Name Image Likeness

EA Sports College Football 25’ Deluxe Edition Cover Art Released 

The Deluxe Cover features college football stars Ewers, Edwards, Milroe, Beck, Hunter, and Judkins

Noah Henderson

Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers (3) celebrates the 34-24 win over Alabama at Bryant-Denny
Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers (3) celebrates the 34-24 win over Alabama at Bryant-Denny / Aaron Martinez / USA TODAY NETWORK
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New artwork has been released on the PlayStation Store for the upcoming EA Sports College Football 25 video game. The legendary publisher's new title is one of the most anticipated in video game history, breaking an eleven-year discontinuation of the franchise. 

With a full game reveal anticipated later this month, Sony and EA Sports aim to stoke anticipation for the highly anticipated trailer. College Football 25 will fully launch later this summer, with rumored release dates hovering around mid-July. 

The deluxe-edition cover art features several current icons of college football: 

- Quinn Ewers, Texas (QB)
- Travis Hunter, COlorado (WR/DB)
- Carson Beck, Georgia (QB)
- Quishon Judkins, Ohio State (RB)
- Donovan Edwards, Michigan (RB)
- Jalen Milroe, Alabama (QB)

EA Sports College Football 25 will be the first collegiate video game to compensate collegiate athletes for using their NIL. Unlike previous versions of the game, which were discontinued in 2013 due to concerns of unauthorized use of athletes’ publicity rights, in-game characters will bear the name, image, likeness, and jersey number of all FBS scholarship athletes who opted into the game. 

The compensation for the players’ NIL licensing was $600; however, EA Sports has sweetened the pot for many top athletes with an ambassador program where select players earn bonus compensation for social media posts and other endorsements of the game. The cover art, like the ambassador program, offers another opportunity for these six sports stars to earn even more cash for their contributions to the game. 

The star to be featured on the regular cover still remains a mystery.

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Noah Henderson
NOAH HENDERSON

Professor Noah Henderson teaches in the sport management department at Loyola University Chicago. Outside the classroom, he advises companies, schools, and collectives on Name, Image, and Likeness best practices. His academic research focuses on the intersection of law, economics, and social consequences regarding college athletics, NIL, and sports gambling. Before teaching, Prof. Henderson was part of a team that amended Illinois NIL legislation and managed NIL collectives at the nation’s most prominent athletic institutions while working for industry leader Student Athlete NIL. He holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois College of Law in Urbana-Champaign and a Bachelor of Economics from Saint Joseph’s University, where he was a four-year letter winner on the golf team. Prof. Henderson is a native of San Diego, California, and a former golf CIF state champion with Torrey Pines High School. Outside of athletics, he enjoys playing guitar, hanging out with dogs, and eating California burritos. You can follow him on Twitter: @NoahImgLikeness. 

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