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Video Game: EA Sports' College Football 2025
Gaming Console: PlayStation 5
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Dynasty Gameplay Restrictions
- No switching players on offense or defense after the snap with exception being on offense during designed jump ball situations (ie goal-line fade).
- No unusual moving of defensive players pre-snap (ie moving a player with deep third responsibility close to the LOS)
- Must use coordinator's playbook.
- No audibling with first year starters at QB for offense and MLB/S on defense. No hot routes allowed on offense or defense. Defense allowed to shift to adjust to offense formation or game situation.
- No audibling on the road.
- Audibling is limited to quick audibles (ie: run play, quick pass, man coverage) only under the following circumstances:
- Defense is overloaded to one side. QB is allowed to flip the run play or audible to another play using quick audibles.
- Defense is playing press coverage on a WR screen/bubble play. QB is allowed to audible to a run or another pass.
- Defense is showing blitz on a run headed towards the player(s) showing blitz. QB is allowed to a pass play.
- Defense is playing single high safety on a called run play. QB is allowed to audible to a pass.
- Offense is lining up in an empty set on a play where a blitz is called. Defense is allowed to audible out of the blitz.
- Offense is lining up in the wildcat formation. Defense is allowed to audible to a blitz.
- Offense has overloaded one side of the football. Defense is allowed to audible to man coverage in order to match leverage.
- First-year starters at QB are only allowed to utilize the pre-snap coach snap (reveals play being run) once per play at home and cannot use it on the road. Multi-year starters at QB are allowed to use it twice per play at home and once per play on the road unless home field advantage has kicked in for the opposing team at which point it cannot be used until the home field advantage has gone away.
- Can only apply head coach skills points towards recruiting.
- Coordinator boosts must not be used during the season. After the final game of the season, boosts will be applied in order to maximize head coaching opportunities for coordinators.
- Cannot run same play more than twice in a single offensive drive.
- Cannot run read option play more than twice in a single offensive drive and option play cannot be called once past the opponent's 35-yard line.
- No huddle can only be used on offense within reason (game situation, stamina of players, personnel grouping, etc..) and outside of two-minute drill, can only be ran with multi-year starter at QB.
- Defense can only run base-plays when offense in no huddle and cannot change formations.
- Must mix up the snap cadence on offense in order to simulate real-game scenarios and be susceptible to false start penalties.
- Cannot use directional aim (left stick) when kicking. Must use kicking meter (right stick) as method to direct the kick.
Dynasty Roster Management Restrictions
- Minimum of 35 players on roster from state of Florida. If players leaving early/transferring cause this number to dip below 35, team must once again reach 35 limit by next recruiting cycle. Failure to do so will result in loss of scholarships (35 minus number of players from Florida) as a result of recruiting violations.
- Cannot convince players to stay.
- Cannot redshirt players that are part of two-deep depth chart (QBs exempt).
- Cannot redshirt 4-star or higher players (QBs exempt).
- Lower injury rating of all incoming freshman by: 10 points for QBs, 20 points for skill positions (RB/WR/DB), 30 points for TEs, FBs, LBs, 60 points for DLs/OLs.
- Once a player suffers an injury, their injury rating is deducted 5 points.
- If draft-eligible players rated 85 or higher suffers an injury that sidelines them for more than half of the remaining games, player will sit out rest of season.
- Draft-eligible players rated 88 or higher that choose to return to school will be inserted into a random generator to determine if they are forced to enter the draft.
- Cannot go over roster limit. If this occurs, random generator will be ran to determine who is cut from team.
Dynasty Recruiting Restrictions
- Can only sign one JUCO player per recruiting class.
- No scouting of players during recruiting.
- Cannot target none-pipeline recruits unless in recruit's top five.
- Recruiting Board limit set to Seniors on roster + half of Juniors on roster (ie: 15 seniors + 10 juniors = 20 players in recruiting board).
- Once a player has been added to Recruiting Board, cannot be removed unless committed to another school, locked out or reached roster limit.
- Cannot offer players 4-star or higher with no other offers past Week 9.
- Cannot sign more than one 4-star or higher QB in a given class.
- Cannot sign more than two 4-star or higher TE in a given class.
- Cannot sign more than two 4-star or higher RB in a given class.
- Cannot sign more than three 4-star or higher WRs in a given class.
- Cannot recruit ATH as QBs.
this is gonna be good. I am expecting to see some quick success tho tbh with those transfers, wat u think?
yessir. on top of being my favorite team, also felt like it was a good mix of a team good enough to be competitive right away but also in need of some more #dawgs to become a playoff team
Cameron Ward transfers to Miami: Ex-Washington State QB rescinds name from NFL Draft to play for Hurricanes By Will Backus, CBS College Football Writer • 4 min read
Former Washington State quarterback Cameron Ward will transfer to Miami, he announced on social media Saturday. Ward had previously declared for the 2024 NFL Draft, but will now return to college football to finish his career with the Hurricanes.
"Ever since I declared, I haven't gotten a lot of sleep," Ward told 247Sports. "It's always been in the back of mind, creeping up there. I feel like it's a win-win situation. I can go (to Miami) behind a great head coach, great offensive coordinator in a great offense, I feel like I can improve my stock even more. There were a lot of things coming into the picture. But I love playing college football, and I feel like there's just more left on the table for me."
Ward began his career at Incarnate Ward under offensive-minded head coach Eric Morris and didn't take long to make a major impact, pushing out an incumbent starter and winning the Jerry Rice Award as the top freshman in the Football Championship Subdivision after averaging 376.7 yards passing per game during the Spring 2021 season. He returned as a starter in Fall 2021 and was named an FCS All-American.
When Morris left UIW to take the offensive coordinator job at Washington State, Ward followed. He continued to thrive there, throwing for nearly 7,000 yards and 48 touchdowns in two seasons. He emerged as one of the most elusive and creative passers in the sport.
Ward threw for 13,874 yards and 119 touchdowns across his two stops and entered the transfer portal with one year of eligibility remaining as a graduate transfer. Ward declared for the 2024 NFL Draft, spurning initial interest from the likes of Florida State and Miami, on Jan. 1 before rescinding his name with a surprising announcement Saturday.
Miami moves in silence
Prior to Ward's course reversal, it looked as if the Hurricanes might strike out on all of their top quarterback options in the transfer portal. The staff cast a very wide net at that position after incumbent starter Tyler Van Dyke took his talents to Wisconsin. Ward, who visited Miami, was the first domino to fall away from Coral Gables when he initially declared for the NFL Draft.
The Hurricanes also took a big swing at former Kansas State star Will Howard prior to his commitment to Ohio State, and were reportedly interested in Arkansas' KJ Jefferson and USC's Malachi Nelson before they decided in favor of UCF and Boise State, respectively. Former Maryland quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa seemed like an obvious option for the Hurricanes, given their proximity to his family and older brother Tua -- who starts for the Miami Dolphins -- but there's some doubt on whether or not he'll actually be granted an extra year of eligibility to play in 2024.
With options wearing thin, Miami was still working Ward behind the scenes the entire time. Its consistent effort paid off as it now gets a signal caller with more upside at the position than it's had in quite some time. Poffenbarger led FCS this season in passing touchdowns (36) and yards (3,603)Healthy competition expected
While Ward likely isn't coming to Miami to ride the bench, the Hurricanes are gearing up for a great competition in their quarterback room between now and the start of the 2024 season. Ward is actually the second quarterback transfer to commit to "The U," joining former Albany star and FCS All-American Reese Poffenbarger.
Poffenbarger made his decision known on Jan. 8 after -- at the time -- it seemed like Miami whiffed on a plethora of top options. Not to discount Poffenbarger's ability; he led the FCS in passing with 3,614 yards and 36 touchdowns while guiding Albany to an appearance in the FCS Playoff semifinals.
Miami's transfers join a roster that already boasts two quarterbacks with starting experience. Rising sophomore Emory Williams is a guy that Mario Cristobal and his staff are clearly high on. He got his first career start as a true freshman in 2023 and replaced Van Dyke ahead of a game against Clemson, leading the Hurricanes to a win while throwing for 151 yards and one touchdown. He got another start against Florida State in November and had 175 yards and two touchdowns against the eventual ACC champions before suffering a devastating injury to his throwing arm.
These veteran additions -- Ward only has a year of eligibility left while Poffenbarger is entering his fourth season of college football -- will give Williams more time to recover from his injury and develop without much pressure to step in immediately. Another nice depth piece is sophomore Jacurri Brown, who started two games in 2022 as a freshman. Brown also got the starting nod in Miami's 2023 Pinstripe Bowl loss against Rutgers due to Williams' injury and Van Dyke's decision to transfer. Barring any more transfer movement, Miami has one of the deepest quarterback groups in all of college football, an invaluable asset in the modern era.
