The NCAA postseason is stretched out among 36 bowls taking place over several weeks each year. EA Sports has likewise stretched out its cover athlete announcements, saying in early March that Arkansas tailback Darren McFadden to the Xbox 360 edition in early March, with Michigan State's Sparty announced for the Wii two weeks later. In late April, the publisher said Boston College QB Matt Ryan would appear on the PlayStation 3 version of the game.

　　Today, the publisher took the wraps off the last of the covers for its multiplatform smorgasbord of NCAA Football. On the PlayStation 2 game will appear University of California, Berkeley wide receiver/kick return specialist DeSean Jackson. Following a sensational 2006 season where he won the inaugural Randy Moss Award, Jackson entered the NFL after his third season at Cal, having logged 2,423 receiving yards and 22 total touchdowns.

　　EA Sports also said today that West Virginia fullback Owen Schmitt would headline the PlayStation Portable edition of NCAA Football 09. In his time with the Mountaineers, Schmitt logged 21 starts and 1,003 carrying yards, with an average of 6.3 yards per carry.

　　All cover athletes (with the exception of Sparty) graduated or left their schools after the end of the 2007 season. NCAA Football 09 will be available July 15. For a look at what EA Tiburon will be doing different this year, check out GameSpot's recent preview of the game.