The EA Sports College Football 26 cover will have a lot more faces on it, including coaches, former players and an incoming freshman.
A photo of a potential cover of the Deluxe Edition leaked on Wednesday, with Instagram user TubbyCFB obtaining images of a cover and a photoshoot from the Rose Bowl Stadium. The Athletic confirmed with multiple people briefed on the situation that the photo was real and the photoshoot took place on Wednesday. EA Sports would not confirm its veracity.
It’s likely the image is not the final cover, given the photo was taken this week and the game will not come out until the summer. CFB26 is also expected to have multiple covers, just like CFB25 did and other sports games typically do.
Players visible on the cover leak include Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith and safety Caleb Downs, Florida quarterback DJ Lagway, LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier, Penn State running back Nick Singleton, Alabama wide receiver Ryan Williams, Arizona State quarterback Sam Leavitt, Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love South Carolina edge rusher Dylan Stewart and Michigan true freshman quarterback Bryce Underwood.
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Coaches visible on the cover include Ohio State’s Ryan Day, Georgia’s Kirby Smart, Penn State’s James Franklin, Arizona State’s Kenny Dillingham and Ole Miss’ Lane Kiffin. It could indicate that real coaches are in the game, which was not the case in CFB25. Kiffin said last year he’d participate in the game for free.
Former players on the cover include Reggie Bush, Tim Tebow and Denard Robinson, all past individual cover stars for previous editions of the game, perhaps indicating a legends cover.
The cover also included mascots from Georgia, Clemson, Oregon and Tennessee, as well as an Indiana flag and fans repping Texas and what appears to be Toledo, along with other schools.
CFB25 was the highest-selling sports video game of all-time in total dollars and was reviewed well, but gamers are hoping for many new features in the CFB26, such as more customization, deeper Dynasty and Road to Glory modes, substitution packages, online crossplay Dynasty and more.
“We went into it knowing there was a lot of stuff we couldn’t get into the first year,” EA Sports senior vice president Daryl Holt told The Athletic in January. “So there’s a lot of meat left on the bone.”
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(Photo: Courtesy of Instagram user TubbyCFB)
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