‘Something you dream of’: Hurricanes relishing opportunity to see themselves in College Football 25

CORAL GABLES — Shannon Dawson won’t be surprised to hear some recommendations from his players soon.

The second-year Miami offensive coordinator has been on social media, and he sees how a lot of his players are spending their summer: spending time on PlayStation or Xbox, playing College Football 25 — the first new college football video game in over a decade. So he would not be surprised to get some play-calling advice from Hurricanes who have spent hours gaming.

“Not yet, but I fully expect that’s probably going to be the case,” Dawson said. “I don’t play video games because I’m not good at them. But I have a Twitter account, and I watch the deals. We have a lot of players that are making a lot of plays out there on Twitter.”

The new video game has been hugely successful, taking over the college football internet since it first became available on July 16. Players have posted videos of themselves playing and of other people playing with their virtual likeness. For the first time ever, the game features players with their actual names.

Even some players who were not in the release-day rosters, like new transfer wide receiver Sam Brown Jr., freshman receiver Ny Carr, freshman linebacker Adarius Hayes and freshman defensive lineman Justin Scott, said they hope to be in the game when rosters are updated.

“I’m trying to get in,” Brown said. “I play every day, even though I’m not in the game.”

Running back Damien Martinez, wide receiver Xavier Restrepo and defensive lineman Rueben Bain Jr. were the highest-rated Hurricanes in the game’s initial roster release. But other players got shout-outs from their teammates for being fun to play with in the game. Tight end Elijah Arroyo was credited for frequently getting open in the game. Running back Chris Johnson Jr., who was a track star in high…

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Publish date : 2024-07-31 18:43:00

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