The UFL website has shared an article detailing the work of Michigan Panthers offensive lineman Ryan Nelson as he performs motion capture for EA SPORTS College Football and Madden NFL franchises.

Nelson has become a cornerstone figure for EA Sports’ top football titles, providing the motion-capture work for nearly all offensive line play in Madden ’25, Madden ’26 and College Football ’25. When gamers pancake defenders, pull around the edge, or celebrate a big play, chances are they’re seeing Nelson in action — even if they don’t know it.

“I put that cool animation suit on and act out all the offensive line motion that you see for all the EA games,” Nelson said. “So everything from the huge pancake blocks to the massive blocks down field, to your base idle block where I'm just sitting there doing nothing, to getting absolutely crushed and thrown backwards by a bull rush.”

Nelson played at Virginia from 2017-2021, starting all 49 games of his career while earning fourth-team All-ACC honors from Phil Steele his senior season.

Click here to read the entire article from Andy Seeley at The UFL.