College Football 25 officially releases on Friday after the early access released Monday, and EA Sports’ beloved video game franchise is finally back on the shelves after an 11-year hiatus.
For the first time in the series’ history, real player names and likenesses are featured in the games, a positive consequence of the NIL era in college sports. However, while the older games didn’t feature overt usage of player names, the in-game players were clearly based on their in-game counterparts.
With that in mind, CBS Sports went back to make the historic All-EA Sports NCAA Football team, finding the highest-rated players in the history of the games. Four former Tigers were chosen as first-teamers, and a fifth was on the second team.
OG Andrew Whitworth (97 overall)
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First of all, yes, I did cheat a little bit on the offensive line. I have once true center and four tackles in this starting lineup, but I don’t have much doubt that Andrew Whitworth and Joe Thomas could handle the interior offensive line positions just fine. Besides, before every season in Dynasty Mode, didn’t everyone just go through the depth chart and start the five best offensive linemen anyway?
Whitworth was a two-time First Team All-SEC selection at LSU, and he’s a first-teamer here as well. He ultimately played 16 seasons in the NFL, winning a Super Bowl with the Rams in his final year.
DT Marcus Spears (99 overall)
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In the middle, Marcus Spears and Ndamukong Suh are big and nasty enough to do plenty of damage against the run and passing games on their own. Just time the snap perfectly and bull rush your way to a sack or tackle for loss.
The former consensus All-American at LSU-turned-broadcaster, Spears is the highest-rated member of the Tigers’ contingent in CBS’ hypothetical ratings.
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