Top 5 EA Sports college football video game players missed before NCAA 25, Alabama edition

So today we are going to look at the top five Alabama players that would have been most fun to play with in a college football video game:

5. QB Bryce Young

The first and only QB on our list, the former Heisman trophy winner and number one overall pick had a rough start to his NFL career in Carolina last season, but he was lights out during his time with the Tide. 

With superb ball placement, the ability to scramble, and accuracy that can place the ball through a keyhole, running and gunning with Young would have been an elite pastime. 

4. WR DeVonta Smith

Another Heisman trophy winner and the start of our run on WRs, the only reason that Smith isn't higher is because of pure speed. While his separation skills were and still are next level, he wasn't going to always take the top off a defense, or at least not the way our next two did. 

But if you needed a big third down conversion or were stuck against an opponent who liked to play a lot of man coverage, Smitty would have broken a lot of defensive controllers as the go-to target for offenses in "gotta have it" scenarios.

3. WR Jaylen Waddle

An absolute nightmare with the ball in his hands, Waddle needed and needs just the slightest bit of separation, and poof...

He hits his head on the goalpost for six. 

So whether it was crossing routes, bubble screens, or post routes, getting the ball to him and watching him work would have been marvelous. 

2. WR Jameson Williams 

The ultimate deep threat, Williams is the most enticing of our WR options because of his game-breaking speed. No matter who you were playing, if they lined up in single-high coverage, you're automatically audibling to a go route and watching him race down the sideline for a TD. 

Just thinking of how players would try and slow him down gives me a headache, as playing with Williams would have felt like a cheat code, and playing against him would force more than a few rage quits. 

1. RB Jahmyr Gibbs

While Gibbs wasn't in Tuscaloosa for long, it was clear he was the most dynamic weapon on the team during the 2022-2023 season. The ultimate weapon in a video game, Gibbs' juke move would have been on 99, speed on 99, catching and route running for a RB on 99, and just an absolute workhorse in a video game. 

The amount of toss plays or angle routes that he would have scored on is incomprehensible, as the modern-day Barry Sanders slashed his way through defenses with speed and agility.