Prominent QB opts out of EA Sports College Football 25; Alabama’s Jalen Milroe in
More than 10,000 athletes, including Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe, have opted in on EA Sports’ upcoming college football video game, the developer announced on social media Monday.
One of the most prominent quarterbacks in the country has decided not take part, however.
Rivals reports Texas redshirt quarterback Arch Manning will not opt into EA Sports College Football 25. The decision is based on Manning wanting to focus on playing football.
EA Sports said players who opt in to the game will receive a minimum of $600 and a copy of EA Sports College Football 25. There will also be opportunities for them to earn money by promoting the game.
Players who opt out will be left off the game entirely and gamers will be blocked from manually adding, or creating, them, EA sports said without specifying how it plans to do that.
John Reseburg, vice president of marketing, communications and partnerships at EA Sports, tweeted that more than 11,000 athletes have been sent an offer.
“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.”
Among those who have opted in:
- Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter
- Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers
- Georgia quarterback Carson Beck
- Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe
- Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel
The Associated Press contributed to this report.