Deone Walker, Maxwell Hairston named Top 100 Players ahead of EA Sports College Football release

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The release of EA Sports College Football 25 is just over a week away. What some would call the best sports video game ever invented is returning after a 11-year hiatus. The slow leaks are helping build the hype.

On Wednesday, EA Sports released their top-100 players for this year’s version of the game. Two Kentucky Wildcats made the cut. We expect each to receive some acknowledgement on the preseason All-SEC teams later this month.

Maxwell Hairston and Deone Walker in the Top 100 players in EA Sports College Football 25 (@EASPORTSCollege) pic.twitter.com/HlfOhKvLmP
— Richmond Bramblet (@rbramblet) July 10, 2024

Deone Walker checks in at No. 21 overall with a 93 overall rating. The junior defensive lineman’s strength (97) and awareness (96) are in the elite tier. Only nine defensive players are ranked ahead of Walker. Three of them play in the SEC.

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Maxwell Hairston checks in at No. 61 overall with a 91 overall rating. The redshirt junior has a high rating in acceleration (93), jumping (92), and speed (91). Hairston is CB6 in the game trailing only Will Johnson (Michigan), Benjamin Morrison (Notre Dame), Tacario Davis (Arizona), Quincy Riley (Louisville), and Denzel Burke (Ohio State).

All that is left now is for the game to be released so we can all jump on the sticks and engulf that big spoonful of nostalgia that EA Sports will deliver us.

EA Sports College Football Top 25 Players

Overall Rank	Player	Position	College	Game Rating
1	Will Johnson	CB	Michigan	96 overall
2	Will Campbell	T	LSU	96 overall
3	Ollie Gordon II	RB	Oklahoma State	96 overall
4	James Pearce Jr.	DE	Tennessee	95 overall
5	Caleb Downs	S	Ohio State	95 overall
6	Travis Hunter	WR	Colorado	95 overall
7	Malaki Starks	S	Georgia	95 overall
8	Mason Graham	DT	Michigan	95 overall
9	Quinshon Judkins	RB	Ohio State	95 overall
10	Tate Radledge	G	Georgia	95 overall
11	Luther Burden III	WR	Missouri	94 overall
12	Benjamin Morrison	CB	Notre Dame	94 overall
13	Kelvin Banks Jr.	T	Texas	94 overall
14	Tetairoa McMillan	WR	Arizona	94 overall
15	Barrett Carter	OLB	Clemson	94 overall
16	Jay Higgins	LB	Iowa	94 overall
17	Shedeur Sanders	QB	Colorado	93 overall
18	Carson Beck	QB	Georgia	93 overall
19	Emeka Egbuka	WR	Ohio State	93 overall
20	Mykel Williams	OLB	Georgia	93 overall
21	Deone Walker	DE	Kentucky	93 overall
22	Omarion Hampton	RB	North Carolina	93 overall
23	TreVeyon Henderson	RB	Ohio State	93 overall
24	Aireontae Ersery	T	Minnesota	93 overall
25	Jadyn Ott	RB	California	93 overall