EA Sports College Football 25 Video Game Has 12K+ Players Opt-In Ahead of Deadline

Just two weeks are remaining for FBS college football players to decide whether they want to opt-in to the highly anticipated release of EA Sports College Football 25, and a whopping number of players have already made their decision.

Athlete marketing company OneTeam Partners announced on Wednesday that over 12,300 players have opted in so far.

EA Sports College Football 25 is set to be released this summer, over a decade since the most recent installment of the popular video game. The last release was NCAA Football 14 in July 2013.

Thanks to the loosening of Name, Image and Likeness rules since the last iteration of the game, EA Sports College Football 25 will include more personalized features than ever before. Jersey names are likely to be included this time around, and players can profit from their inclusion in the game for the first time.

According to ESPN's Adam Rittenberg, "Each player who opts in to have their name, image and likeness used will receive $600 and a copy of the game, valued at around $70." The game will feature teams with 85-man rosters. The game had over 10,000 opt-ins just eight days after the process was opened to FBS players.

"The response to the athlete opt-in opportunity for EA Sports College Football 25 has been phenomenal," Daryl Holt, senior vice president and group general manager for EA Sports' Tiburon Studios and American football division, said in a statement last month. "In the little over one week, over 10,000 athletes across the FBS have opted-in to the offer with more saying 'yes' every hour. We're excited to welcome more athletes in the weeks ahead and to debut this first class of athletes in the game when it launches this summer."

The return of EA Sports College Football 25 will be welcomed by fans of the famed video game series, and players will finally be able to benefit from being included in the project.