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Speak Out: Should Sterling Sharpe Be on the Cover of Madden NFL 25?
Contest underway to pick the player who'll grace the cover of the next Madden NFL video game. Does former USC football player Sterling Sharpe have your vote?
University of South Carolina great Sterling Sharpe is in the running for a pretty cool honor – gracing the cover of the next Madden NFL video game.
ESPN is holding a contest to determine which player will be on the cover of the latest entry in the long-running video game franchise, and Sharpe, is among the candidates.
Sharpe is USC's all-time pass receiving leader with 169 career catches for 2,497 yards and was inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame in 2000.
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He also had the school record 104 yard kickoff return against Duke in 1985 — the longest play of any kind in Carolina history, according to the Hall of Fame.
Sharpe played for the Green Bay Packers from 1988-1994 and was a former studio analyst with ESPN.
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Round 1 of the selection process will be over on March 20.
In addition to Sharpe, the round one bracket has two other players with South Carolina connections: Cincinnati Bengals' A.J. Green from Summerville and Clemon University's C.J. Spiller.
The round one bracket is a mix of footballs legends like Joe Montana and up-and-comers like Spiller.
For the younger players, the contest is a chance to be on the cover of the latest in a series that many of them grew up playing.
The game is set to be released on August 27.
To cast an official vote in the contest, go here.
By the way, are you're wondering why it's titled Madden NFL 25 instead of Madden NFL 14?
The name Madden NFL 25 was chosen in celebration of the franchise’s silver anniversary, according to a news release.
But tell us, do you think Sterling Sharpe deserves the cover of Madden 2013? If not, which of the other players would you pick?
Tell us in the comments!
In addition to Sharpe, Spiller, and Green, the other candidates are:
Joe Montana
Jake Delhomme
Curtis Martin
Jerome Betis
Marshall Faulk
Clinton Portis
Dan Marino
Reggie Wayne
Marcus Allen
Tedy Bruschi
Barry Sanders
Ron Rivera
Randall Cunningham
LaDainian Tomlinson
Ray Lewis
Derrick Brooks
Jerry Rice
Fred Taylor
John Randle
Eddie George
Michael Strahan
Kurt Warner
Ozzie Newsome
Tim Brown
Chad Johnson
Troy Aikman
Deuce McAllister
Jim Kelly
Deion Sanders
Terrell Davis
Cortez Kennedy
Colin Kaepernick
Antonio Gates
Matt Forte
Julio Jones
Jimmy Graham
Arian Foster
Danny Amendola
Von Miller
Victor Cruz
Russell Wilson
Justin Blackmon
Trent Richardson
Clay Matthews
Andrew Luck
Jake Locker
Robert Griffin III
Doug Martin
Matthew Stafford
Ray Rice
Luke Kuechly
Dez Bryant
Jamaal Charles
Darrelle Revis
Rob Gronkowski
Antonio Brown
Patrick Peterson
LeSean McCoy
Adrian Peterson
Carson Palmer
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