27-05-2025
Ohio State and Alabama stars grace cover of EA Sports College Football 26
Ohio State and Alabama stars grace cover of EA Sports College Football 26
When EA Sports College Football 25 returned and put active college football players on the cover, fans were pumped — especially after the game's decade-long pause.
Colorado's Travis Hunter, Texas' Quinn Ewers and Michigan's Donovan Edwards had the honor of gracing the first cover in the game's return to market. Now, it's Ohio State's Jeremiah Smith and Alabama's Ryan Williams turn, as the EA Sports dropped the cover for College Football 26 on Tuesday.
The game will be available July 10.
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As USA TODAY Sports noted, Smith and Williams' cover is the standard edition of the game, but added: The "deluxe edition features them and several stars, mascots and coaches from the past and present, including former cover stars in Reggie Bush and Tim Tebow, as well as Kirby Smart, Ryan Day and the Oregon Duck."
The College Football 25 cover stars saw varying levels of success last season.
Two-way player Hunter won the Heisman Trophy before eventually becoming the No. 2 overall NFL Draft pick. Ewers helped lead Texas back to the College Football Playoff, but the Longhorns lost to Smith's Buckeyes in the Cotton Bowl semifinal (and Ewers' draft stock tanked). Edwards had a solid run with Michigan before getting injured at the end of last season and ultimately signed with the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent.
