EA Sports College Football 27 Guide – All the Fastest Players Ranked by Position

Beyond Overall Rating (OVR), three player statistics are paramount for winning teams in EA Sports College Football 27: Speed, Acceleration, and Agility. While raw speed is easy to focus on, it must be balanced with the ability to accelerate quickly and remain agile on the move — especially in the open field.

🏈 About This Ranking: Each table below lists the top 10 fastest players at five key positions: Wide Receiver, Cornerback, Halfback, Free Safety, and Quarterback. Players are ranked primarily by Speed, with Acceleration and Agility listed to help you evaluate the full athletic profile. OVR is included for context — some lower-rated players are absolute burners.

🏃 Fastest Wide Receivers (WR) Top 10

Name	School	OVR	Speed	Agility	Accel	Notes
Gatlin Bair	Oregon	81	99	89	99	All the speed and acceleration
Nyck Harbor	South Carolina	86	99	90	97	Balances speed and acceleration with agility
Jelani Watkins	Arkansas	78	97	95	98	Arguably better balance if not for OVR
Ryan Wingo	Texas	87	97	91	95	Less balanced, more OVR
Dakorien Moore	Oregon	88	96	97	98	More balanced
Isaiah Satenga III	Oklahoma	90	96	95	97	Only slightly worse stats
Jayden Warren	Texas A&M	76	96	91	95	Low OVR, but still solid
Quaron Adams	California	71	96	91	94	Even lower OVR
Connor Salmin	Clemson	74	95	91	95	Higher OVR
Dazmin Jones	Appalachian State	73	95	90	92	And another solid compromise

🛡️ Fastest Cornerbacks (CB) Top 10

Name	School	OVR	Speed	Agility	Accel	Notes
Rodrick Pleasant	UCLA	83	99	93	99	Full speed and acceleration
Julio Humphrey	Texas A&M	86	98	93	95	Balances speed and acceleration with OVR
Gentry Williams	Georgia	80	97	93	95	A little slower but OVR takes a hit
Brandon Arrington	Texas A&M	83	96	95	98	Acceleration over speed with agility
Evan Johnson	BYU	90	96	92	94	Balances speed and acceleration with high OVR
Jaylen Mbakwe	Georgia Tech	80	96	93	97	Better acceleration but tanks OVR
Marcus McKenzie	Utah State	74	96	92	95	Balanced stats with low OVR
Ondre Evans	NC State	76	96	91	96	And again, but better OVR
Terhyon Nichols	Kentucky	81	96	91	94	Better OVR but loses acceleration
Corian Gipson	Clemson	78	95	92	95	Same, but lower OVR

🏃 Fastest Halfbacks (HB) Top 10

Name	School	OVR	Speed	Agility	Accel	Notes
Chris Johnson Jr.	Clemson	83	96	90	98	Top speed and acceleration
Rayshon Luke	Fresno State	84	96	92	95	Trades acceleration for agility
Will Henderson III	UTSA	88	96	90	97	Trades agility for acceleration
Isaac Brown	Louisville	92	95	96	97	Best balance of all, including OVR
Dylan Edwards	Kansas State	86	95	95	98	Trades agility for acceleration
Caden Durham	LSU	86	95	92	96	Lowered agility and acceleration
Dwight Phillips Jr.	Georgia	82	95	91	97	Same, but lower OVR
Raleek Brown	Texas	88	95	93	97	Improves OVR and agility
Daniel Bray	Utah	80	94	91	95	Sharp drop in OVR
Breezy Dubar	Missouri State	80	94	86	93	Drops agility and acceleration

🛡️ Fastest Free Safeties (FS) Top 10

Name	School	OVR	Speed	Agility	Accel	Notes
King Mack	NC State	84	98	91	94	High speed and acceleration
Ben Minich	Miami (OH)	73	97	88	94	A good second choice
Xavier Filsaime	Texas	80	95	90	93	Not far behind
Croix Stewart	Fresno State	76	95	88	94	Agility and OVR drop
Jaylen Heyward	Arkansas State	71	95	92	94	Agility improvement, but OVR drop
Taye Seymore	North Texas	74	94	87	92	Agility drop, OVR gain
KJ Bolden	Georgia	95	93	92	95	Balanced stats and OVR
Jeremiah Cooper	Penn State	91	93	92	93	Same, but lower OVR
Braheem Long Jr.	Syracuse	76	93	89	93	OVR craters, but not bad
Myles Davis	Texas A&M	75	93	89	93	More of the same

🏃 Fastest Quarterbacks (QB) Top 10

Name	School	OVR	Speed	Agility	Accel	Notes
Austin Carlisle	UL Monroe	70	93	88	95	High speed and acceleration, but low OVR
Demond Williams Jr.	Washington	88	91	90	93	Compromise of stats and OVR
Nate Johnson	Utah	74	91	90	93	OVR plunges, but stats remain
Hauss Hejny	Colorado State	73	91	86	89	Loss of both agility and acceleration
Marcel Reed	Texas A&M	88	90	92	92	OVR returns, balanced stats
Michael Hawkins Jr.	West Virginia	79	90	92	93	OVR plunges, but stats remain
Trinidad Chambliss	Ole Miss	93	90	92	93	Balanced across the board
Luke Moga	New Mexico	70	90	88	91	OVR craters, and agility drops too
Alonza Barnett III	UCF	86	89	90	91	OVR improves, balanced stats
Alex Orji	UNLV	76	89	88	90	OVR plunges, but stats remain

📌 Quick Takeaway: If you want pure burners, Gatlin Bair (WR, Oregon) and Rodrick Pleasant (CB, UCLA) are the fastest players in the game with 99 Speed and 99 Acceleration. For a balanced speedster with elite OVR, Isaac Brown (HB, Louisville) and Trinidad Chambliss (QB, Ole Miss) are your best bets. Don’t overlook lower-OVR players like Jelani Watkins (WR, Arkansas) and Austin Carlisle (QB, UL Monroe) — they can be game-changers in the right scheme.

That’s our complete ranking of the fastest players at Wide Receiver, Cornerback, Halfback, Free Safety, and Quarterback positions in EA Sports College Football 27 at launch. Use this list to build your speed-based game plan and leave defenders in the dust.