Texas Tech players rated too low by EA Sports College Football 2025

The biggest week of the year for video game players has arrived with the release of EA Sports College Football 2025. This is the first new edition of the massively popular video game franchise in over a decade and gamers across the nation are chomping at the bit to get the opportunity to see what the game has in store.

It is also fascinating now that the game features real-life rosters, a change made possible by N.I.L. rules that were not in place when EA Sports stopped making the video game with the 2014 edition.

One way that having real rosters impacts the game is that is allows fans to become more acquainted with actual players from across the country. What's more, the real-life rosters open up more debate among fans who think that their favorite players may not be rated high enough.

So let's look at five Texas Tech football players in the video game who are rated too low. And we'll begin by looking at the most important player on the Red Raider roster.

Behren Morton - 81

Perhaps the most egregious ranking of a Texas Tech player is quarterback Behren Morton. Checking in with a rating of just 81, Morton is severely underrated in the video game.

To put that ranking in perspective, consider that former Tech QB Tyler Shough, who is now playing at Louisville, has a rating of 84. Similarly, Houston QB Donovan Smith has a rating of 83. Neither of those quarterbacks are better than Morton which is why both had to go elsewhere to find a starting job after spending multiple seasons as Red Raiders.

The folks at EA Sports likely only considered Morton's modest 2023 stats when assigning his ranking. They probably don't know that he played through a serious shoulder sprain for all of last fall which suppressed his numbers. Morton is better than Shough or Smith and he'll prove that this year as long as he stays healthy.

Still, anyone with knowledge of Texas Tech football already knows that the Red Raider signal caller is better than his rating in the game. He should be rated equally with Shough or Smith and by the time that the 2026 game rolls around, he'll be closer to a rating around 90.

Ben Roberts - 85

A rating of 85 is not bad in the college football video game. However, one would think that the Big 12 co-freshman of the year, Ben Roberts, would be rated at least 90.

After all, Roberts posted a monster season last year. In only 12 games he managed to rack up 107 tackles to lead the Red Raiders. That gives us reason to wonder why he isn't rated more highly, though.

First of all, he doesn't play for a marquee program. Second, he isn't an athletic freak, something that the video game makers take into heavy consideration when ranking players. Also, he's just going to be a redshirt sophomore meaning that he hasn't had time to build up his reputation around the nation.

The Haslet, Texas native is Tech's highest-rated defensive player which says quite a bit about how the game views that side of the ball for the Red Raiders. Roberts is a star in the making who is coming off of a surprising 2023. So don't be shocked if his ranking his much higher next summer, especially if he has another 100-tackle season.

Gino Garcia - 74

Just like in real life, outcomes in the video game often come down to clutch field goals. Thus, Texas Tech fans and those playing as the Red Raiders must not be too confident in the video game version of Gino Garcia who has a ranking of just 74.

The gamemakers must have only glanced at Garcia's overall stats from last year to determine his rating. And on the surface, his 72.7% conversion rate on field goals in 2023 was mediocre at best.

However, Garcia was a different kicker after week two of last season. In fact, from the third game of the season on, he was 12-14 (85.7%).

Garcia also showed that he has a big leg hitting three FGs of over 50 yards last season. That included a 55-yarder against TCU.

Even if you take away just the week-one debacle at Wyoming that saw Garcia miss three of his five FG tries, he was an 82.3% kicker last season. Thus, anyone who truly paid attention to his 2023 would know that he deserves to have a rating of at least 80 in the video game.

Jalin Conyers - 87

Because video game ratings are typically built based on measurables such as size and speed, it's a bit surprising to see tight end Jalin Conyers with just a rating of 87. That's because he is as gifted of an athlete as one will find at his position.

At 6-foot-4, 265 pounds, the Arizona State transfer is such a great athlete that he even played QB for the Sun Devils when they went to their "wildcat" formation. He even broke off a 39-yard run from that formation against Arizona last season.

What's holding Conyers back from being rated in the 90s is his productivity. He has yet to crack 500 receiving yards in a season and for his career, he's well below 1,000 receiving yards.

So once again, the people who made College Football 2025 relied only on the stats to make their rating for a Red Raider. He's much more versatile and athletic than most any tight end in the country and he should be rated as such.

Micah Hudson - 80

Finally, we look at a player who has no statistics to go on, Micah Hudson. The true freshman wide receiver has a rating of 80 in the game and that seems low for a player with his pedigree.

In the class of 2024, he was the No. 25 player and No. 5 wide receiver in the nation according to 247Sports.com. Thus, one might expect a higher rating in the video game.

For instance, the nation's No. 1 wide receiver recruit, Jeremiah Smith of Ohio State, has an 84 rating. There isn't that much difference between the No. 1 and No. 5 receiver in any class so Hudson should be closer to Coleman in the game's rating.

To be fair, a rating of 80 is rather generous for a true freshman. However, Hudson isn't just any true freshman and he will likely prove by the end of the season that his ranking was below where it should have been.