A decade later, the football world finally has an updated college football video game. On Monday, EA Sports College Football 25 was released to those who pre-ordered the deluxe edition.
The full game will be available to the public later this week, on July 19.
Related: Three Penn State players in College Football 25’s top 100 players
The last college football video game to grace the shelves was NCAA 14, over ten years ago. The long wait was largely due to issues surrounding the player’s name, image and likeness. Those barriers were sorted in 2021, paving the way for the release of this year’s game.
We have already explored various Penn State angles in the newly released game, including the Nittany Lions’ place among the top teams, some Penn State gameplay, their iconic stadium entrance, and various rankings, including where Beaver Stadium falls within the toughest environments to play in the game.
The Nittany Lions enter with an 88 overall team rating – 87 OVR on offense and 88 OVR on defense. Those ratings put them in the top 10 at No. 9 overall.
Those ratings are an average of Penn State’s depth chart and give slightly higher weight to the higher overall players on the team. Here is a breakdown of the Nittany Lions’s roster with those actual ratings in the new video game:
Quarterback
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Starter: Drew Allar — 88 OVR
Backup: Beau Pribula — 76 OVR
3rd String: Ethan Grunkemeyer — 75 OVR
Running Back
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Starter: Nick Singleton — 91 OVR
Backup: Kaytron Allen — 87 OVR
Wide Receiver (X)
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Starter: Julian Fleming — 83 OVR
Backup: Omari Evans — 73 OVR
Wide Receiver (Z)
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Starter: Harrison Wallace III — 80 OVR
Backup: Anthony Ivey — 72…
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