San Francisco 49ers working again Christian McCaffrey would be the cowl star of Madden 25, EA Sports activities introduced Tuesday.
“Being on the duvet of Madden NFL is a profession achievement and an honor that I share with all of my teammates, coaches and the 49er Devoted who helped me make it occur,” McCaffrey mentioned in a press release. “I'm pumped to get again on the sphere this 12 months to offer Madden gamers extra causes to maintain scoring with me in Madden NFL 25.”
McCaffrey, the reigning NFL Offensive Participant of the Yr, signed a two-year contract extension final week to stay within the Bay Space by means of the 2027 season.
Madden NFL chief manufacturing officer Mike Mahar known as McCaffrey a “human spotlight reel.”
“Our gamers love his dynamic talents in Madden, scoring greater than 450 million touchdowns with him final 12 months and making him the preferred working again in Madden NFL 24,” he mentioned in a press release. “Christian's electrifying, dynamic and bodily fashion of play completely represents the gameplay improvements we're bringing to Madden NFL 25 and makes him an ideal match for this 12 months's cowl.”
McCaffrey is the primary 49ers participant ever to seem on the worldwide cowl.
He averaged 5.4 dashing yards per carry final season whereas ending with 14 touchdowns and an NFL-best 1,459 yards on the bottom. He additionally caught 67 passes for 564 yards and 7 touchdowns. These 2,023 mixed yards from scrimmage led the league.
McCaffrey, a three-time Professional Bowler, spent his first six seasons with the Carolina Panthers earlier than being traded to the 49ers in October 2022. He thrived in San Francisco, dashing for two,205 yards and 20 touchdowns and hauling in 119 receptions for 1,028 yards and 11 scores.
The 49ers went 12-5 final season, gained the NFC West and reached the Tremendous Bowl.
Madden NFL 25 will likely be launched in August earlier than the NFL season. Will probably be accessible on Xbox Sequence X and S, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC by way of the EA Home windows app, Steam and the Epic Video games Retailer.
