Usc’s Leading Rusher Suspended From Opener

Wed., Aug. 21, 1996

Compiled From Wire Services

Delon Washington, Southern California’s leading rusher last season, was suspended Tuesday because of a non-football related rule violation and will miss Sunday’s Kickoff Classic against Penn State.

Washington, a junior who became the Trojans’ first 1,000-yard rusher since 1990 with 236 carries for 1,109 yards, had recovered from a pulled hamstring and was set to start against the 11th-ranked Nittany Lions.

Rodney Sermons and LaVale Woods will share the tailback duties for the seventh-ranked Trojans against Penn State.

“USC became aware of a violation, a one-time happening,” USC coach John Robinson said. “He has acknowledged the violation. The violation was not connected to his involvement with our football team.

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