It was previously announced that Robert Griffin III would appear on the cover of the NCAA Football 13 video game and that another former Heisman winner would also be featured based on the results of a fan vote.

EA Sports has tallied the votes and former Lions running back Barry Sanders is the winner.

Barry defeated Herschel Walker in the final round of voting after defeating Andre Ware in the first round and Doug Flutie in the second.

Here is what the cover will look like when it hits store shelves in July:

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For example, game players seemed to follow Randy Moss’s high receiver ratings from team to team. And as some teams fizzled out of playoff contention, they saw their popularity in Madden disappear. The Cincinnati Bengals and the Dallas Cowboys peaked in popularity the first week the game came out, and decreased steadily as the real teams accumulated losses.

The Lions should have seen an increase in their usage among Madden gamers, right?

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