EA Sports College Football: 5 must-adds to dynasty mode

4. In-depth recruiting

One of the best parts of the college football video games wasn’t actually playing football – it was recruiting the players. And things were pretty advanced in the last release. You could do broad searches for 4- and 5-star recruits, or get specific with in-state or interested players. But college football has changed a lot since 2013. You might have heard of this new phenomenon called the transfer portal? It changed that game. It could change gaming, too.

We saw multiple quarterbacks transfer into the Oklahoma program and become stars in recent years, but those scenarios were always rare in NCAA Football . There would be transfers every offseason in dynasty mode, sure, but a player with star potential moving was rare; the Sooners added two eventual-Heisman winners and a 26-2 starter from the SEC via the transfer portal. This is where including a transfer portal in the video game would be perfect. Instead of the game randomly placing a player at a school, let the coaches (users) pitch and recruit the transfer.

Junior College recruits

It’s no secret that a handful of programs haul in the highest-rated recruits year-after-year. Even on the games, Alabama’s head coach would dominate this aspect, too. The ability to find and recruit junior college prospects could give everyone else a chance.

Plenty of JuCo recruits turn out to be “gems,” in dynasty mode, but you can’t easily target them for reasons I never understood. Adding the ability to search specifically for junior college players – just like searching for in-state or interested prospects – would make recruiting a million times better.

Being able to target a specific position, possibly filling a need with experience, while contending? That sounds game-changing. Think Ohio State and Trey Sermon prior to the 2020 season. Could you have taken over the Buckeyes and changed history with Sermon & Co.?