Azusa Pacific Transfer Tracker

[APUFootballAlum]

While it appears Azusa Pacific announced its intention to honor football players' athletic aid despite cutting the program, a large population of APU football players elected to forego their scholarships and transfer elsewhere.

Here's the list of who's transferring to continue their playing careers, based off of what I was able to find on Twitter:

Joseph Marino (DL): Houston Baptist
Michael McDonald (LB): University of Redlands
Vincent Rollins (DL): Lamar University
Lee Pitts (DB): University of Sioux Falls
Matthew McRoskey (DB): Colorado Mesa
Gil'Scott Jackson (RB): Olivet Nazarene University
David Session (WR): Arizona Christian University
Payton Mitchell (LB): Davenport University
Leighton Bateman OL): Lindenwood University
Eric Esquer (OL): Austin Peay State University
Aaron Ramirez (OL): Colorado Mesa
Noah Gonzalez (DB): Dixie State University
Seth Broussard (LB): Valparaiso University
Spencer Luce (LS): Southern Methodist University
Josh Olave (DB): Weber State University
Dakota Ridgeway (WR): University of La Verne
Xzavier Ford (RB): Houston Baptist

It's exciting to see athletes able to continue careers at any level - especially those who were able to continue at the D1 or D2 level. From my count, I was able to find eight former Cougars heading to new homes at the FCS level or higher. I'm sure there will be more as some of the playmakers (Brandon Jackson and Jasiah Richard-Lewis) and big body linemen (Tim Dolan and Michael Malepeai) appear to be uncommitted. Please add any others that you have seen; I probably missed at least a few.

[crixus]

I live in SoCal and I'm sorry that AP dropped it's football program. But I'm glad you shared the list of players that caught on with other schools. I wish them well.