Madden 15 voting for cover athlete has started

By Stephany Nunneley

Voting for the Madden 15 cover athlete has commenced.

There will be four rounds of voting with the winner to be announced on June 6.

This year, there will only be 16 candidates instead of the usual 32.

Round one entries are below:

• Cornerback Richard Sherman (Seattle) vs Wide Receiver Alshon Jeffery (Chicago)
• Tight End Jimmy Graham (New Orleans) vs Running Back Eddie Lacy (Green Bay)
• Wide Receiver Demaryius Thomas (Denver) vs Linebacker Luke Kuechly (Carolina)
• Quarterback Colin Kaepernick (San Francisco) vs Quarterback Nick Foles (Philadelphia)
• Quarterback Cam Newton (Carolina) vs Wide Receiver Antonio Brown (Pittsburgh)
• Running Back Jamaal Charles (Kansas City) vs Wide Receiver A.J. Green (Cincinnati)
• Running Back LeSean McCoy (Philadelphia) vs Wide ReceiverT.Y. Hilton (Indianapolis)
• Quarterback Andrew Luck (Indianapolis) vs Running Back Alfred Morris (Washington)

Madden NFL 15 hits August 26 in North America and August 29 in Europe, on PlayStation 3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.

Thanks, Joystiq.