The day has finally come.
If you bought the deluxe edition of EA Sports College Football 25, you can now play the game on your Playstation or Xbox. We looked at Iowa’s entire roster on the game and went through each players overalls as well as a couple of other rating attributes.
There were some players who did not opt into the game, so that’s why they’re not mentioned in the article. Let’s take a look at the players who opted into the game, and their attributes.
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Cade McNamara – 77 overall
Brendan Sullivan – 76 overall
Marco Lainez – 71 overall
HawkeyeInsider’s thoughts on the ratings: It’s interesting to see the rating difference between McNamara and Sullivan. It’s also interesting to see that McNamara has 75 speed while Sullivan has 73. McNamara has high awareness with a rating of 89. Sullivan has higher throw power and accuracy than McNamara. James Resar’s name is not in the game, but it’s under the character Mike Werner, with a speed rating of 84 and agility and acceleration of 88.
Leshon Williams – 80 overall
Kamari Moulton – 73 overall (92 speed)
Terrell Washington Jr. – 72 overall
Jaziun Patterson – 72 overall
Fullback
Hayden Large – 75 overall
Rusty VanWetzinga – 73 overall
Eli Miller – 63 overall
HawkeyeInsider’s thoughts on the ratings: Kaleb Johnson’s name is not in the game, but it’s under the alias Aric Ervin. Williams has a speed grade of 86 with strong accerlation and awareness. Moulton has an impressive speed of 92 with 94 acceleration.
Kaleb Brown – 75 overall
Jacob Gill – 73 overall
Seth Anderson – 70 overall
Jarriett Buie – 67 overall
HawkeyeInsider’s thoughts on the ratings: Buie has the highest catching rating with a grade of 80, while Brown and Anderson are in the high 70’s. Brown has the best change of direction at 95. Brown is also the fastest receiver with a grade of 92 and acceleration of 94 with agility at 93. He has a physical trait of being shifty.
Luke Lachey – 88 overall
Addison Ostrenga – 82 overall
Gavin Hoffman – 73 overall
Zach Ortwerth – 71 overall
Johnny Pascuzzi – 68 overall
HawkeyeInsider’s thoughts on the ratings: Lachey is the highest grade of 88 with sure hands. Ostrenga has a high grade of 82 for a second tight end. Ostrenga’s physical traits are balanced, sure hands, and outside shield. Both Lachey and Ostrenga are possession tight ends.
Left Tackle
Mason Richman – 79 overall
Jack Dotzler – 74 overall
Kale Krogh – 71 overall
Left Guard
Beau Stephens – 79 overall
Leighton Jones – 71 overall
Kade Pieper – 68 overall
Josh Janowski – 68 overall
Center
Logan Jones – 86 overall
Tyler Elsbury – 78 overall
Right Guard
Connor Colby – 88 overall
Trevor Lauck – 72 overall
Right Tackle
Gennings Dunker – 81 overall
Nick DeJong – 78 overall
HawkeyeInsider’s thoughts on the ratings: Not a lot of surprises on the offensive line. Colby and Jones are the highest-rated players. DeJong, Pieper, Jones, Colby, Stephens, Dunker, and Richman all have strength grades above 89. Jones has the most physical traits on the offensive line with screen enforcer, option shield, quick drop, and outside shield. Dunker and Colby are the highest-rated pass blockers with grades of 84 while Stephens has the most power. Colby and Jones are the best run blockers with DUnker and Elsbury behind them. Stephens has the most power upfront.
Deontae Craig – 79 overall
Max Llewellyn – 76 overall
Jeffrey Bowie – 73 overall
Caden Crawford – 72 overall
Ethan Hurkett – 81 overall
Brian Allen Jr. – 74 overall
Kenneth Merriweather – 73 overall
Aaron Graves – 83 overall
Yahya Black – 80 overall
Jeremiah Pittman – 74 overall
Chase Brackney – 70 overall
HawkeyeInsider’s thoughts on the ratings: Craig is an option disruptor, while Hurkett is a take down. I was interested to see Hurkett as the highest-rated player on the EDGE for Iowa. Graves and Black have respectable grades, while Graves has 95 strength.
Jay Higgins – 94 overall
Nick Jackson – 90 overall
Kyler Fisher – 74 overall
Nolan DeLong – 66 overall
Ben Kueter – 73 overall
Jaden Harrell – 73 overall
Jayden Montgomery – 70 overall
Karson Sharar – 75 overall
Zach Twedt – 74 overall
HawkeyeInsider’s thoughts on the ratings: Higgins and Jackson are two of the highest-rated linebackers in the game and the highest-rated combo. Higgins has 95 awareness. He has physical traits of blow up, knock out, ballhawk, grip breaker, and wrap up with mental strengths of clear headed and fan favorite. Jackson has physical traits of blow up, outside and inside disruptor, and wrap up.
Sebastian Castro – 94 overall
Xavier Nwankpa – 90 overall
Jermari Harris – 84 overall
Deshaun Lee – 80 overall
TJ Hall – 78 overall
John Nestor – 74 overall
Kahlil Tate – 73 overall
Deavin Hilson – 70 overall
Watts McBride – 69 overall
Teegan Davis – 69 overall
Quinn Schulte – 89 overall
Koen Entringer – 79 overall
Zach Lutmer – 69 overall
HawkeyeInsider’s thoughts on the ratings: Castro is one of Iowa’s highest-rated players. He has ballhawk, knockout and house call on his physical traits with fan favorite and legion as mental. Nwankpa has knockout and house call. Entringer has wrap up. There is some promising speed at cornerback with eight cornerbacks having 88 speed or higher.
Drew Stevens – 74 overall
Rhys Dakin – 69 overall
HawkeyeInsider’s thoughts on the ratings: Steven’s kicker tendency is power, as he has a kick power of 92 with an accuracy of 73. Dakin’s grade is a bit lower than we thought. He has a kick power of 89 overall with the accuracy of 74
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