Josh Allen, the All-Pro quarterback for the NFL’s Buffalo Bills, graces the cover of Madden NFL 24 – both the standard edition and the deluxe edition. It is the first time the Bills have placed a player on the league’s official video game.
Image: EA Sports
Image: EA Sports
Ever since Madden NFL started the tradition of an annual cover star representing the game (with Eddie George in Madden NFL 2001), 19 of the league’s 32 teams are represented on the cover—some (New England, Baltimore, and Pittsburgh, for example) more than once.
Buffalo’s debut on the Madden cover leaves 13 teams yet to put a star on the cover, including oddly enough cornerstone franchises like the Dallas Cowboys. Obviously, a lot of this hinges on EA Sports signing an individual player to appear on the cover of the video game.
The Bills drafted Allen with their first pick in 2018, bringing him from the University of Wyoming to Buffalo. He is a two-time Pro Bowl selection (in 2020 and 2022) and was a second-team All-Pro selection in 2020.