Paulus, who played 4 years of basketball at Duke, would have one season of football eligibility.
In other college football news:
* Air Force cornerback Reggie Rembert has been suspended for an undisclosed violation of school standards.
* Former Kentucky and New Mexico State coach Hal Mumme has been hired at Division III McMurry 2 months after he began prostate cancer treatment.
In college basketball news:
* Newly named Florida International coach Isiah Thomas said he will donate his first-year salary back to the school.
* Former UCLA and Alabama-Birmingham coach Gene Bartow, 78, has been diagnosed with stomach cancer.
* Kentucky forward Patrick Patterson, Southern Mississippi point guard Jeremy Wise and Texas swingman Damion James will enter the NBA draft but not hire an agent.
* Georgetown said sophomore guard Omar Wattad is transferring at the end of the semester.
* North Carolina State has chosen Western Carolina's Kellie Harper to succeed Kay Yow as its women's coach, a source said.
Philly File
* The Camden Riversharks signed former major league second baseman Junior Spivey.
* Wings forward Merrick Thomson has been named the National Lacrosse League Offensive Player of the Week.
Sport Stops
* Broadcaster Merle Harmon, who in a career spanning more than 40 years called pro and college sports for NBC and ABC, died at 82 in Arlington, Texas.
* Olympic gold-medal gymnast Shawn Johnson won the the Sullivan Award, given to the country's top amateur athlete.
* Justin Gatlin, the Olympic 100-meter champion in 2004 who was suspended for the 2008 Games, is finalizing an out-of-court settlement with the U.S. Olympic Committee, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, USA Track & Field and the IAAF. Gatlin had claimed his rights were violated under the Americans with Disabilities Act, that he was discriminated against because his first of two doping violations, in 2001, was for taking prescribed medication to treat attention deficit disorder.*
