A new season of college football is kicking off. Electronic Arts and NCAA Football have partnered with a new fellowship program that will provide former football student-athletes an opportunity to gain first-hand knowledge of the games industry as well as the business of sports. Interested applicants may work directly through EA SPORTS University Relations. Mark Ingram, cover athlete for the recently released NCAA Football 12, talks about gaming in the exclusive video interview below.

Making a video game isn't easy, but it's hard work that truly pays off if the right effort goes into it.  Just ask Alex Howell, associate designer for the just-released EA Sports game NCAA Football 12.  To commemorate the game's release, Alex and his team worked closely with the folks at ESPNU on a four-part documentary that covers the making of the game, both through the highs and the lows.  While we wait for the first part of the four-part series to air on July 14th (on ESPNU), we chatted with Alex about the documentary.

NEW YORK – The New Orleans Saints picked former Alabama running back Mark Ingram as their new running back. Before he took center stage at Radio City Music Hall, Ingram was with EA Sports checking out NCAA Football 12 at a party with some of the biggest names in college football. He posed for pictures with ESPN reporter Erin Andrews and picked up the sticks of the new game he’s on the cover of. He talks about his own video game memories in this exclusive video interview.

NEW YORK – The newest member of the Giants was in his new home for the 2011 NFL Draft. Before taking center stage at Radio City Music Hall, Amukamara checked out the latest NCAA Football game from EA Sports. The former Nebraska defensive back talks about his love of video games in this exclusive video interview.

NEW YORK – NCAA Football 12 cover athlete Mark Ingram was the guest of honor at the EA Sports NFL Draft party for the top rookies. The New York shindig was attended by ESPN's Erin Andrews and some of the top college football players, including Nick Fairley, Jake Locker, Von Miller, Patrick Peterson, and Muhammad Wilkerson. Electronic Arts vice president Tom Goedde talks about this year’s event and how the NFL lockout actually helped EA Sports in the college football arena in this exclusive video interview.

Before taking center stage at Radio City Music Hall for the 2011 NFL Draft, Alabama running back Mark Ingram took a first look at his new EA Sports game. Ingram was in New York City for the NCAA Football 12 party, which featured some of the biggest names in this year’s NFL rookie class. With the lockout over, it's game on for this season. Ingram talks about video games and football in the video below.

When it comes to the NFL, the most important position has always been the quarterback. Coming off the debacle of Brett Favre, the New York Jets placed the future of their franchise in the hands of Mark Sanchez at the 2009 NFL Draft. Now the quarterback has tied an NFL record with four road victories in the playoffs, including wins against the Indianapolis Colts' Peyton Manning and New England Patriots' Tom Brady this year. Sanchez also happens to be a big Madden video game fan of EA Sports. He talks about his gaming habits in this exclusive video interview.

The first two weeks of ESPN 3D’s inaugural college football season will open up with telecasts involving three of the top five ranked teams in an ESPN.com early preseason Top 25 poll. Coverage will begin with No. 2 Boise State, entering the season with a 14-game winning streak, against No. 5 Virginia Tech from FedEx Field, home of the Washington Redskins Monday, Sept. 6 at 8 p.m. ET.  The network will telecast approximately 13 college football games this season, concluding with the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game on Monday, January 10 at 8:30 p.m. The people behind these 3D telecasts talk about the technology in this exclusive video interview from the MLB All-Star Game in Anaheim.