Here's how cover athletes have fared over the last 15 years. 2010: Drew Brees, 'Madden NFL 11' Coming off back-to-back All-Pro seasons and a Super Bowl XLIV win, Brees defied the "Madden curse ...

Editor's note: This post was updated for 2024. The Madden series has been around since EA Sports released John Madden Football on MS-DOS in 1988. For the first decade, Madden himself graced the cover.

The future Hall of Famer finally graced the cover of Madden with 2017's "GOAT edition" and, sure enough, proved himself immune to the curse, winning the last of his three NFL MVPs and leading the ...

But Buffalo again failed to reach the Super Bowl last season, losing to the Bengals in the AFC Divisional Round. Josh Allen joined an elite group of Madden cover athletes on Wednesday. Getty ...

After "Madden 26" is released in August, will more people know the cover athlete or who won the MVP award last season? Saquon Barkley was announced as the cover athlete for "Madden 26" on Monday.

That would be Barkley's incredible backward hurdle, which he pulled off in a win over the Jacksonville Jaguars last season. That hurdle is the inspiration behind the "Madden 26" cover. Barkley was ...

Barkley last season set an NFL single-season rushing ... yards rushing and 18 rushing touchdowns. “Starring on the cover of Madden NFL 26 and being named to the Madden NFL ‘99 Club’ are ...

EA Sports announced on Monday that the cover star of "Madden 24" will be unveiled on Wednesday. Who will grace the cover of #Madden24 Last year, John Madden appeared on the cover following his ...

This is still the last instance of a "traditional" Madden cover curse. OBJ graced the Madden cover just as his star was ascending heading into his second NFL season, and the curse did not stop his ...

(AP Photo/Terrance Williams) Philadelphia Eagles star running back Saquon Barkley was announced Monday as EA Sports’ cover athlete for Madden NFL 26. Barkley’s sensational backward hurdle over a ...