San Diego State Trio Ineligible for Opener

Rushing leader George Jones and two other standout players were declared ineligible for San Diego State’s season opener for violating NCAA rules related to extra benefits, the school said.

Jones, who last season ranked second nationally in scoring (11.5 points a game) and third in rushing (153.5 yards), will miss the Sept. 7 game against Idaho, as will wide receiver Will Blackwell and cornerback Ricky Parker.

Rick Bay, San Diego State’s athletic director, said the players used rental cars provided by a children’s foundation while performing community service work this summer in San Diego.

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Walter Payton, who played at Jackson State, and Terry Bradshaw, who played at Louisiana Tech, are among 10 players from schools below Division I-A that will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame this weekend in South Bend, Ind.

Other inductees include Vern Den Herder (Central College, Iowa), Billy “White Shoes” Johnson (Widener), Neil Lomax (Portland State), Tyrone McGriff (Florida A&M;), Wilbert Montgomery (Abilene Christian), Gary Reasons (Northwestern State), Jim Youngblood (Tennessee Tech) and the late Buck Buchanan (Grambling State).