EA offered 11,000 players payment of $500 (plus a free copy of the game) for allowing their names, images, and likenesses to be used in the resurrected college football video game.

The Buckeyes have freshman and sophomore quarterbacks looking to replace Will Howard in a competition that began with the start of spring practice.

Ohio State began spring practice on Monday, and with it brought a bevy of questions about how the team will revamp its national-title winning defense from a year ago. New defensive coordinator Matt Patricia will have eight new starters on this year’s team,