NCAA Football 21 Release Date: Everything We Know

NCAA Football 21 release date isn't known, but the return of the college football game franchise is upon us after nearly seven years. EA Sports College Football was recently announced to much fanfare, but not much is known about EA's return to an officially licensed NCAA game.

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NCAA Football 21 Release Date: Everything We Know

EA announced earlier this week that a College Football will be returning after nearly a seven-year hiatus. After some hints of the NCAA games' return here and there over the last couple of years, we finally have an official word of a new college football game.

In 2019, the NCAA Board of Governors voted to allow student-athletes to profit from the use of their likenesses, implying some new licensing agreement was in the works. It looks like that was leading up to the return of EA's NCAA Football, though it seems like it will be under the new name College Football.

The new NCAA Football may be under the College Football branding, the name of the series until 1997. The announcement image and official EA Sports College Football Twitter account seem to confirm the branding change.

Previously, student-athletes depicted in NCAA Football games had their names changed due to the NCAA's policies. It's unclear if the NCAA's recent decision to allow students to profit from their likeness will result in inaccurate names in the new game.

It's not known when College Football will release, as EA has not revealed any information for the game yet. EA Sports is known to announce games fairly close their release dates, so we may see NCAA Football 21 as the first modern College Football game this year.

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