Posted on Thu, May. 01, 2008

-- Former New Orleans Saints teammates Jim Dombrowski and Rueben Mayes were named to the College Football Hall of Fame on Thursday.

They were among 15 former players and coaches elected to the shrine in South Bend, Ind.

Billy Cannon, LSU's lone Heisman Trophy winner, was also chosen for the Hall of Fame, along with UCLA quarterback Troy Aikman, who went on to stardom with the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, and Lou Holtz, who coached at Notre Dame, Arkansas and South Carolina, among other places.

Dombrowski was an offensive lineman at Virginia and the Saints' first-round draft pick in 1986. Mayes was the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year that season, as a running back from Washington State. He was a third-round draft pick in '86.

Dombrowski spent 11 seasons with the Saints while Mayes' NFL career was cut short by injuries.

The other Hall of Fame selections include Northwestern linebacker Pat Fitzgerald, Florida linebacker Wilber Marshall, Arizona State guard Randall McDaniel, Syracuse quarterback Don McPherson, Wyoming tight end Jay Novacek, Texas Tech split end Dave Parks, Florida State nose guard Ron Simmons, Oklahoma State running back Thurman Thomas, Army quarterback Arnold Tucker and former Ohio State coach John Cooper.