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Jones allowed to join Ducks.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 27-MAY-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Jones allowed to join Ducks.(Sports)(The NCAA grants Derrick Jones eligibility in football at Oregon without having to sit out a year as a transfer)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Bob Clark The Register-Guard

Oregon got a thumbs up from the NCAA on Friday concerning the football eligibility of freshman receiver Derrick Jones, meaning he will be able to play for the Ducks in the 2006 season without serving any penalty for the short time he was with the USC football team two years ago.

Jones had previously been cleared to compete in track and field this spring for Oregon, and is with that UO team in Provo, Utah, for the NCAA regionals.

`I'm pretty happy and relieved,' Jones said. `I wasn't sure I was going to be able to play (football) this year, so I finally got the monkey off my back. I've been waiting a long time.'

Jones found out his status in a Friday afternoon telephone call from Mike Bellotti, the UO football coach, shortly after the coach had been informed of the...

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