EA Sports Cover Athletes Trivia Quiz

Answer: Larry Fitzgerald

Reggie Bush was on "NCAA '07", Carson Palmer was on "NCAA '04", and Alex Smith was just the first pick in the 2005 NFL draft. Reggie Bush was a second overall draft pick out of USC by the Saints. Carson Palmer is also out of USC, and went in the first pick of the 2003 NFL draft to the Bengals.

Answer: Steve Francis

Steve Francis played for the Rockets at that point, and Shaq played for the Lakers. Allen Iverson played for Philadelphia and Ray Allen got traded mid-way through the 02-03 season from Milwaukee to Seattle.

Answer: Michael Vick

Donovon McNabb was on "Madden 05", Ray was on '06, and LT is just amazing and is on the 989 football games cover. Michael Vick fell to injury in the 2004-2005 season with a broken leg and missed most of the season.

Answer: Vince Carter

KG was on "NBA Live 2001", Kidd was on '03, and all Tim Duncan does in win NBA titles. Vince Carter was playing for New Jersey when he was on the cover, but he played his first six seasons with the Toronto Raptors.

Answer: Jason Giambi

Giambi was still playing for Oakland and had won the American League MVP before moving to the Yankees. Randy Johnson was on EA's "MVP Baseball 03". Luis Gonzalez was on "Triple Play Baseball 2002" after they won the World Series. Barry Bonds is just one the of the most dominating hitters at that point in time.

Answer: Eddie George

Steve McNair has won an Co-MVP award with Peyton Manning. Peyton had some NFL games with him on the cover, but not Madden. Ricky Williams was on an "NFL Gameday" cover. Eddie George was Steve McNair's teammate while playing in Tennessee. They made one of the best quarterback/running combos in the league at that time.

Answer: Joey Harrington

Chris Weinke was on "NCAA 2002", Carr was the first pick in the '02 Draft out of Fresno State. Peppers was #2 in the same draft out of North Carolina where he also played basketball. Harrington was third in that draft out of Oregon.

Answer: Drew Gooden

Drew Gooden went to Kansas. Camello Anthony went to Syracuse and was on the cover of "NCAA March Madness 2004" and "NBA Live 2005". Emeka Okafor went to UConn and was on "NCAA March Madness 2005". LeBron James never went to college, so it wouldn't make much sense to have him on a college basketball game, would it?

Answer: Manny Ramirez

Derek Lee had his breakout year in 2005. Pujols was on "MVP Baseball 2004". Tejada was on "MVP Baseball 2003" with Randy Johnson. Manny Ramirez has been one of the elite hitters in baseball in his career. After his rookie year he has not had less then 22 homers in a season, and had 10 straight years of hitting more than 30 home runs each season.

Answer: Desmond Howard

Charles Woodson (Michigan) won the Heisman in 1997. Barry Sanders (Oklahoma State) won in 1988. Gino Torretta (Miami, Fl.) won in 1992. Desmond Howard (Michigan) won in 1991. Sanders, Howard, and Woodson all won the Heisman in their Junior seasons and Torretta won in his senior year.