What Happened to EVERY NCAA Football Cover Athlete? 

What was your favorite NCAA Game/Cover?

Missed the opportunity to mention that Shaun Alexander also graced the cover of Madden.

Even though it was the PSP cover, it's still wild to think a FB made the cover

NFL Thriwback is nothing but w's

Crazy that the cover athletes of NCAA 04 and 05 shared one of the greatest plays in recent memory just over a decade later

Man we played Darren McFadden in high school. That dude was no joke.

It's amazing the number of ncaa stars that don't make it in the nfl. And the number of undrafted players on super bowl winning teams.

this channel is easily the best ever. they should make spin offs NBA Throwback (i got to see a NBA Arena video in the same vein as the NFL Stadium video) or MLB Throwback

As a Notre Dame fan Denard Robinson scared the hell out of me. He had some special moments at Michigan

Hardest transition ever going from Palmer to fitz

That Fiesta Bowl with BSU and Oklahoma was the greatest game ive ever seen.

Hard to believe that Boise State upset was the 2006 season, I remember watching that in high school.

Glorious topic, who ever came up with this deserves a raise

06 still my game and 2nd favorite cover. That game has more detail and immersion than video games 15 years later

Larry Fitzgerald is the G.O.A.T 8:22

I've been playing ncaa football games all my life ncaa football 2003 2006 and 2008 to this day it's one of the best if not the real greatest football video games ever made!

Rest In Piece to Keith Jackson Hello Heisman! 9:09

Still so proud that Brian Johnson made the cover. Still think Utah should have been in the national championship game instead of playing the Sugar Bowl, but that game still showed college football that even teams outside the BCS conferences could be competitive at the top level of college football.

IMO that NCAA Football 11 was the best one. So many memories 🥹🥹🥹

Bro RG3 would’ve had a great career without the injuries

NCAA Football 2006 is the greatest awesome video games of all time not even close! 8:55

Reggie Bush being called a highlight god during his time in USC is so damn accurate.

Shaun Alexander should be in the HOF!

These old ncaa games bring back great memories

Another gem. Throwback never misses

The amount of times all these "can't miss QBs".... completely missed in the NFL... It's astonishing. It's the most feast or famine position in ALL of sports. Either the player you get completely dominates for the next 10 to 15 seasons, setting you up for multiple Super Bowls, or it sets your franchise back 10 years.

I wish Carson Palmer was rewarded with at the very least one or two Super Bowl Rings in his career 7:47

Hall Of Famer Charles Woodson was the real deal won the Heisman Trophy at Michigan in 1997 but he was the 1st Round 4th overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders back then he went to 2 Super Bowl's but he won it all in the 2010 season with the Packers but he's living very well of his great life but he's the only Defensive Player in NCAA History to with the Heisman Trophy so that was awesome as well! 1:55

'IF IT'S IN THE GAME .. IT'S IN THE GAME' ..

Pat White from WVU shoulda been on the cover some time from 05-09.

You should have shown the Clowney hit on D. Robinson in Outback Bowl. LEGENDARY!!

Great seeing EA NCAA football cover athletes such as Charles Woodson, Carson Palmer, and Larry Fitzgerald having such tremendous NFL careers. This is way better than the Madden curse.

That was the 1st time I've played that game NCAA Football 2003 of Joey Harrington on it was fantastic to play it all the time after I get back home from school for real! 6:24

Only issue I have is that you chose to mention djax for his long tds not for the fact that he has over 10000 career receiving yards which is more impressive

This is the best RU-vid channel! Y’all are too clutch w content and NFL history 💪🏾💪🏾

Also, Reggie Bush was one of the starters on the 2009 and 2010 Saints Super Bowl championship team.

I like that Tommie Frazier was the first player on the cover. Perhaps the best to never win the Heisman. Eddie George was incredible in 1995, but I would've voted for Frazier. A very tough vote nonetheless.

Carson Palmer throwing motion in madden was elite

Carson Palmer was the Heisman Trophy QB at USC Trojans in 2002 he was the 1st Round 1st overall in the 2003 NFL Draft by Cincinnati he had a very very decent career in the NFL he's only went to only one NFC Title Game from 2015 season although he's not haunted of the things he didn't do like win a Super Bowl Ring or have NFL MVP type of a season but at the same time he certainly was amazing player no doubt about it! 7:00

So glad these games are officially back

Dang haven’t seen the Super Nintendo in a min 😅

Man, I miss the days when my buddies and I would get together on Friday nights and play NFL 2k5 in 4 player mode online vs other 4 players. We were the Ravens Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, Deion Sanders, Kelly Gregg Ect… people online mostly picked the Falcons for Vick’s speed which was insane or the Eagles for McNabb and TO. Only Ray Lewis could sprint sideline to sideline to catch Vick. The game play was crisp and the graphics and the half time show was amazing for its time. The buttons were simple. This brings back good times. NFL 2k5 belongs in the video game Hall of Fame.

I wish Raghib the Rocket Ismael (from Notre Dame) could have been a cover dude for NCAA football..

Desmond Howard the legendary phenomenal Heisman pose 8:52

i havent played this franchise in a long time. but i spent a lot of time editing player names and also importing the draft class into madden and continuing on. great times.

That NCAA 06' game was the best college football sports game EA ever!!

Tommy Frazier was cold asf!!!

Jared Zabransky, THE GOAT

Michael Crabtree's stats don't say how great he was.

Still own my copy of NCAA 10 with Brian Johnson on the cover for the PS3 version. It holds a special place in my heart as being one of the only sports games I’ve ever sunk over 1k hours into. It was so amazing

Oooo this is a fun video topic I didn't expect you to explore!

the NCAA football cover curse is real

Your RU-vid Channel Is The Greatest NFL Throwback

I had the Brian Orakpo cover for NCAA 10🫡

Eagles fan checking in to say that hearing Brian Johnson''s name gave me ptsd lmao. We hated him as OC. Glad he's gone.

That Tebow cover goes hard though 🔥

Desmond Howard was doing the Heisman vs Ohio State of the Punt Return for a TD but it was so delicious seeing that of why Howard's pose is legendary but will not be ignored at least Howard won the Super Bowl in 1996 in Green Bay winning a Super Bowl MVP along with it! 9:15

Nobody does it like Joe Vincent 🔥

He was terrific in 1994 tell me for you they also Lawrence Phillips Scott Frost green was a part of the team before then I think

That 11 cover is legendary

Love the videos this channel puts out 🤩👏

Charles Woodson intercepted Brad Johnson's "flutter duck" pass in our 2002 Super Bowl-winning Season

Awesome stuff can’t wait to get this game

They sure did like putting RBs on the cover. You almost never see that on Madden nowadays. It’s all QBs, all the time.

NFL Throwback every team's ALL-TIME teams!

When the narrators on the job, you know the video will be good

Charles Woodson Demarcus Allen Tony Dorsett 🐐 🐐 🐐

Shout out to all these guys who paved the way and did this without getting paid for it. Having a CFB game back has been amazing

Hey NFL Throwback This Is My Request Can You Do NFL Scoring Leaders 1970 -2023 Present

Y'all goats just for this.

Idk why Larry Fitzgerald doesn't get more love in the top 5 lists. He's 4th on my list behind only Jerry Rice, Terrell Owens, and Randy Moss. Dude was fun to watch and an absolute savage. Defenders said they couldn't even talk bad to him because he was such a nice guy 😂. But he was gonna cook em 99% of the time. What a legend.

Fun fact, Tim Tebow was Tom Brady's backup one year in New England.

2006 was my favorite and first NCAA I ever bought. It was such a well developed game with a great amount of depth

I had ncaa football 04 I loved that game

Shaun Alexander was SOOOO gooood NCAA cover and Madden Cover. That's legit!

the wait is finally over

I picked off Danny Warfield in ultimate Frisbee in a pickup game back in the 2010s in Destin, FL.

On a related note, the soundtrack to 06 was wall-to-wall college radio bangers.

Great video, but why did the footage at 8:56 make me dizzy?

The Chargers fan is the best! 🤘⚡️🤘

Wasn't Bill Walsh football NCAA like Madden was for NFL

NCAA 06 and 07 were my first copies of NCAA, I enjoyed them so much I didn’t get another copy until 13 then copped 14

Holy shit coup Summerall sound and less enthused to be calling a KR TD in the SB? 😂

Way to hate on Big Z & Boise State - wouldn't want to talk about them for more than 6 seconds or anything. What a disservice to his college career, and a fantastic human. Literally the shortest segment.

Most people don’t even realize Matty Ryan was on a NCAA cover. Literally everyone started finding out after he retired that Matt Ryan had a cover of his own😭

End of transition in ncaa 04 to ncaa 05 was perfect great attention to detail in this video perfectly put

I swear they always pick clips of the player dominating against the bears 😂

That was great very entertaining

Yet another example of how being great in college largely doesn't mean sh!t once surrounded by pros!

I’ve been with my lady for 11 years now, the year we met is when they cancelled NCAA. Crazy how fast time flies

Ricky Williams will be interesting.

I’m a Pitt fan so I’m biased towards Fitz but I would still debate he’s the best pro player on this list (along with Woodson probably)

Shaun Alexander been on both covers. We probably don’t talk about him as much as we should.

I’d say the Michigan St. Mascot from NCAA 09 All Play is doing great; After all, he is still employed as the mascot

Denard Robinson is the reason I started watching nfl football and became a 9ers fan

Sean Alexander was a beast in NFL street too. The real ones know

Charles Woodson is not only the only Defensive He is man but the only player in history to make the Pro Bowl at 3 positions. His first 4 of 6 years he made the ACF squad as a CB starting all 4 seasons. He then went to Green Bay as a CB but then switch to FS and won a SB ring and DPOY for the Packers in 09. Then a return to Oakland and started at SS at the age 38 his final season pplfinishing top 8 in PFF for all DBs(CB, FS, SS, NB)....

People forget how special tommy Frazier was in college and cam Newton should of been on the cover

12:13 Lil bro slipped

I miss fcs teams being in ncaa games. My hometown college being in an ea sports game is so awesome to me.