Mike Elko's Character Model In College Football 26 Sparks Comedic Reactions

Texas A&M head football coach Mike Elko has been quite the character since being hired following the 2023 season after Jimbo Fisher's firing.

His calm, cool demeanor in press conferences is balanced out by him getting his money's worth on questionable calls during games, such as the targeting call in the game against the Texas Longhorns that was eventually overturned and sent Elko into an absolute frenzy.

But his prominence in the college football world, especially with a program like Texas A&M, you would think that EA Sports would do a little better when making his character model in the new College Football 26 video game.

Mike Elko's Model Was Compared to a Couple of Famous Celebrities

EA Sports' new feature in the 2026 edition of their college football video game featured realistic look-alikes for the coaches in the game, and the trailer featured sneak peeks of the feature using coaches such as Ohio State's Ryan Day, Texas' Steve Sarkisian, and Georgia's Kirby Smart, all with incredible detail on their respective characters.

However, when the full game was released during the early access period Monday afternoon, fans got a first look at Mike Elko's model, and let's just say it was less than ideal to the coach's real-life appearance.

Robert Behrens of Good Bull Hunting posted a side-by-side of Elko's character model in a post on X, right next to Will Ferrell serving his role as Brennan Huff in the 2008 comedy Step Brothers, a hilariously accurate representation of how inaccurate Elko's model is in the game.