GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Freshman quarterback DJ Lagway grabbed a controller, settled comfortably into a leather stool and immediately started to adjust Florida’s roster.
There was only one move to make, really: Lagway benched Graham Mertz and inserted himself into the starting lineup for a quick game of EA Sports College Football 25 against teammate Tank Hawkins.
Things got surreal from there.
With Lagway and Hawkins both playing as the Gators and subbing out Mertz, Lagway intercepted, well, himself on Hawkins’ first two throws.
“That was different,” Lagway quipped.
It’s surely happening across the country, with college football players finally getting to be themselves — or play against themselves — in one of the hottest video games on the planet.
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Florida linebacker Myles Graham (5) and Anthony Rubio (25) compete in the EA Sports video game College Football 25 at the University of Florida, on Tuesday, in Gainesville, Fla.
EA Sports College Football 25 released on Friday as schools across the country threw parties, tournaments and fan events with their teams to celebrate. Florida gave The Associated Press a behind-the-scenes look this week at teammates squaring off on a big screen during the team’s annual photo/video shoot.
