It was officially announced with the launch of the NCAA 08 page on the EA Sports website on February 20, 2007.

[2] Fans could vote for either in-game saves, medical red shirts, summer workouts or a lead blocker feature.

Offensive hot routes, audibles, and defensive playmaker options are also new additions to NCAA Football 08.

You even get the option when creating your player to choose your top choice so your coach knows who your primary school focus is on.

It is similar to a regular game except that the scoring is based on yards gained, tackles, interceptions, touchdowns, and other things as well as arcade style gameplay and several random opportunities for double, triple, and quadruple points.

On March 2, 2007, it was announced by EA Sports that Jared Zabransky was chosen as the cover athlete for the upcoming NCAA Football 08.

The main reason cited for this decision was Zabransky's outstanding year with the Boise State Broncos and their win in the BCS Fiesta Bowl over Oklahoma as the second at-large team from a non-Bowl Championship Series conference.

He is the second cover athlete in the NCAA Football series that went undrafted the next year, along with Nebraska QB Tommie Frazier.

It features a playable contest of the top two teams in the game - the USC Trojans and the Michigan Wolverines - in the Los Angeles Coliseum with two minute quarters.

NCAA Football 08 received generally positive reviews from critics for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions, earning scores of 77/100 and 81/100 on Metacritic, respectively.