EA Sports College Football 26 is set to be released in July, and the game's cover athletes have just been revealed. This is just the first step in College Football 26's reveal, as gameplay will be coming later this week.
Alabama wide receiver Ryan Williams and Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith share College Football 25's cover, both of whom are sophomores in their respective programs. Smith helped the Ohio State Buckeyes win the National Championship last season, while Williams became a standout target in a Crimson Tide offense that was eventually outscored by Michigan in the ReliaQuest Bowl. Both athletes are ed by coaches, mascots, and former NCAA football players on the College Football 26 deluxe edition cover.
Ryan Williams & Jeremiah Smith Revealed As College Football 26 Cover Athletes
EA Sports College Football Continues Shared Covers
The EA Sports College Football 26 cover art features Williams holding a football and standing behind Smith, who is crouched and also holding a football. Both players' helmets are on the ground – with Smith's covered in the iconic Buckeye stickers – and they're posed in front of a banner comprising logos of various prominent NCAA football programs, with Alabama and Ohio State centered.
On the deluxe edition cover, they're ed by a variety of CFB figures, including coaches like Ohio State's Ryan Day, Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman, and Georgia's Kirby Smart, current players like Clemson's Cade Klubnik, Notre Dame's Jeremiyah Love, and Penn State's Nick Singleton, as well as former NCAA Football cover atheletes Reggie Bush, Tim Tebow, and Denard Robinson. College Football 25's cover art was similarly a group affair, highlighting Michigan's Donovan Edwards, Texas' Quinn Ewers, and Colorado's Travis Hunter, last year's Heisman winner.
College Football 26 Will Be Officially Revealed Later This Week
Full Reveal On May 29
The cover reveals are just the start of a summer packed with new College Football 26 info. College Football 26 will be officially unveiled on Thursday, May 29, ahead of its release on July 10 later this year. EA has promised that more information on the game will follow regularly throughout the summer leading up to launch.
Following College Football 25's massive success will be a challenge, and this period of marketing should be instrumental in setting the stage to see if the series has staying power after its long hiatus. Highlighting two sophomores on the cover is an interesting development as well; they're two recognizable names, but not necessarily players that have consistently dominated the sport. EA Sports College Football 26 is sure to be one of the summer's biggest releases, and it's got two cover athletes to match.
