The Rookie Premiere program is a way for players to earn some early rewards in Madden 26 just by playing Madden 25. The program expired on Aug. 6, 2025, and allowed players to complete challenges and objectives in Madden 25 in exchange for Madden Ultimate Team rewards that will be available in Madden 26.
Naturally, players likely have some questions about how the Rookie Premiere works and how they can redeem the rewards they earned over the past month by playing the previous Madden game. Fortunately, we have a full breakdown of how you can redeem your Rookie Premiere rewards in Madden 26 and what those rewards could be.
What Is The Rookie Premiere Program?
As we explained previously, the Rookie Premiere program was available in Madden 25 and allowed players to earn rewards by completing challenges and objectives. The program began on July 10, 2025, and ended on Aug. 6. Players who earned any rewards during this period are eligible to redeem those rewards when they launch Madden 26 for the first time.
Unfortunately, not all of the Rookie Premiere rewards will carry over to Madden 26. Only a portion of the rewards will carry over to the new game, and you can see which rewards those are further down in the article.
Even if you didn’t actively participate in the Rookie Premiere program, you could still have earned some rewards. Some of the challenges just required you to log into Madden Ultimate Team every week, so if you did that, you might have some rewards waiting for you.
Of course, if you want to take full advantage of the Rookie Premiere rewards, you have to buy Madden 26 and make sure you’re using the same EA account that you used in Madden 25. You can swap to a different platform if you want, but ensure you log into your same EA account when you first launch Madden 26.
What Are The Rewards From Rookie Premiere?
The main rewards from the Rookie Premiere program are Madden Ultimate Team cards. Specifically, you can earn 99 OVR cards and Rookie Premiere Set Tokens that can be used to unlock Rookie Premiere Sets. Here are the general rewards from completing every part of the Rookie Premiere program and what you had to do to unlock those rewards:
- 1x free 99 OVR Rookie Premiere Player – Launch MUT once between July 10 and Aug. 6
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3x free 99 OVR Redzone Royale Players – Launch MUT during specific times between July 10 and Aug. 6
- July 10 (2 p.m. ET) – July 17 (10:30 a.m. ET)
- July 17 (2 p.m. ET) – July 24 (10:30 a.m. ET)
- July 24 (2 p.m. ET) – August 6 (11:59 p.m. ET)
- Rookie Premiere Set Tokens – Completing challenges and objectives in MUT
- 3x Rookie Premiere 32 Team Chem Tokens – Completing objectives in Field Pass
You can also use your 99 OVR Redzone Royale Players to complete Redzone Royale Sets. Every completed set earns you 1x Rookie Premiere Player.
How To Redeem Rookie Premiere Rewards In Madden 26
Finally, let’s go over how you can redeem all of the rewards you earned by participating in the Rookie Premiere program during Madden 25.
Luckily, there’s not much you need to do. EA Sports has stated that all of your applicable rewards will be automatically redeemed the first time you log into Madden Ultimate Team in Madden 26. As long as you’re using the same account you did in Madden 25, every reward you earned in the program will be waiting for you after you launch Madden 26 for the first time.
The rewards that carry over from Madden 25 to Madden 26 are as follows:
- Up to 4x Rookie Premiere Players
- Up to 3x Rookie Premiere 32 Team Chem Tokens
Upon launching Madden 26 for the first time, you can open up to four Rookie Premiere packs to unlock four rookie players in MUT. Here are the players available to unlock through these packs:
- TreVeyon Henderson
- Luther Burden III
- Emeka Egbuka
- Jihaad Campbell
- Tate Ratledge
- James Pearce Jr.
- Josh Simmons
- Xavier Watts
All of the rookies have identical overall ratings (85 OVR), but their positions and individual stats will naturally be different. Some of the best rookies to pick from these packs are: TreyVeon Henderson, James Pearce Jr., Emeka Egbuka, and Luther Burden III.
That’s all we have on the Rookie Premiere program and how you can use it to earn some early rewards in Madden 26.
