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Checker Neyland and Tennessee alternate uniforms are coming to College Football 25

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Checker Neyland will be part of the new EA Sports College Football 25 video game, as will at least one alternate uniform for Tennessee football, according to a report from ESPN. 

ESPN’s Michael Rothstein reported on Friday that production of the new college football game, making its return after an 11-year hiatus, focused on the importance on stadium crowds and included “tens of thousands” of assets sent from all 134 Division schools to EA Sports.

“Understanding the crowd’s importance to college football,” Rothstein wrote, “(Production director Christian) McLeod said he knew they had to ‘make sure that crowd looks amazing.’ Are the bands in the right place? The visitor sections? 

“The patterns some schools have within their crowds — think Tennessee’s Checkerboard and Penn State’s White Out games. The design team entered the empty virtual stadium and tagged where everything would be, a process taking multiple weeks.”

EA Sports College Football 25 will be released on July 19

Each team will have at least one alternate uniform, according to the ESPN report. For Tennessee, that could include either the Smokey Grey or all-black Dark Mode alternate, or both.

“In all, EA Sports received tens of thousands of assets from schools in addition to their own work,” Rothstein wrote. “They asked for and compiled touchdown celebrations for each team and stadium, how players celebrate after turnovers, how teams run out of tunnels, crowd hand signals, chants on key downs and details for stadiums, mascots, cheerleaders and uniforms.”

“There will be multiple uniform options,” Rothstein added later. “Each team will have at least a home and away jersey and, if an alternate jersey exists, at least one alternate. Some schools will have more than that and McLeod said after launch, they could end up adding more jersey options. Like everything else, uniform specifications came from a combination of school information and the research of EA’s staff.”

Tennessee QB Nico Iamaleava will be part of College Football 25

The new game will include four game modes: Dynasty, Rod to Glory, Ultimate Team and Road to the College Football Playoff. Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit will be the broadcast team for “marquee matchups,” according to the EA Sports website, while Jesse Palmer, David Pollack and Rece Davis call other games.

ESPN also reported more than 13,000 college football players have opted into the game, allowing their likeness to be used. On Friday, Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava announced on social media that he will officially be part of the game.

“It’s not (College Football 25) without (8),” the former five-star prospect wrote in a caption on Instagram while sharing the game trailer, “I’m in the game.”

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