not his name, image and likeness, he’s not even the right color.’ But everybody knew who No. 10 from Baylor was.”

The Associated Press contributed to this article.    

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