This year, four-year schools have approached 13 athletes and two of those athletes have signed on to those universities. Jason Hunt signed to the University of Cincinnati and Jon Anderson signed to the University of Pennsylvania, according to Love. According to Love, City College football has a high placement rate to the University of California system. Our athletic program is right in step with the college admission, which is to transfer students. And just like City College has the highest placement into the UC system in our district, our football program falls right in line with that by having the highest placement of our student athletes in the district.
Love attributes the success of football transfers to the supportive academic environment.
The student athletes receive counseling, qualified instructors, and transferable classes. We don't schedule guys only to have them eligible for football. When universities come and they look at the transcripts, there are actually transferable classes other than P.E. units, so you have guys taking philosophy, psychology, sociology, speech and English. In a recent Sacramento Bee article, the article comments on ARC and Sierra College athletic programs that are trying to get players that would otherwise go to City College. Those schools are trying to close the gap between them and City College on receiving top talent.