Arena Football Star Announced

Colorado Crush quarterback John Dutton will be Electronic Arts' cover athlete for Arena Football, says EA.

"In a 51-48 win over the Georgia Force in ArenaBowl XIX this past June, Dutton led the Colorado Crush to its first-ever Arena Football League championship in just their third year in the league, throwing for 347 yards and three touchdowns. Dutton, a seven year Arena Football League veteran, previously led the San Jose SaberCats to an ArenaBowl title in 2002 where he was named MVP of ArenaBowl XVI. As the quarterback at the University of Nevada, Dutton helped Nevada earn its first bowl win with an 18-15 defeat over Ball State in the 1996 Las Vegas Bowl."

Dutton himself said, "I'm honored to be the first cover athlete for this new franchise and very excited about working with EA on Arena Football. I think it's great that fans can now experience the true action of Arena Football from the leader in sports video games."

Arena Football will be available for Xbox and PlayStation 2 in February 2006.

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