For the Oakland Raiders rookies, 2015 is a year of firsts – their first NFL practice, their first time running out of the tunnel at O.co Coliseum, and now this week, their first time seeing themselves in the popular Madden NFL video game.
“I’ve had a lot of my friends from back home and college texting me and facetiming me saying they’ve been playing with me and all that stuff,” said rookie defensive end Mario Edwards Jr. “It’s kind of fun.”
Fellow rookie, linebacker Ben Heeney, took to social media and also shared a similar experience, with friends from home sending him photos and texts of him in the game.