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out for the weeklong freshman orienta- tion on Sept. 7. Marty's Martyrs After Alston's death, Higgins had sus- pended preseason practice until Sept. 8. When the varsity reassembled, only 25 players showed up, as several lettermen and sophomores from the powerful 1941 freshman team had left to join the armed forces. Because of the war, the barons of college football changed the rules to allow freshmen to play on the varsity team. However, Penn State did not offi- cially change its freshman eligibility rules until Sept. 19, eliminating the freshman team that had been working out under coach Marty McAndrews and creating a junior varsity for the fresh- men and other players not good enough for Higgins. That included Hoggard, who was now the only African-Ameri- can player on the football team because Harry Alston had left school after the 1941 season and had not returned. Penn State arranged a four-game jun- ior varsity schedule in October with home games against Cornell, Pitt and Colgate and a road game at Navy. The Daily Collegian reported on Oct. 7 that "a record of 50 candidates" were work- ing out under the direction of McAn- drews. "We have only four games scheduled, but they are against schools that always have big squads, and big Junior Varsity outfits," McAndrews told the student newspaper. "I think our boys will do all right, however, because they really love this game of football." Hoggard made the junior varsity's starting lineup at right end. In their first game Oct. 10, the JV squad tied Cornell's B team, 19-19, led by freshman tailback Bobby Williams of Greensburg, Pa., who threw and ran for a total of 193 yards, scoring two touch- downs and passing for another TD and the only successful extra point. Two days later, Williams was promoted to the varsity and after the war he would be- Kerry Collins, a national award winner and first-team All-America quarterback at Penn State, has been elected to the College Football Hall of Fame as part of the 2018 class. Collins will be inducted to the Hall of Fame Dec. 4 at the 61st Na- tional Football Foundation Annual Awards Dinner in New York. Collins is the 25th member (19 players, six coaches) of the Penn State football family to be elected to the College Hall of Fame. Linebacker Shane Conlan was the most recent player inductee in 2014, while former Nittany Lion player Bill Bowes was enshrined into the Hall of Fame as the University of New Hamp- shire head coach in 2016. "I am extremely honored to be included in the College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2018," Collins said. "I was surrounded by great players and coaches during my time at Penn State and was fortunate to have been part of an unbelievably tal- ented undefeated 1994 Big Ten champi- onship team. My years at Penn State were special, and I am eternally grateful for the support and guidance I received there as a student-athlete." "We couldn't be happier for Kerry on being elected into the College Football Hall of Fame," head coach James Franklin said. "It is a well-deserved honor for a guy whose contributions to Penn State will never be forgotten, in- cluding the memorable undefeated sea- son and Rose Bowl win in 1994. He furthered his Penn State legacy with an outstanding NFL career and a history of giving back." Collins helped Penn State post a 40-9 record from 1991-94 and was instrumen- tal in the Lions earning a 22-2 overall mark during their first two years in the Big Ten, posting records of 10-2 in 1993 and 12-0 in '94. The recipient of the 1994 Maxwell Award, he helped coach Joe Paterno's squad win three New Year's Day bowl games: the 1992 Fiesta, 1994 Citrus and 1995 Rose bowls. ■ Former QB Collins elected to College Football Hall of Fame KERRY COLLINS Penn State Athletics

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