EA College Football 25: Overall ratings for Northeast Florida high school graduates

College Football 25 is here. So where do Northeast Florida's stars of the real-world gridiron stack up on the online field?

The long-anticipated return of the college football video game from EA Sports also means a moment in the virtual spotlight for former high school athletes across the First Coast, many of whom now appear in the game with their full names as part of the new world of Name, Image and Likeness in college athletics.

And the buzz is building: Just as with the Madden series for NFL football, all eyes are on the player rating system used to assess thousands of players across all 134 Football Bowl Subdivision programs throughout the game.

Not surprisingly, Georgia's Heisman Trophy candidate and former Florida Dairy Farmers Mr. Football Carson Beck of Mandarin ranks near the very top — EA ranks him at No. 18 overall and No. 2 among quarterbacks with a 93 rating, just a notch below Colorado's Shedeur Sanders. But he's not the only one among locals.

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Note that because students must opt in to be included in the game, not all players from area schools are included in College Football 25.

Check out the College Football overall ratings for players from Jacksonville-area high schools. This list will be expanded.

QUARTERBACKS

Carson Beck, Georgia (Mandarin): 93

Thomas Castellanos, Boston College (Ware County): 79

Colin Hurley, LSU (Trinity Christian): 71

Riley Trujillo, UCF (Bartram Trail): 69

Marcelis Tate, USF (Fletcher): 67

RUNNING BACKS

Myles Montgomery, UCF (Fletcher): 82

Cartevious Norton, Charlotte (Ware County): 81

Treyaun Webb, Florida (Trinity Christian): 77

Jamie Felix, Georgia Tech (Camden County): 75

WIDE RECEIVERS

Kris Mitchell, Notre Dame (Mandarin): 83

Pat Bryant, Illinois (Atlantic Coast): 81

Marcus Burke, Florida (Trinity Christian): 77

Quincy Burroughs, Wisconsin (Raines): 70

Camdon Frier, Florida State (Columbia): 66

TIGHT ENDS

Nick Elksnis, South Carolina (Episcopal): 74

Connor Cox, South Carolina (Bolles): 70

OFFENSIVE TACKLES

Jalen Rivers, Miami (Oakleaf): 88

Austin Barber, Florida (Trinity Christian): 80

Matthew McCoy, Miami (Creekside): 74

Jamal Meriweather, Georgia (Brunswick): 74

GUARDS

Micah Morris, Georgia (Camden County): 86

Kobe Baynes, Kansas (Sandalwood): 79

Joshua Braun, Arkansas (Suwannee): 78

Deryc Plazz, Miami (Mandarin): 68

CENTERS

Roderick Kearney, Florida (Orange Park): 78

Jake Guarnera, Michigan (Ponte Vedra): 69

DEFENSIVE ENDS

Jordan Hall, Georgia (Westside): 82

Aaron Hester, Florida State (Fletcher): 74

Hayden Schwartz, Minnesota (Bolles): 71

DEFENSIVE TACKLES

Luther McCoy, Minnesota (Creekside): 71

LINEBACKERS

Caden Fordham, N.C. State (Bolles): 80

Grayson Howard, Florida (Jackson): 79

Keonta Jenkins, Virginia Tech (Ribault): 77

Jerome Jolly, Liberty (Mandarin): 77

Joseph Carter, Liberty (University Christian): 73

Micah Pollard, Michigan (Bartram Trail): 73

Jaden Robinson, Florida (Columbia): 73

Amare Ferrell, Indiana (Columbia): 72

Branden Jennings, Mississippi State (Sandalwood): 72

Jack Pyburn, Florida (Bolles): 72

Abram Wright, Rutgers (Fleming Island): 72

Nic Mitchell, Mississippi State (Mandarin): 70

Devin Smith, Kentucky (Brunswick): 68

Trent Carter, Louisville (Bolles): 67

Baylor Newsom, Army (Bishop Kenny): 67

Layne Swafford, Florida (Ponte Vedra): 67

CORNERBACKS

Tahveon Nicholson, Louisville (Riverside): 85

Dontae Balfour, Charlotte (Bradford): 83

Cam Miller, Penn State (Trinity Christian): 82

Jaheim Singletary, Arkansas (Riverside): 80

Corey Coley, N.C. State (Trinity Christian): 78

Jon Mitchell, Penn State (Mandarin): 76

A.J. Belgrave-Shorter, Penn State (Mandarin): 68

SAFETIES

Shyheim Brown, Florida State (Columbia): 89

Jontez Williams, Iowa State (Bradford): 81

LaMiles Brooks, Georgia Tech (Trinity Christian): 80

Jadon Canady, Ole Miss (Sandalwood): 80

Logan Berryhill, USF (Camden County): 75

K.J. Kirkland, Florida State (Raines): 75

Sharif Denson, Florida (Bartram Trail): 74

Tommy Zitiello, Army (Ponte Vedra): 71

DK Gilley, Rutgers (University Christian): 67

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