College Football

Alex Strong, one of two former Auburn football players who reportedly said they received illegal payments during their college careers, is now backing away from his allegations.

Strong and Eric Ramsey were quoted last week in the Montgomery Advertiser as saying Auburn coaches and alumni gave them money and other benefits in violation of NCAA rules.

But Strong, a fullback from 1985-89, now insists he had no knowledge of any such activity and said his comments were printed out of context. “I was speaking about any college,” Strong said. “I was speaking in general terms of rules being violated all over the country.”