Bill Belichick went decades without appearing in Madden football video games. He's keeping the streak alive by declining to appear in CFB 26

Miami (Fla.)'s Mario Cristobal and Iowa's Kirk Ferentz also aren't in "College Football 26," with those two, Bill Belichick and Deion Sanders being replaced by random characters.

Belichick has never allowed himself to be in a video game. During the Patriots’ dynasty he was always replaced with a poor fill in, as Belichick wasn’t a member of the NFL Coaches Association (NFLCA),