New Mexico quarterback suspended

Four days before it is scheduled to play the University of Hawaii, New Mexico announced Tuesday that it has suspended its starting quarterback.

Senior Sheriron Jones is suspended “indefinitely,” head coach Bob Davie said at his weekly press conference in Albuquerque, N.M., where the 2-5 Lobos play UH on Saturday in a Mountain West Conference game.

Davie declined to disclose a reason for the suspension, but said it was not related to anything on the field.

Jones began his career at the University of Tennessee before transferring to a junior college and then UNM,

Tevaka Tuioti is expected to start against UH. Tuioti, a 6-foot-2, 210-pound redshirt sophomore, was recruited by UH out of Long Beach, Calif.

Tuioti is the more accomplished passer of the two, having completed 43 of 87 passes for 720 yards with five touchdowns and four interceptions in five games.