The Idaho Statesman is reporting that Jared Zabransky will be on the cover of NCAA Football 2008:
"Former Boise State quarterback Jared Zabransky will grace the cover of EA Sports NCAA Football 2008, one of the most popular sports-themed video games in the country.
"It's extremely big for us as an athletic department. It crosses generations by touching kids and adults ... It's an incredible marketing opportunity,'' said Brad Larrondo, who is the Broncos' senior associate athletic director for promotions and marketing.
EA Sports NCAA Football 2008 will be released later this year. More than a million copies are purchased every year.
Former USC running back and Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush was on last year's cover.
BSU has already seen and approved the artwork for the Zabransky cover, Larrondo said. Zabransky, who will be in New York in late April for the NFL Draft, will begin promoting the product later this year.
"The Fiesta Bowl victory was a key to it all, and he was the quarterback behind the fairy-tale story,'' Larrondo said.
Larrondo said BSU gets more royalty money from EA Sports than any other licensee. Last year, the school received $78,551 from EA Sports, he said. Boise State receives the money because the football team, like all Division I-A teams, is part of the game."
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