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After coming off a 4-6
campaign, the Cerritos College football team had
four of their sophomores sign with four-year
universities, while another three are very close to
inking their names on letters of intent. Heading the
list is offensive guard
Rameses Arceo (St. Paul HS), who will
be playing at the University of Kansas next season,
while wide receiver
Anthony Oliver (Cabrillo HS) will be
pulling in passes for Central Missouri State
University next year. On the defensive side,
cornerback
DeVon Walker (Gahr HS), who missed
several games this season with an injury, has signed
with the University of Nevada, with defensive end
Dan Kuykendall (Long Beach Millikan HS)
looking to make an impact at Portland State
University.
Arceo was a 2nd
Team All-Mission Conference American Division
selection this season, as the Falcons rushed for
1,809 yards this year and threw for another 2,113
yards. He will now move on to a Kansas team that
defeated the University of Houston, 42-13 in the
Fort Worth Bowl recently and finished the season
7-5. The Jayhawk offensive line loses just one
member and is fairly young, so the addition of Arceo
was a key addition to their team. He is the first
offensive lineman the team signed for next season.
Oliver led the team with
32 receptions for 551 yards and five scores and
added five kickoff returns for 80 yards his
sophomore year to earn 2nd Team
All-Mission Conference American Division
recognition. As a freshman, he pulled in 35 passes
for 613 yards and four touchdowns, while earning
unanimous 1st Team All-Mission Conference
recognition. He broke the school record for most
career receiving yards with 1,164, which topped
current Cincinnati Bengal wide receiver T.J.
Houshmandzadeh, who amassed 1,152 in 1997-98.
His receptions his freshman year were the second
most on the team while he led them in receiving
yards and was voted the team’s Freshman of the Year.
Central Missouri, a Division II program, went 7-3
last season and averaged 230 yards a game in the air
while the Mules came in fourth place in the
Mid-American Intercollegiate Association. They lose
two wide receivers to graduation, including their
top two pass-catchers.
Walker appeared in the
last six games after missing the first four with an
injury and finished with 34 tackles, five pass
breakup and led the team with three forced fumbles
and picked off one pass. He was a starter in the
first five games of his freshman year, but an injury
sidelined him the remainder of the year. Prior to
his injury, Walker accumulated 32 tackles and one
interception. The Wolf Pack finished off their best
season (9-3) since 1996 after they defeated Central
Florida, 49-48 in the Hawaii Bowl recently and ended
the season on a five-game winning streak. With two
of their top three players in the secondary
graduating, Walker adds another solid coverage
cornerback to a team that allowed 270 a game through
the air.
Kuykendall, who
originally gave a verbal commitment to the
University or Oregon, was injured most of the season
an was limited to action in just six games and
recorded 18 tackles, two tackles for loss, two
quarterback hurries and one quarterback sack. The
two-year defensive captain recorded 23 stops as a
freshman with four hurries, three tackles for loss,
two blocked kicks and two fumble recoveries. This
past season, the Vikings posted a 6-5 record, while
the defensive line included former Falcon Jimmy
Ko, who will welcome Kuykendall next season.
They were a solid defensive front and allowed only
125 yards a game on the ground, but surrendered 240
yards a game through the air.
Several other Falcons are
close to signing and they include safety
Jamario McClain (El Rancho HS) with
Portland State, linebacker
Dylan Campanale (Servite HS) with
Division II power Northern Iowa and center
Clayton Caron (Laguna Beach HS) with
either Southern Utah University or Western
Washington University. That would leave seven other
players who are eligible to sign with four-year
institutions. |
