A week ahead of EA Sports College Football 25's launch, the highly anticipated college football video game unveiled its top 100 players for the game on Wednesday, and three Wildcats cracked the list.
Arizona star wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan, cornerback Tacario Davis and offensive lineman Jonah Savaiinaea were named Top 100 players by EA Sports College Football 25.
McMillan has the highest overall player rating (94), followed by Davis (92) and Savaiinaea (90). Oklahoma State running back Ollie Gordon II, Michigan cornerback Will Johnson and LSU left tackle Will Campbell are the highest-rated players in the game. McMillan is the third-highest rated player in the game.
McMillan, a junior and likely first-round NFL Draft pick, ended his sophomore campaign in 2023 with the second-most receiving yards (1,402) in a season by a UA receiver. McMillan’s career-high happened in the 2023 Territorial Cup game, an 11-catch, 266-yard, one-touchdown performance in a 36-point win over Arizona State. McMillan was a second-team All-Pac-12 selection and received third-team Associated Press All-American honors.
The preseason All-Big 12 selection in McMillan has garnered preseason Athlon Sports All-American honors and was named a preseason All-American by Phil Steele this offseason.
Last season, Davis grew into one of the top defensive backs nationally after leading the Pac-12 in pass breakups (16) and received an 87.5 coverage grade from Pro Football Focus. Davis entered the transfer portal following the departure of former UA head coach Jedd Fisch, but returned to Arizona following the spring practice schedule.
Savaiinaea started all 13 games for Arizona last season — 12 at right tackle, one at right guard. Savaiinaea received a 70.2 grade by Pro Football Focus this past season. Savaiinaea had an 80.6 pass-blocking grade from PFF following his sophomore campaign in 2023.
In EA Sports College Football 25, Arizona will be ranked No. 23 and have an 87 overall rating as a team. The Wildcats are the fourth-highest ranked Big 12 team in the video game behind Utah (10), Colorado (16) and Kansas (22).
Arizona also has the 15th-best offense in the game with an 87 overall rating; the UA defense was not ranked in the EA Sports College Football 25 release.
The name, image and likeness (NIL) era that started in college athletics three years ago carved the path for EA Sports, a subdivision of Electronic Arts, to revive its wildly-popular college football game, but with a rebranded title, EA Sports College Football 25.
EA Sports launched an NIL program for the game that will allow college football players at 134 FBS programs nationwide, including independent Notre Dame, to opt in and offer the company their name, image and likeness for the video game. No FCS schools will be included in the game.
Players who opt-in will receive $600 and a copy of the game. Each team can have up to 85 players in the game. Players can opt-in through Learfield’s “COMPASS” name, image and likeness (NIL) app. Players who don’t opt-in will be converted into a generic avatar. Service academy programs — Air Force, Navy and Army — aren’t allowed to receive NIL compensation, but their players are expected to be a part of the game.
The game will be released everywhere for PlayStation and Xbox consoles on July 19, but pre-ordered users will have early access on July 16. The game is priced at $60 and the "deluxe edition" of EA Sports College Football 25 is $100; the "MVP bundle," which includes a copy of Madden 25, is $150.
