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One of the biggest stars in college football will not be in EA Sports’ upcoming ‘College Football 25’ game.
On Monday, EA Sports announced that more than 10,000 athletes have opted in to be featured in the game.
10k and counting… pretty pretttyyy good #CFB25 pic.twitter.com/RrO88VWjWM
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Via ESPN
“The response to the athlete opt-in opportunity for EA Sports College Football 25 has been phenomenal,” Daryl Holt, senior vice president and group general manager for EA Sports’ Tiburon Studios and American football division, said in a statement to ESPN. ”
“In the little over one week, over 10,000 athletes across the FBS have opted-in to the offer with more saying ‘yes’ every hour. We’re excited to welcome more athletes in the weeks ahead and to debut this first class of athletes in the game when it launches this summer.”
Unfortunately, Texas QB star Arch Manning has apparently opted out of the game to focus on football, according to Anwar Richardson of Orangebloods.com.
“Multiple people have told me Texas redshirt quarterback Arch Manning will not opt into EA Sports College Football 25. I’m told Arch is focused on playing football on the field.”
While Manning will likely not be starting next season for the Longhorns, it’ll be interesting to see if he continues to opt out whenever he takes over the role of starter in Texas once Quinn Ewers leaves.