Thursday morning’s announcement that EA Sports will release the new NCAA Football video game this coming summer led to every college football fan in the country going absolutely bizark on social media.
Why the widespread excitement? EA Sports was forced to stop production on the game after their last released installment in 2013 due to issues stemming from early NIL-related issues, specifically player likeness for players who were reprinted in the name, despite being nameless on each roster.
Since then, Texas A&M has won 86 games game in the last 10 seasons, and while legendary quarterback Johnny Manziel’s Heisman-winning campaign came after the 2012 season, he was still highly productive during his final 2013 campaign, while star wide receiver Mike Evans had his best season as an Aggie yet.
While Manziel and Evans stand out as the Aggie studs of the last decade, several players on offense and defense have placed their names in the Texas A&M record books, and if the game had been released every year since then, several deserved a shot to be on the cover.
With that, here are five Aggies who should be in the running for the newest NCAA Football cover.
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Coming in as the No. 2 overall prospect in the 2014 class, Myles Garrett was the most dominant player on the field for his three seasons in College Station, recording 32.5 sacks, including 12.5 during his 2015 sophomore season, which included five forced fumbles to boot.
He is already a future NFL Hall of Fame candidate; if it wasn’t for a string of injuries during his last two seasons, we may be talking about the decade’s most dominant defensive player in college football.
RB De’Von Achane
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As the fastest player to ever step foot on Kyle Field, former Texas A&M running back De’Von Achane had his best season yet…
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Author : Aggies Wire
Publish date : 2024-02-16 11:00:34
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