Cerritos College
Cerritos College • Norwalk, Calif.

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Cerritos College • Norwalk, Calif.

Talon Marks

Cerritos College • Norwalk, Calif.

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Elite players moving on at season’s end

Elite players moving on at seasons end

The Cerritos College Falcons are looking to put together a strong recruiting class in 2010 led by University of Utah verbal commit Keith McGill.

McGill is the starting free safety for the Falcons’ defense, is a “ball hawk” style safety, and provides great run support.  A season ago, he posted 21 tackles and tied the team high with four interceptions.

McGill cites the school leaving the Mountain West Conference for the Pac-12 as a very influential piece to his commitment status.

“Honestly, I would have gone elsewhere if [the team] didn’t join the [Pac-12]. I kept telling the coaches, ‘You have to join the [Pac-12].’ Everyone wants to play against schools like USC,” McGill said.

Despite his big play ability, McGill isn’t the only gem in the Cerritos secondary.

Defensive back Tyrone Taylor was a standout at Narbonne High School and will start at one of the cornerback positions. Taylor is currently being scouted by Arizona State, Boise St, Colorado and San Diego State University.

 

Jordan Gross will also look to have a big year on defensive.

The 6-foot-3-inch-290-pound defensive tackle helped lead Long Beach Poly to the 2007 CIF Southern Section Pac-5 title.

He signed with Jackson State University in February of 2008, and redshirted that season. He came to Cerritos last year as a redshirt freshman and had 31 tackles, three sacks, and a forced fumble. He is being scouted by Florida International University, Ohio State, Oregon State and UCLA, but FIU is the only one so far to send him a scholarship.

On the opposing side of the ball, Fouimalo Fonoti looks to have a bigger role in protecting the quarterback this year. He has sparked interest with future Pac-12 schools, such as USC, Arizona, Washington State, while receiving offers from FIU, New Mexico, and Washington State.

Football head coach Frank Mazzotta said, “Fou is going to have a big year for us. He and, center, Jeff Houser are going to have breakout seasons on the offensive line.”

Both Fonoti and Houser were named to the All-SCC last season.

 

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