Almost a decade to the date since the best video game of all-time was released, college football fans will soon be rejoicing as the momentum towards a new EA Sports NCAA Football game is full steam ahead.
NCAA Football ’14 released on July 9, 2013, and is still played to this day by many avid fans as it was the final college football game released amidst conversations of compensating players in the game for usage of their likenesses.
Fast forward to now, it appears that EA Sports will be bringing back NCAA Football in July of 2023. The 10-year wait for fans of all ages is almost at an end.
It has been rumored that EA Sports already has 120 FBS schools on board with the game and have begun working with them to get realistic stadium noises, music, and even chants. These schools will be paid out on a tiered basis depending on their top-25 finishes.
All of that said, there was an era from 2014-2021 that saw no NCAA Football games released. There is a large group of big time players that never saw themselves in a game. Joe Burrow from LSU’s title run in 2019, Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray in Norman, Okla., Christian McCaffrey at Stanford, and many more.
The Iowa Hawkeyes also had some guys who were like real life video game characters. Who would be the five most fun Hawkeyes to play with in NCAA Football that never got a game over the past decade? Let’s discuss!
Noah Fant and T.J. Hockenson TE duo
Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports
Noah Fant at Iowa: 78 receptions, 1,083 yards, 19 touchdowns
T.J. Hockenson at Iowa: 73 receptions, 1,080 yards, 9 touchdowns
Noah Fant and T.J. Hockenson on the field together in real life was good enough to warrant them each as first-round NFL draft picks. Now, imagine lining up in a two tight end set with each of them on either side of you.
Better yet, imagine going to a spread passing set with Fant and Hockenson as each of the slot receivers. This NCAA world would see the Iowa Hawkeyes averaging 300-plus passing yards per game with each of…