Bills QB Josh Allen on Madden NFL 24 video game cover - ESPN

Josh Allen thought back to his past not too long ago, back to when the Buffalo Bills' quarterback could have never imagined what happened Wednesday becoming reality, when he was named as the cover athlete for the Madden NFL 24 video game.

Back in high school in Firebaugh, California, or even in college at the University of Wyoming — nah, it wasn't something plausible. Let alone becoming the first Bills player to be selected as the main cover star.

«It's such a small group of people who have ever touched the face of Madden, so now to be on that list, it's very surreal. It's very humbling,» Allen told ESPN. «To think about where I was not too long ago and coming out of high school with zero offers, going to junior college and have one offer, University of Wyoming of all places, and then fast-forward to now.

»I don't know if I would have believed you at that point, if you were to tell me in high school. It's so surreal. Madden has such a special place in my heart."

A childhood dream come true