Arch Manning reportedly declines EA Sports’ offer to appear in ‘College Football 25’

For those hoping to lead Texas back to glory with Arch Manning at quarterback in the new EA Sports “College Football 25” video game, it appears you might need to get creative.

The quarterback phenom has declined to share his name, image and likeness (NIL) for the upcoming relaunch of EA Sports’ college football video game, according to Rivals.com. Manning is focused on his play on the field, according to the report.

Manning is the first notable player who has reportedly declined to share his likeness for the game. In fact, he might be one of the very few Division I college football players who won’t be in the game. There are already more than 10,000 players who’ve accepted an NIL deal to appear in the game, EA Sports announced on Monday. With that many players already accepting an offer, EA Sports has hit its goal of getting an 87% acceptance rate on the NIL offers it made to more than 11,000 athletes at all 134 FBS schools.

“The response to the athlete opt-in opportunity for EA Sports ‘College Football 25’ has been phenomenal,” EA Sports’ Tiburon Studios and American football division senior vice president and group general manager Daryl Holt reportedly said in a statement to ESPN on Monday. “In the little over one week, over 10,000 athletes across the FBS have opted-in to the offer with more saying ‘yes’ every hour. We’re excited to welcome more athletes in the weeks ahead and to debut this first class of athletes in the game when it launches this summer.”