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Michigan's fastest, strongest players in EA Sports College Football 26

clayton-sayfieby: Clayton Sayfie07/09/25CSayf23
Semaj Morgan
Michigan Wolverines football wide receiver Semaj Morgan hauled in 27 catches in 2024. (Photo by Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

At release, Michigan Wolverines football is the No. 16 team in the new EA Sports College Football 26 video game, which came out for early purchase July 8 with the deluxe edition.

The Maize and Blue have four of the top 100 players in the game, and 24 Wolverines have overall ratings of 80-plus.

Here’s a breakdown of which Michigan players are the fastest, strongest and most aware.

Fastest Michigan players

• Junior WR Semaj Morgan — 93
• Junior CB Jyaire Hill — 93
• Freshman WR Andrew Marsh — 92
• Sophomore WR I’Marion Stewart — 92
• Junior RB Justice Haynes — 92
• Freshman CB Shamari Earls — 91
• Junior RB CJ Hester — 91
• Graduate S Rod Moore — 91
• Junior WR Fredrick Moore — 91
• Sophomore RB Micah Ka’apana — 91

Michigan has nine players rated above 90 in speed, most of them coming at the wide receiver position with four. The Wolverines have three running backs and two defensive backs with a 91-plus rating.

The fastest players in the video game have a 96 speed. Nobody is higher than that. There are two at 96 — Alabama wide receiver Ryan Williams and Wake Forest running back Demond Claiborne.

Strongest Michigan players

• Junior OL Nathan Efobi — 95
• Graduate OL Giovanni El-Hadi — 95
• Sophomore OL Luke Hamilton — 93
• Sophomore OL Jake Guarnera — 92
• Graduate DT Ike Iwunnah — 92
• Graduate DT Rayshaun Benny — 92
• Graduate OL Lawrence Hattar — 91
• Junior DT Trey Pierce — 91
• Junior OL Evan Link — 91
• Sophomore OL Blake Frazier — 91
• Graduate DT Tré Williams — 90

Michigan’s 11 players who check in 90-plus in strength are all linemen — seven on offense and four on defense.

EA Sports has Alabama offensive lineman Jaeden Roberts as the strongest player in the country at a 99 rating.

Michigan players with the most and best awareness

• Graduate S Rod Moore — 96
• Senior EDGE Derrick Moore — 95
• Graduate OL Giovanni El-Hadi — 95
• Senior LB Jaishawn Barham — 92
• Graduate DT Rayshaun Benny — 92
• Junior OL Evan Link — 91
• Graduate QB Mikey Keene — 91
• Senior LB Ernest Hausmann — 90
• Graduate OL Greg Crippen — 90

If EA Sports knows what it’s doing, Rod Moore was a lock to be the No. 1 player in this category.

There’s an old cliché that offensive linemen are smarter than defensive linemen, but Michigan’s second-highest rated player in awareness is Derrick Moore, and Benny stands fourth.

It’s unsurprising that Keene is a 91 in awareness — his experience is valuable. He’s started 34 games in college, but at the Group of Five level.

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