5-star safety Faheem Delane shares new developments about his recruitment.

OLNEY, Md. — When five-star safety Faheem Delane announced his top five schools on Dec. 15, college football was a different world.

Alabama, LSU, Tennessee and Virginia Tech joined Ohio State in the top five, but in the two months since then, things have altered in a big manner. Nick Saban retired from Alabama. LSU overhauled its entire defensive coaching staff. And a few other programs have joined the mix, all after the exceptionally skilled defender from Our Lady of Good Counsel in Maryland.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Thursday is the first day that college football players may officially opt in to EA Sports College Football 25, yet another step in bringing back the long-awaited video game.

Per several reports Thursday morning, EA Sports has finalized its NIL plan and will begin the opt-in procedure. Each school will have up to 85 players on the first rosters.