COLLEGE FOOTBALL : DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE NATION : McGee Will Start for Arizona State

Quarterback Garrick McGee, a redshirt freshman who was suspended during the first three weeks of the season, will start when Arizona State (1-1) faces No. 15 Nebraska (2-1) Saturday in Lincoln.

Grady Benton, another redshirt freshman, started in Arizona State’s 19-0 victory over Louisville last week, completing 14 of 22 passes for 142 yards.

McGee, one of at least 15 Arizona State athletes who have had run-ins with the law in the past 14 months, was suspended Sept. 1--four days before Arizona State’s opener with Washington--on burglary charges involving thefts from stores in Tempe, Ariz. Two days later he pleaded guilty to two charges of burglary. Freshman Troy Rauer started the Washington game, which the Huskies won, 31-7.

Benton missed the Washington game because he was suspended after pleading no contest to fraudulent use of a stolen credit card.

On Sept. 11 McGee was given a two-month deferred jail term and three years’ probation. McGee’s suspension was extended on Sept. 18, one day before the Louisville game, pending completion of a review of his involvement in former teammate Raythan Smith’s alleged shooting of a student from another college. The suspension was lifted Monday.

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Junior quarterback Shawn Meadows will make his first major college start Saturday in Tulane’s home opener against the University of Nevada, Coach Buddy Teevens said.

Meadows, a junior college transfer, will replace Billy Duncan, who will be sidelined for at least six weeks because of a hairline fracture of his left ankle sustained as the Green Wave (1-2) lost to Iowa State, 38-14, last week.

Meadows completed 11 of 23 passes for 67 yards after replacing Duncan in the Iowa State game.

Meadows will be backed up by punter Chip Clark, who hasn’t played quarterback since he was a senior in high school in 1989.