Former Edison football stand out and Fresno State’s grey shirt freshman A.J. Greeley will attend Fresno City College after failing to meet Fresno State’s academic requirements.

Greeley hopes to continue his education at FCC and will play football with the Rams in the fall of 2016.

Greeley,18, played football for the Edison Tigers as defensive back. During his time there, Greeley was one of the rising stars on his team.

In his senior year, he was named in the Fresno Bee’s top 50 football players in the central valley, making him one of the highly recruited prospects to come out of the high school.

Greeley got scholarship offers from Arizona State, Washington State, Oregon State and Colorado before he committed to Fresno State.

Greeley was set to start his freshman year at Fresno State when it revealed that his grades at Edison fell below the minimum requirement, making him ineligible to enroll in classes.

His grades at Edison were average, so his college acceptance depended on his SAT scores. Unfortunately, Greeley fell short of what was required and now has to look at Fresno City Colleges as a secondary option.

“I was not doing as well as I should in Edison as I should. I needed to score a 72, and I scored a 68, barely missing the requirement,” Greeley said.

“When it came to choosing a community college to transfer to, why choose a school that is out of our district. Fresno City College was the easier choice.”

For an athlete who is hoping to go pro in his sport, most see transferring to a junior college as a bad thing. Greeley, however, does not see things that way.

Greeley says he sees the importance of his education more than he did in high school, and that he hopes to do as much as he can to improve his GPA before transferring to a University.

He is looking toward the future and what is has to offer him.  He is majoring in criminology and become a police officer in case his football career doesn’t work out.

“I expect to be here at City for a year and a half to get all of the requirements that I need to transfer to a four year college,” Greeley said.  “I see my time here more for education than football as it’s a bigger priority to me than anything else.”

As focused as Greeley is on his education during his time here at FCC,  he is still looking forward to keeping up his football skills by playing for the Rams in the upcoming season.

Greeley said he has been in talks with Rams head coach Tony Caviglia who was in favor of having him on his roster next season, hoping he makes a sudden impact on the team like he did at Edison.

Greeley is thinking about his future and which university he would like to attend after his time at FCC is over.

Since Greeley did originally chose to enroll at Fresno State, he has not ruled out the idea of returning to there while looking at other schools that spark his interest.

The future for Greeley is open and it starts not at FCC.

“Going back to Fresno State is still up there,” Greeley said. “But I am looking at other schools, mostly Arizona State or Boise State.”