NIU Coach Schooled by Fake Recruit Using NCAA '14 Profile to Brag About So-Called Offers

Much to the dismay of fans, EA Sports hasn't released a college football video game since NCAA Football 2014. Given the amount of time that folks have these days while quarantining it's feasible to assume that many owners are breaking the once popular game.

Some individuals, however, are using the iconic franchise to embody fake recruits as a means to bamboozle real life college coaches. One particular Twitter troll, with a player from the game as his profile picture, direct messaged Thomas Hammock, the head coach at Northern Illinois.

In terms of recruiting, we won't go as far as to say that Hammock was fully tricked, but he did foolishly reply to the account to confirm that he did not offer the jokester a scholarship.

Based on their conversation, it sure seems like Hammock thought Patrick "Speedy" Flowers was a real football player. Unfortunately for the 6-1, 187-pound quarterback, Hammock eventually caught on to the prank and blocked him.

The greatest part of this interaction was the fact that Flowers responded with a photo from the video game that showed him receiving an offer from Northern Illinois. He clearly had all the corners of this ploy covered.

Indeed, Hammock, if only for a few minutes, believed he was conversing with a real football player.

We definitely need sports back, but there's no denying that this is entertaining content. Let this serve as a lesson for all the college football coaches out there.