Gayle Saunders Follow Him on Twitter After a record-breaking 40 million votes, Barry Sanders was named the cover athlete for EA Madden NFL 25. The results were revealed during a one hour primetime special on SportsNation on ESPN 2 where he beat Adrian Peterson with 58% of the final vote. Sanders becomes the first athlete ever to appear on back-to-back covers after sharing the NCAA Football 13 box with Rober ...