After the highly-touted recruit started his Campus Legend career on the bench for the USC Trojans (part one of his superstar diary, viewable here), he quietly moved up the depth chart at free safety by dismembering practice squad receivers. Now with a little playing time under his belt, Killer takes advantage of the new EA Sports Highlights feature in NCAA 08, cutting videos of himself and taking snapshots of his on-field exploits.

In fact, he's spending a little too much time with the highlight feature, routinely snapping a dozen photos of himself each game and uploading video to the EA servers, where they can be shared with your friends online. For Killer, it's a viral campaign to win the Thorpe award for best defensive back, and he's still only a freshman. String these flicks together and they become a horror movie for Pac 10 offensive coordinators -- Killer jumps on every pass thrown his way and fills running holes with the hit stick. Already, he's one of the best-rated safeties in the country, and he can't even buy a beer.

Still, Killer has a long way to go before becoming a legend at USC, measured by a number of factors: be a five-star high school prospect; become an impact player; be named national player of the week; win a post-season award; win the Heisman; defeat a rival; win the conference title; win the national title; be named All American; and stay at school your senior year instead of going pro.

Already Killer has his eyes on the NFL and Madden 08's Superstar mode, so the chances of him playing that final college season while working part time as a dishwasher in the school cafeteria are slim -- unless USC alum Reggie Bush can hook him up with some choice off-campus housing, that is. Then again, Matt Leinart stayed for his senior season and hooked up with Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. Decisions, decisions.

But that's three years away. Today, USC is taking on conference rival California -- Killer's favorite school as a kid -- in a matchup that will most likely decide the Pac-10 champion. Killer's family and friends from all over the Bay Area hopped on their motorcycles and rode to Memorial Stadium in Berkley to see him play, many of them against terms of their parole. Hey, you don't get to be the meanest safety in college football without a troubled past. Ask Sean Taylor.

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