Colorado is one of the best teams to play with on EA Sports College Football 25.
The Buffaloes are the second highest-rated Big 12 team (87 overall, behind only Utah at 88 overall) and they boast a pair of the highest-rated players on the game.
However, not every player on the Colorado football roster is pleased with their overall. And rightfully so.
Some Buffs were rated just right, while others have been vastly underrated.
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Here’s a look at what EA Sports College Football got right, and wrong, about Colorado player ratings.
What EA Sports College Football 25 got right about Colorado
Shedeur Sanders is QB1: There isn’t a single quarterback on EA Sports College Football 25 with a higher overall rating than Sanders’ 93 (tied with Georgia’s Carson Beck). Despite being the most sacked QB in FBS (52) last year, Sanders completed 69% of his passes for a school-record 3,230 yards to go along with a sparkling TD-INT ratio (27-3).
His pinpoint accuracy and elite production not only makes him a projected first-round NFL draft pick, but deserving of the highest rating of any QB (not named Carson Beck) on EA Sports College Football 25.
Colorado’s elite receiving corps: Colorado has one of the best collections of receivers in the nation and EA Sports College Football 25 confirms that. Two-way star Travis Hunter is the game’s highest-rated receiver (95 overall). Receivers LaJohntay Wester (FAU transfer) and Jimmy Horn Jr., both earned an 85 overall while Vanderbilt transfer Will Sheppard checks in at an 84 overall.
Four of the Buffs’ eight highest-rated players are receivers, giving Sanders multiple elite targets (in real life and on the game).
Dayon Hayes earns his respect: After Hunter (who doubles as an elite cornerback at 93 overall), Hayes is Colorado’s highest-rated defensive player at 85 overall. The former Pitt defensive end walked away from a lucrative NIL deal to join the Buffs after racking up 45 tackles (10.5 for a loss), four sacks and four pass deflections for the Panthers in 2023.
Hayes is expected to be an impact defender for Colorado this fall and is a major reason why the Buffs’ defense should be much improved.
What EA Sports College Football 25 got wrong about Colorado
Cam’Ron Silmon-Craig flying under the radar: This one makes no sense. The Colorado safety racked up 44 total tackles last season and tied with Hunter for the team lead in interceptions (three). Silmon-Craig was rewarded by EA Sports College Football 25 with a 73 overall rating. That’s the same overall as true freshman running back Micah Welch, who has yet to play a snap of college football. It’s a worse overall than fellow Colorado safety Travis Jay (74), who didn’t start a single game for the Buffs last season (Silmon-Craig started 10).
Put some respect on Silmon-Craig’s name, EA Sports.
Nikhai Hill-Green is slept on: Colorado added a few linebackers to its roster via the transfer portal this offseason, but none more important than Hill-Green. The Charlotte transfer is projected to start at LB for the Buffs in 2024 after leading the 49ers in solo tackles last year. He’s arguably the best LB on the team, which is why his 76 overall (fifth among Colorado LBs) is a head scratcher.
Hill-Green is one of many Buffs who will see their rating rise as the game updates throughout the season.
“Mata don’t miss:” It’s a quote that fans have heard Deion Sanders echo many times. It might not be factually true — Alejandro Mata missed two field goal attempts in 2023 — but the Colorado kicker is close to automatic. Mata made 10 of his 12 field goal attempts (83%) last season, which included a game-winner as time expired at Arizona State.
A 69 overall rating isn’t indicative of the proverbial ice in his veins.
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