College Football 25 ratings for top Michigan State football players released

After many, many years of waiting, the new EA Sports College Football 25 video game is almost here. That means it’s almost time to take the reins in East Lansing and start the next college football dynasty with Michigan State Football online.

As the game’s release approached, EA Sports began releasing some information about the game, including potential overall rankings for Michigan State on offense and defense, as well as a sneak peek at Aidan Chiles’ potential ranking.

But now we can finally see some official rankings of some Michigan State players, as the top 13 ranked MSU players have been released.

At the top of the Michigan State football rankings are two former Oregon State Beavers who followed Jonathan Smith to Michigan State in the offseason.

This surprisingly doesn’t include Chiles, but instead includes center Tanner Miller and tight end Jack Velling. Both Miller and Velling are experienced players who will undoubtedly be starting this fall, and Velling even led all FBS tight ends in touchdown receptions last season.

EA Sports also released the top 100 overall players, with the final players on that list having a rating of 90. No Spartan made the cut, but Miller and Velling with a rating of 87 show that they were both close to breaking into the top 100 overall players.

Quarterback Aidan Chiles has the eighth-best rating on the team with 81.

This is an extremely solid rating for Chiles considering he was never a starter in college. It also gives him the opportunity to earn a better ranking, assuming EA Sports releases midseason player updates.

Perhaps the most shocking thing about this list is that the Michigan State secondary is well represented. This unit has been by far the worst on the team over the past three years, but perhaps this data tells us they are starting to improve.

Safeties Dillon Tatum and Malik Spencer are ahead with 82 and 81 respectively. Then we have cornerbacks Ed Woods and Angelo Grose, both with 80.

At the end of the day, this is just a video game, so we can’t put much value on these reviews, but maybe this is a sign that this device is improving.

And finally, both Michigan State’s punter and kicker made the team’s top 13. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing, but elite special teams players are underrated these days, so I think it’s cool to see that.

Punter Ryan Eckley has an 82, kicker Jonathan Kim has an 81. I honestly think both could have been higher, but maybe it’s a good thing that punter and kicker aren’t the top two at Michigan State.