ATHLETIC HOME NEWS COACHING STAFF SCHEDULE ROSTERS PLACEMENT OFF SEASON PROGRAMS WORKOUT SCHEDULE STATISTICS CONTACT US   FOOTBALL LINKS: CCCAA JC FOOTBALL FEDERAL FINANCIAL AID SCHOLARSHIPS	Mendocino College Football Placement Four-Year Placement The Mendocino College Football Program has gone to great lengths to ensure that each and every player that competes for our program has an opportunity to advance to the next level. The coaching staff has done a tremendous job securing scholarship opportunities for over eighty percent of their players. What MC Football Alum have had to say: Jermaine Jacobs, Portland State University "Playing football at Mendocino College under Defensive Coordinator and Assistant Head Coach Mike Mari was literally one of the best opportunities in my life. I learned so much from being in the Mendocino Football program about football but also about life. I am originally from Sacramento CA, and attended Valley High School. I was not heavily recruited out of high school due to grades and lack of exposure. When Coach Mari found me and offered to change my future. While attending College and playing under Coach Mari he really taught me how to be a man and take responsibility for my actions. When I first got to Mendocino I was immature but Coach Mari changed that. He would not except any excuses and always made me rise up and be a man. I didn’t realize until later that what he was teaching me would help me be a better man in the future. Coach Mari has never told me anything wrong, and when I made a bad choice he was the first one there to tell me and help me correct it. Coach Mari is also by far the best football coach I have ever played under. He knows what he is talking about and is going to put you in the right position to be successful. While attending Mendocino College and with Coach Mari’s help I earned a spot on the All American Team, and was also League Defensive MVP. He made me the strongest player of the team for both my freshman and sophomore years. Mendocino put me in a great place to be successful. I know that a lot of my success came from the time my coach invested in me. Attending Mendocino College is the best choice I have ever made in my life and I wouldn’t change that for anything in the world. Mendocino College helped me earn a scholarship to play football at Portland State. Coach Mari taught me to go after what I believe in and go for it with everything in me." - Jermaine Jacobs Frank Epsy - Ouachita Baptist University I first came to Mendocino in 2003 from Vallejo. Deciding on going to Mendocino over some other school’s was one of the best decisions of my life. The coaches at Mendocino really take you in and care about you. They want to see you going on to the next level get a degree and play football. Coach Mari was the biggest help for me in my playing career. He helped me grow and become a better student, football player, and better yet a better man. If it wasn’t from him I don’t know what would have happen. Also the coaches did a great job of enhancing my ability. They pushed me hard to be better which help me step my game up. In 2005 we won the Bay Valley Conference. The coaches helped me every step of the way to getting a scholarship. I went on to play my last two years at Ouachita Baptist in Arkansas. I’m now the Defensive Tackle Coach for Ouachita, going into my third year. I still remain in contact with some of the people I met and my teammates from Mendocino. If I had to do it all over again Mendocino would still be my choice. - Frank Espy Jared and Adrian Dunn, Bemidji State University "I attended Mendocino College from 2004-2005 after graduating from Healdsburg High School located in Northern California. I choose to attend Mendocino College with aspirations of playing college football for a quality program. I was not recruited by any large schools out of High School so I took the Junior College route. This choice ended up being one the best choices I made right out of High School. Most kids have dreams of making it big and going to a Division I program although they are just another name on the roster. While attending Mendocino College I started off as a backup Tight End. Within 4 games of my freshman year I was a starting Defensive End leaving Mendocino College a two year All Bay Valley Conference and one year All State Defensive End. I received a Scholarship along with my older brother Jared, who played Linebacker and was a Team Captain and All Conference player at Mendocino, to play Division II football at Bemidji State University located in Northern Minnesota. We went on to win the Conference Championship and compete in the Mineral Water Bowl game. From there I attended Graduate School at Bemidji State and received a Masters Degree in Sports Science. I am now a Full Time Defensive Line coach at Augsburg College located in Minneapolis Minnesota. During my time at Mendocino College I put in countless hours of training to better myself and the team. The coaching staff did a tremendous job helping mold me into who I am today. I learned the value of hard work, pride, commitment and discipline. We had a saying at Mendocino, “The One”. Everything we did whether it be practice, working out, any sort of game preparation or during the game was to act like it will be your last time doing it. Give everything you have at every given moment and the results will benefit yourself along with the program. I learned to never leave doubt in your mind of could you have given more effort or done something different to change the outcome. Mendocino College is a great place with great people that will set you on a path to be successful in life." - Adrian Dunn JoDane Craigman, University of Kentucky Going to Mendocino College was a life changing experience. I had many barriers to break down and bridges to cross to get to MC. Playing football was the easy part, because all the elements were there for me to exceed, from great coaching to an excellent training staff. Keeping myself focused in the class room was the key to my success. This is where the Mendocino coaching staff came in. I was constantly reminded that, school is first! Without the proper classes I would never see a D1 field and the coaches reminded me of that. I learned numerous lessons playing for Mendocino College, and gained many valuable friendships that I wouldn’t change for the world. I was at Mendocino for two years, two of the best years of my life. I managed to lead the defense in sacks for two years in a row, and nearly capturing the state sack record with 19.5 sacks in my sophomore season. I was on the Nor-Cal All-combine team, and 2005 Bay-Valley conference champs. That 2005 team was legendary, many trials and tribulations but we pulled through. I went on the University of Kentucky, and was Music city bowl champions two years in a row. -JoDane Craigman, University of Kentucky Where are they now… 2012 Signings Congratulations to Aeon Blake (DL) on his acceptance of a football scholarship to Chowan University!!!! fCongratulations to Kyle Sandefur(WR) on his acceptance of a football scholarship to Minot State University!!!! Congratulations to Tumour Battle (DB) on his acceptance of a football scholarship to Mesa State University!!!!    Congratulations to Kevin Hatrick (QB) on his acceptance of a football scholarship to Ohio Dominican University!!!! fCongratulations to Jon Dewey (All-Mid Empire OL) on his acceptance of a football scholarship to Kansas Wesleyan University!!!! Student Athlete Position Placement Jake Strickler QB Norfolk State University Sterling Jackson RB University of Hawaii Daryl McBride DB University of Hawaii Zack McKnight OL Arkansas State University Rafael Valencia WR Attending Stanislaus State University Mike McMillian DB Ashland University Jacob Robik WR Cal Lutheran University Harry Desile WR New Mexico Highlands University Ricky Roberts WR Kansas Wesleyan Daniel Dieudonne FS Charleston Southern University Marcus Cooley DB Michigan Tech Langston Kennedy DE Southeast Oklahoma State University Robbie Zaina LB Upper Iowa University Omar Khalil OL Simon - Frazier University Jason Cimilino OL Cal Lutheran University Eric Spond OL Eastern Oregon Will Mangino OL Kansas Wesleyan Tommy Jones WR Malone University Mark Pederson K/P Whitworth College Illich Solano WR Virginia State University Shamichael Rivers WR Chowan University Randy Fesser DB Sacramento State University Dalton Olson DB Attending Chico State University Jacob Laudenslayer QB Marshall University Brian Walters DE Portland State University Jourdan Welch RB Signed / Attending Eric Burris DB Haskell Indian Nations University Brad Bowers OL Southwest Minnesota State University Ayodele Adidipe OL University of North Texas Matt MayField C Central Missouri State University Josh Gipson DT Southeast Missouri State University Greg Tomkins DB Charleston Southern Markins Anilus LB Southwest Oklahoma State University Steven Joachim WR University of Memphis Michael Casper DB Sacramento State University Stanley Louis DB Florida International University Cody Manguso QB Attending University of Nevada Reno Gary Miller LB Bemidji State University Nick Fross C Minot State University Cole Baker LB University of Minnesota, Morris Michael Padilla OL Attending UCLA Andrew Blundell OL Quincy University Arlen Roberts OL Bemidji State University Aaron Allen WR Attending University of California Berkeley Jermaine Jacobs DT Portland State University Patrick Antoine DT Livingstone University Brent Barstow RB Whittier College Taylor Boustead SS Attending Oregon State University Nate Campbell LB United States Naval Reserve Kyler Crawford DB Central Methodist University Daryl Drake S Attending: San Diego State University Dayton Edwards QB Hastings College Stanley Edward DB Minnesota State University Daniel Grant WR Humboldt State University Greg Hansbourough DE Missouri Southern / Arkansas Tech Tim Haug FS Hastings College Tyler Schroeder WR Unsigned Kyle Shasteen OL Central Missouri State University Dustin Trimble DT Kansas Wesleyan Bryan Morris DB Offered / Unsigned Manuel Garcia K Unsigned Marcus Hansen WR University of Minnesota, Mankato Robert Kirvin WR University of Sioux Falls Clint Haglund WR West Texas A&M Rod Wasche DT Black Hills State University Jared Gruber SS Black Hills State University Geoff Drake OL Kansas Wesleyan Jodane Craigman DE University of Kentucky Adrian Dunn DE Bemidji State University Jared Dunn SS Bemidji State University Gary Norris FS Missouri Valley State University Matt Stiles OL Fayteville State University Frank Espy LB Ouachita Baptist University Andy Morris FS Minot State University Morgan Weiper WR Humboldt State University Rory Tiedeman WR Mt. Union College Ryon Baxter QB Iowa Wesleyan Willie Crawford WR Dana College Dustin Brown WR Dana College Chris Cavender QB Sacramento State University John Duran TE Humboldt State University James Nelson LB Humboldt State University U-Gene Jackson DT University of Redlands Jo-el Perryman DB University of Redlands Irvin McCallum OL Benedictine College Gabe Ellis P / K University of California, Davis Daulton Abernathy RB United States Air Force Brian Sallee DT Duke University Montez Bridgefourth WR Concordia University David Devol QB Greenville College Alex Davis LB Carroll College John Hornbuckle LB Iowa Wesleyan Jamal Johnson DB Mississippi State University Roy Prior OL United States Marine Corps   Mike Mari, Interim Athletic Director | Office (707) 468-3141 | Fax (707) 468-3132 | mari@mendocino.edu Anna Daugherty, Administrative Assistant | Office (707) 468-3255 | Fax (707) 468-3132 | adaugh@mendocino.edu Naoto Horiiguchi, Athletic Trainer | (707) 468-3037 | nhoriguci@mendocino.edu
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