In recent years, many Long Beach Poly High football players have received scholarship offers from Division I schools, but several have fallen short of NCAA admissions standards because of low test scores.
Here's a look at some of Poly's players and what became of them their freshman years--or what would have been their freshman years--in college.
Darnell Bing, DB--academic nonqualifier.
*--* CLASS OF 2002
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Rory Carrington, RB/LB--on roster at Idaho State.
Chris Davis, DB--on roster at New Mexico State.
Hershel Dennis, RB--on roster at USC.
Winston Justice, OL--on roster at USC.
Marcedes Lewis, TE--on roster at UCLA.
Kevin Tapp, CB--on roster at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
Pago Togafau, LB--on roster at Idaho State.
Manuel Wright, DL--nonqualifier.
*--* CLASS OF 2001
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Donta Chandler, WR--on roster at Utah State.
Josh Hawkins, WR--on roster at Oregon State.
Ernie James, DB--on roster at Idaho State.
Marvin Simmons, LB--nonqualifier.
Raymond Tago, DL--nonqualifier.
Soane Taliauli, LB--redshirt at Utah.
Raymond Washington, DB--nonqualifier; on Fresno State's 2002 roster.
Mike Willis, WR--redshirt at Oregon, but left after one year.
*--* CLASS OF 2000
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Lonnel Penman, WR--redshirt at San Diego State.
Kim Taylor, DB--nonqualifier; on Washington's 2002 roster.
Marley Tucker, DB--on roster at Oregon.
*--* CLASS OF 1999
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Jeremy Johnson, TE--redshirt at Fresno State.
Kareem Kelly, WR--on roster at USC.
Chris Lewis, QB--redshirt at Stanford.
Dennis Link, LB--on roster at UCLA.
Samie Parker, WR--redshirt at Oregon.
Darrell Rideaux, DB--on roster at USC.
*--* CLASS OF 1998
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Herman Ho-Ching, RB--on roster at Oregon.
Ryan Iata, DE--nonqualifier; on San Diego State's 2002 roster.
*--* CLASS OF 1997
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Marques Anderson, DB--on roster at UCLA.
Michael Pollard, LB--nonqualifier; on USC's 2002 roster.
Researched by staff writer Bob Rohwer with help of Student Sports magazine.
