Success in NCAA Football 08's Campus Legend mode is only found by playing your position. Wide receivers will not have every ball thrown their way and will have to block downfield or simply act as a decoy to get another offensive player open. Running backs will have to read the defense and pick up the blitz. Offensive guards will have to stand their ground, occasionally pulling on outside runs to create a hole for backs. Defensive backs can't simply take off on a surprise blitz without leaving an assignment wide open. If players miss an assignment, or try to take matters into their own hands, the play will most likely be a failure. That's football. That's the beauty of Campus Legend.

In Killer's sophomore and junior seasons, he led the Trojans in tackles and won two, count 'em, two national titles for the boys of Troy. He also picked up his second Thorpe award for best defensive back his junior season, to go along with the same award he took home his freshman year. Why? Because Killer plays his position. Let's look back at the 2009 national title game when USC trounced Ohio State (for the second consecutive year in a bowl game). The Buckeyes had a well-rounded offense, as always, but a particularly potent pass attack. Before each play, Killer takes note of his assignment, be it covering the middle third of the field, a deep half in a cover 2 defense, or a receiver in man coverage. Killer will often adjust his position before the snap based on the offensive set. When Ohio State comes out with three receivers to the left, Killer will move just a few steps to the left.

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