While there are many ratings and numbers that matter when judging the top players in a football video game, one of the figures that draws the eye most is speed. If that’s what you’re looking for when it comes to your top playmaker in EA Sports’ new College Football 27, then an Oregon Duck is going to be at the top of your list.
The full ratings for players came out earlier this week, and true freshman wide receiver Gatlin Bair has a speed rating of 99 overall, the best in the game. There are two other players in the game with 99 speed: UCLA Bruins CB Rodrick Pleasant — who was a Duck — and South Carolina TE Nyckoles Harbor — who should have been a Duck.
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It’s unsurprising that Bair has such elite speed, as he was a record-breaking sprinter in high school, running a 10.15 100-meter dash. Bair was a 5-star recruit in the 2024 class, but went on a two-year LDS mission, so his enrollment has been delayed until this year.
It may take a little bit of time for that football ability to come back and feel natural again, but as Oregon offensive coordinator Drew Mehringer said this spring:
“He didn’t forget how to run. He can definitely do that.”
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