16 El Camino Players Sign With Four-Year Schools

El Camino College football Coach John Featherstone says 16 players from the 1992 team have signed letters of intent to play at four-year colleges.

Eleven of the players signed with NCAA Division I schools, four with Division II and one with Division III.

Four of the players signed with Pacific 10 Conference schools. Defensive end Ken Talanoa (6-foot-5, 250 pounds), a graduate of El Segundo High, signed with Arizona State; receiver Latario Rachal (5-11, 180), a Carson High grad, signed with California; cornerback Shawn Parnell (5-9, 160), a Carson grad, will play at Arizona; and center J.R. Smith (6-2, 210), a Redondo grad, signed with UCLA.

Others Warrior players who signed with Division I colleges include linebacker Dan Katoa (6-0, 240, Morningside), Hawaii; quarterback Jerry Singleton (6-2, 215), Colorado State; kicker Tom Dallen (5-10, 200, West Torrance), Cincinnati; punter Bryon Hammons (6-1, 185, Redondo), Western Michigan; linebacker Alex Schultz (6-2, 230, West Torrance), Weber State; running back Mike Phillips (5-11, 205, Morningside), Nevada; and offensive lineman Art Donnell (6-3, 285, Banning), Northern Arizona.

The Division III signees are center Robert Sale (6-0, 255, Carson), Portland State; defensive lineman Keith Jones (6-3, 290, Torrance), Eastern New Mexico; offensive lineman Alex Martinez (6-3, 260, Gardena), San Francisco State; and receiver Mario Smith (5-9, 170), Sonoma State.

Receiver Jon Cummins (6-3, 183, Torrance) signed with Division III West Liberty College.

Rod Harvey, who played quarterback for the Warriors two years ago and has not played since, signed with Sonoma State. Running back Mark Harper, who sat out last year after completing his El Camino career, signed with Cal State Northridge.