Jeremiah Smith, Ryan Williams on cover of EA Sports College Football ’26
EA Sports chose Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith and Alabama’s Ryan Williams to be on the cover of College Football ’26. We talk to the athletes about what this moment means to them.
EA Sports College Football 2026 features some fictional players due to NIL contract opt-outs and late roster additions, including nine for Ohio State.Topping Ohio State’s fictitious players is sophomore running back Jayson Ball, an elusive bruiser with an 87 rating.Many other college teams are missing actual players, including a whopping 43 for the West Virginia Mountaineers.The game can be edited to replace fictional players with names and likenesses of real ones.Official roster updates could be issued after the game’s standard release on July 10.
Who are the nine mysterious players on Ohio State’s roster for EA Sports College Football 2026, and what did the game do with 11 incoming Buckeyes freshmen?
Fans of OSU have a wealth of talent in the game, including sophomore receiver Jeremiah Smith (98 overall rating) and safety Caleb Downs (96 overall rating) adorning the cover, but those who’ve secured the game’s early deluxe edition are a little baffled by a running back named Jayson Ball, a sophomore from Cleveland with an 87 overall rating as an elusive bruiser.
Well, he’s fictitious along with eight other video Buckeyes whose ratings aren’t anywhere close to Ball’s. Meanwhile, 11 members of OSU’s incoming class are missing, including five-star cornerback Devin Sanchez plus running backs Anthony Rogers and Isaiah West.
How did this happen?
The answer is multi-pronged, including a likelihood that a sizable number of players didn’t opt into EA Sports’ name, image and…
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Publish date : 2025-07-08 16:40:00
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