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Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2023 and has been updated.
EA’s NCAA Football cover stars operated on a different principle for a while compared to the spotlight athletes in other sports games. NCAA rules forbade college athletes from appearing on the cover, so you nearly always saw an NFL rookie sporting their jersey from a few years previously – usually with at least one trophy or high recognition under their belt as well. EA wasn’t afraid to get a bit silly with the NCAA franchise either. At one point, the publisher honored the community’s voice and made a mascot the star of an NCAA game.
The franchise came to a messy end in 2014, as licensing issues and debates over the appropriate use of player likenesses brought EA’s college football days to a halt.
But now? We’re so back. Here’s a walk through 20 years of NCAA Football cover stars and a look at College Football 25.
MORE COLLEGE FOOTBALL 25:
Bill Walsh College Football ‘94 – Bill Walsh
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Before EA had the license to use actual college names and teams, there was Bill Walsh College Football, named after the award-winning, eponymous coach. Walsh had left the NFL by the time EA’s first college football game came around, following a spectacular Super Bowl victory in 1988 and entry into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Bill Walsh College Football ‘95 – Still Bill Walsh
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Not much more to say about this one. Nothing major changed at the time for Walsh, though the in-game teams did feature the actual real-life college rosters from 1993.
College Football USA 96 – Tommy the Trojan mascot
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USA College Football’s big draw was having all contemporary NCAA teams in the game, over 100 of them, and some official NCAA tournaments as well.
College Football USA 97 – Tommie Frazer
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University of Nebraska quarterback Tommie Frazer was the…
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