Building a legendary team in College Football 25 Dynasty Mode is not a onetime thing, and you’ll need to make some major decisions that have a profound impact on your team. These decisions include how to recruit players and how to maximize their potential. Position adjustments are particularly critical.

If you’re considering whether to adjust your player’s position, understanding which positions are best suited for your players will help you make an informed choice. Given the many tactical scenarios in the game.

This guide is designed to help you understand when and how to make position adjustments in your lineup in College Football 25. In addition, using College Football 25 Coins to accelerate player development or obtain additional training resources may have a positive impact on your lineup adjustments and player position changes.

Switch Positions

On National Signing Day at the end of each season, you will receive a suggestion to adjust certain player positions. Although this prompt only appears once a year in your Weekly To-Do List, you can actually change a player’s position at any time.

To do this, select Player Card from the roster and go to Edit Player option on the far right of that screen. While you can swap players into their proper positions via depth chart, only Edit Player option or National Signing Day position change screen will allow you to change to any position.

Doing this on National Signing Day allows you to more easily preview a player’s overall rating at different positions, whereas Edit Player changes require you to exit and view the player’s performance at the new position to see how their overall rating is affected, or to check ratings that are not displayed at their current position.

The biggest benefit of making changes on National Signing Day is that it will ensure that their offseason training is focused on the new position, which can sometimes greatly improve the specific rating they need in their new role.

Best Offensive Players For Position Changes

In College Football 25, almost all offensive line roles are interchangeable, meaning that a player’s overall rating may be the same at unique positions. If you make these changes with your team’s needs in mind, it can simplify some strategies, such as aiming to have about 18 offensive line players and adjusting their positions as needed.

Typically, you’ll want a better pass blocking ace at left tackle, while a better run blocking ace at right tackle will be preferred. It is also very beneficial to have a center who can play both positions. Left guard and right guard positions are very similar and interchangeable, but you may want to refer to your playbook to remember which position you typically rely on in the running game.

If your preferred running game utilizes left guard or right guard as the primary blocker, you may want to deploy your best run blocking back in that position. If you find that your quarterback is often getting slammed by defenders on the left side, you may want to try moving a better pass blocking back to left guard position to see if that makes a difference.

Many tight end players also fit well at fullback or offensive line position, and some offensive line players can even play fullback or a blocking tight end. However, the biggest risk here is to play a player with poor catching ability and rely on them in the passing game, so if your playbook includes a lot of tight end passing routes, it is best to make situational substitutions or ensure that a tight end with solid catching ability is placed at the top of depth chart.

Some halfbacks and wide receivers can be interchanged between positions, but this requires taking into account their specific skill ratings, such as catching ability. Before attempting this swap, make sure to understand these important skill ratings and prepare as much as possible before offseason training.

While it may be successful to put a receiver or halfback at quarterback position, it is difficult to evaluate their throwing ability without National Signing Day. If you have a backup quarterback who is fast and holds the ball well, they may have more success at  halfback or receiver.

Related: College Football 25: How To Run The Best Offensive Scheme On The Field?

Best Defensive Players For Position Changes

In defensive strategies, players at all levels can be interchangeable. Whether it is defensive line players, linebackers, or corners and safeties, their positions have the potential to be interchangeable. However, compared to offense, defense focuses more on playmaking and benefits from specific skills at unique positions. Therefore, players who are specifically built to be defensive tackles may excel at defensive ends.

If you plan to adjust your defensive strategy, make sure to do it before offseason training begins. For teams that use a 4-2-5 defense, linebackers and defensive backs need to be flexible enough to respond to the run or pass. Those who prefer a 3-3-5 defense will want their linebackers to be flexible enough to attack the gap or enter coverage when necessary.

When using a base 4-3 defense, your defense should be able to effectively respond to run blocking and breakouts to put pressure on the opposing quarterback. However, this also means that your linebackers and secondary will have more responsibility to respond to passes or sprints through the primary defense.

Base 3-4 Defense, on the other hand, places more emphasis on pressure on the quarterback and relies more on linebackers to stop the run.

These general guidelines can help you determine when it is beneficial to adjust the position of your players. However, given the large number of content in College Football 25 playbook, there will always be exceptions. The best strategy is to experiment with your plays in practice mode.

If you want to try out new strategies in an actual game, note that you can pause a game without losing it directly. Just restart that game. If you have trouble adjusting your strategy as you play through your weekly games, quit and start over before the game is over. It will take time to adjust to these changes, but you now have the foundation in College Football 25.