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ESPN: Ingram to grace cover of NCAA Football 12

Tuesday, EA Sports unveiled its NCAA Football 12 cover athlete. The winner, selected by the fans, was former Alabama running back Mark Ingram, who won the Heisman Trophy in 2009.

Ingram is the second straight SEC player to grace the cover of one of EA’s most popular video games. Florida’s Tim Tebow was the 2011 cover athlete.

Ingram, who finished the 2010 season with 875 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns on 158 carries, beat out former Washington quarterback Jake Locker, Oklahoma running back DeMarco Murray and Auburn defensive tackle Nick Fairley.

Outside of Fairley, who won the Lombardi Award last ...

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Since 2002, we've correctly projected the winner of every single Heisman Trophy contest. Starting in 2010, we're running a season-long Heisman Trophy poll, providing ongoing commentary, and aggregating the best news about the top Heisman candidates around the country.

When it comes to our projections, well, we really can't say it any better than ESPN's Neil Everett - just a few days before the 2009 winner was announced: