Wisconsin’s Dayne Won’t Turn Pro

Running back Ron Dayne wants to return for his senior season at Wisconsin for a shot at the Heisman Trophy and earn his degree, his uncle said.

“It was our hopes he’d stay another year and graduate,” Dayne’s uncle and guardian, Robbie Reid, said. “We sent Ron there to get a degree.”

If Dayne left college this year to make himself eligible for the NFL draft, he would bypass completing his college degree in business. But if Dayne graduates and pursues an NFL career, “he’d have the best of both worlds,” Reid said.

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Vic Markov, a member of the College Football Hall of Fame who starred at the University of Washington from 1935-1937, has died. He was 82.

Markov was a unanimous choice as a lineman on the Husky Centennial Team and earned nine varsity letters in football, wrestling and track and field. In football, he played tackle in the offensive and defensive lines.

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Chris Simms, son of former New York Giant quarterback Phil Simms, said he will play for Tennessee. Simms, a left-handed quarterback from Ramapo, N.J., is regarded as one of the top prep players in the nation.