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11/19/22 - Jackson Sirmon, rSr/2024, California + More +

Jackson Sirmon scored on 37-yard return following a wild play with two fumbles and California rallied from a double-digit deficit in the fourth quarter to beat Stanford 27-20 in the Big Game on Saturday. The Golden Bears (4-7, 2-6 Pac-12) trailed 17-6 in the fourth quarter when Jack Plummer started the comeback with a 1-yard touchdown pass to Monroe Young. Then things really went crazy on the ensuing possession for Stanford (3-8, 1-8). Backup quarterback Ashton Daniels took a direct snap and ran to his left. He was stripped of the ball by Daniel Scott and Cal's Jeremiah Earby recovered. But Daniels then knocked the ball loose from Earby for a second fumble on the play only to have Sirmon scoop it up and run in to give Cal a 20-17 lead with 9:54 to play.

Stanford had three more drives to rally. But the Cardinal punted twice and then McKee was intercepted by Scott with just more than two minutes to play, setting up Jaydn Ott's 1-yard run that sealed the win. There was little at stake in the 125th version of the Big Game other pride and the Axe that goes to the victorious team. Both teams were eliminated from bowl contention with blowout losses last week making this the first meeting when neither team had a chance at a bowl since 2000. This is also the first time since 1997-98 that Cal and Stanford will both have losing records in back-to-back seasons. That didn't completely dampen the enthusiasm as Cal had its first home sellout since a 2013 game against Ohio State with a crowd of 51,892. Stanford controlled the game through the first three quarters by scoring TDs on their opening drives of both halves. They took the opening kickoff and drove 75 yards capped by Mitch Leigber's 1-yard run for his first career touchdown after moving from safety earlier this season. After forcing a three-and-out to start the second half, Stanford drive 71 yards for another score with McKee connecting on a 9-yard score to Elijah Higgins. - California/AP College Football

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ILB Jackson Sirmon, California
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11/09/22 - Liam Johnson, rSr/2025, California + More +

OCT 31 IVY LEAGUE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Liam Johnson, Princeton (Jr., LB - Moorestown, N.J.),...Was tied for the team lead with eight tackles and added an 89-yard interception return for a touchdown...His 89-yard interception return was the longest for a Princeton Tiger since 2012. - Ivy League football

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ILB Liam Johnson, California
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11/08/22 - Teddye Buchanan, rSr/2025, California + More +

OCT 31 BIG SKY DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Teddye Buchanan (UC Davis),...Teddye Buchanan won Big Sky Football Defensive Player of the Week honors, giving UC Davis its third conference weekly award for that side of the ball. In his second game back from an injury, the sophomore linebacker tallied five tackles and picked off two passes in the 59-17 win over Cal Poly. Buchanan's first interception came in the endzone to thwart a Cal Poly scoring chance, before returning his second interception 65 yards for a touchdown. Others Nominated, Def: Armon Bailey (Sac State), Winston Reid (Weber State), Jaymason Willingham (Portland State). - Big Sky Football

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ILB Teddye Buchanan, California
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10/25/22 - Matthew Cindric, rSr/2024, California + More +

Cal Coach Justin Wilcox announced after the game that fifth-year senior offensive lineman Matthew Cindric, a team caption whose 33 career starts are the most on the team, is out for the season. Cindric began the season as the Bears' center then was moved to right guard. He was injured early in the Colorado game a week ago. "He's an extremely tough guy," Wilcox said. "He got injured early in the game last week and really didn't mention it, just played the entire game. Unfortunately, it's an injury that needs to be repaired. He is a warrior of a person." "A big loss," Plummer called it. - Oakland Tribune

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C Matthew Cindric, California
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10/23/22 - Patrick McMorris, rSr/2024, California + More +

Patrick McMorris returned a fumble for a touchdown in the game's opening minute, Jalen Mayden passed for 156 yards and added a 32-yard rushing touchdown and San Diego State beat Nevada 23-7 Saturday night. On the second play from scrimmage, Nevada's Cross Patton fumbled and McMorris scooped and scored to give the Aztecs the lead for good at 7-0 with 14:16 left in the first quarter. Jack Browning kicked a 30-yard field goal about 5 minutes later and made a 27-yarder midway through the second quarter that gave San Diego State (3-3, 1-1 Mountain West) a 13-0 lead. Shane Illingsworth threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Spencer Curtis to get Nevada (2-5, 0-3) on the board with 48 seconds left in the first half. Browning added a 23-yard field goal in the fourth quarter and Mayden's TD scramble capped the scoring with 5:29 to play. Illingsworth was 21-of-33 passing for 181 yards with an interception. - San Diego State/AP College Football

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SS Patrick McMorris, California
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09/26/22 - Jaydn Ott, Jr/2026, California + More +

SEPT 26 PAC-12 OFFENSIVE PLAYER & FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Jaydn Ott, Fr., RB, California (Chino, Calif.),...Ott rewrote much of Cal's record book with his performance Saturday when he rushed for 274 yards and three touchdowns on 19 carries in the Golden Bears' 49-31 home victory over Arizona...Set the Pac-12 record for rushing yards in a game by a freshman, surpassing Oregon State RB Jermar Jefferson's 254 against Arizona State in 2018. 274 yards rushing were the most in an FBS game since Oct. 16, 2021, the most by an FBS freshman since Nov. 17, 2018, and the most by an FBS true freshman since Nov. 26, 2015. It was also the third-most ever at Cal and the most ever by a Golden Bear freshman.

Ott's three touchdowns are tied for the most by a Pac-12 player in a game in 2022 both rushing and overall, while he became the first Cal player to rush for three touchdowns or more in a game since 2017 and only third Golden Bear to do it since 2011...Had touchdown runs of 73 and 72 yards to become the first Pac-12 player with two runs of 70 or more yards in a game since 2020 and the first Cal player since 2008. Ott's 73-yard touchdown run was Cal's longest since 2021 and the longest by a Cal freshman since 2013...First Cal player to win Offensive Player of the Week since QB Davis Webb in Week 5 of the 2016 season...Also nominated for Offense: Bo Nix, QB, Oregon; Travis Dye, RB, USC; Jam Griffin, RB, Oregon State; Jacob Cowing, WR, Arizona; Rome Odunze, WR, Washington; Zach Charbonnet, RB, UCLA; Cameron Rising, QB, Utah; Jayden de Laura, QB, Arizona...Also nominated for Freshman: Lander Barton, LB, Utah; Jordan James, RB, Oregon; Ceyair Wright, DB, USC; Carter Brown, K, Arizona State; Owen McCown, QB, Colorado. - Pac-12 Football

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RB Jaydn Ott, California
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09/26/22 - Jaydn Ott, Jr/2026, California + More +

California freshman Jaydn Ott turned in the best rushing performance of the season with 274 yards and three touchdowns on just 19 carries against Arizona. Ott had TD runs of 73, 72 and 18 yards Saturday while running for the most yards since Tyrion Davis-Price of LSU went for 287 on 36 carries against Florida on Oct. 16, 2021. It was the sixth 200-yard rushing game in the Bowl Subdivision this season and Cal's top rushing total since Jahvid Best had 311 yards against Washington in 2008. - AP College Football

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RB Jaydn Ott, California
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09/24/22 - Jaydn Ott, Jr/2026, California + More +

Jaydn Ott ran for 274 yards and three touchdowns and California opened Pac-12 play with a 49-31 victory over Arizona on Saturday. Ott scored on a 73-yard run on the second play from scrimmage, an improbable 18-yarder in the third quarter after he had appeared to be stopped for a short gain, and then another 72-yarder to ice it late in the fourth. Ott had the third most rushing yards in school history, trailing only Jahvid Best's 311 against Washington in 2008 and Jerry Drew's 283 against Oregon State in 1954.

Jack Plummer added three TD passes for the Golden Bears (3-1, 1-0), who won their sixth straight home game. It's their longest winning streak at Memorial Stadium since a nine-gamer in 2008-09. Cal also ended a six-game skid against Arizona (2-2, 0-1) by beating the Wildcats for the first time since 2009. Jayden de Laura threw for 401 yards and two touchdowns for the Wildcats (2-2, 0-1), who had no answers defensively and lost their 12th straight conference road game. A year after Arizona beat COVID-depleted Cal 10-3 at home for its only win in 2021, the teams exceeded that point total after both teams scored touchdowns on the opening drive. It was a back-and-forth, high-scoring affair in the first half with Ott scoring on a 73-yard run on the second play from scrimmage to set the tone. - California/AP College Football

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RB Jaydn Ott, California
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09/13/22 - Jaydn Ott, Jr/2026, California + More +

SEPT 12 PAC-12 FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Jaydn Ott, Fr., RB, California (Chino, Calif.),...Defending Pac-12 Freshman of the Week had yet another strong performance in his second game at Cal by becoming the first Golden Bear in three seasons to score both a rushing and receiving touchdown in the same game in Cal's 20-14 win over UNLV...Scored touchdowns on Cal's first two drives with the second coming in dramatic fashion on fourth-and-two from the UNLV 12 with an acrobatic leap into the end zone after receiving a Jack Plummer pass in the flat...Finished with seven rushes for a team-high 52 yards on the ground while adding a career-high three receptions for 16 yards.

After two games, Ott is fourth in the Pac-12 in both total rushing yards (156) and rushing yards per game (78.0 ypg)...First Cal player to win this award in back-to-back weeks since it was created in 2019. Oregon's Noah Sewell won back-to-back last season and in 2020 it was Washington's Dylan Morris winning it in consecutive weeks and Utah's Ty Jordan winning it the final 3 weeks of the season. The last time Cal won any Pac-12 weekly award in back-to-back weeks was in 2015 when Kyle Kragen won Defensive Player of the Week on September 28 and Stefan McClure took it home the next week on October 5. Also nominated: Jaylon Glover, RB, Utah; Lake McRee, TE, USC; Damien Martinez, RB, Oregon State; Jalen Woods, LB, UCLA; Tetairoa McMillan, WR, Arizona. - Pac-12 Football

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RB Jaydn Ott, California
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09/11/22 - Chandler Rogers, rSr/2025, California + More +

Chandler Rogers threw a pair of touchdown passes and ran for another score as Louisiana-Monroe rolled to a 35-7 victory over Nicholls on Saturday night. Rogers was 20-of-25 passing for 253 yards and threw at least one completion each to 10 separate receivers. He threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Zach Rasmussen and an 18-yarder to Jevin Frett. Alred Lake Luke made three receptions for 72 yards including a 68-yard catch. Frett had six receptions for 71 yards. Malik Jackson and Andrew Henry also had a touchdown run apiece for the Warhawks. Rogers' 9-yard touchdown run capped the scoring with 11:21 remaining. The trio combined for 135 yards rushing on 25 carries. Kohen Granier threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to K.J. Franklin for Nicholls (0-2) and the game's only score in the first quarter. - Louisiana-Monroe/AP College Football

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QB Chandler Rogers, California
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09/10/22 - Jaydn Ott, Jr/2026, California + More +

Jaydn Ott scored two touchdowns, one on the ground and one through the air, and California's defense stiffened late to lead the Bears to a 20-14 victory over UNLV on Saturday. Cal (2-0) made three fourth-down stops in the second half, including a fourth and goal opportunity for the Rebels from the Cal 8 with 2:46 remaining that preserved Cal's six-point lead. UNLV got the ball back one more time with 1:03 remaining, but Isaiah Young intercepted UNLV quarterback Doug Brumfield deep in Cal territory on the game's final play. Jack Plummer threw for 278 yards and a touchdown as the Golden Bears got off to a fast start on offense. But after taking a 20-7 lead on a Dario Longhetto field goal midway through the third quarter, Cal's offense stalled and UNLV (1-1) grabbed momentum.

Aidan Robbins rushed for 84 yards for UNLV, including a 31-yard score in the third that brought the Rebels to within 20-14. Three times Cal drove to UNLV's 10-yard line or deeper and didn't get touchdowns. The Bears settled for two field goals and Plummer was intercepted on the third drive. After being held to minus-1 yard of offense in the first quarter last week against UC Davis, the Bears got off to a fast start Saturday and led 14-0 after the first. Plummer completed his first eight passes and consistently found open receivers against a UNLV secondary that also was called for pass interference three times in the game. Ott scored on a 2-yard run and added a 12-yard touchdown catch later in the first, taking a short pass in the flat and making a leaping dive into the end zone on a fourth-and-2 play to give Cal a 14-0 lead. Kyle Williams got UNLV on the board with an 11-yard touchdown catch on the first play of the second quarter, but Dario Longhetto's 20-yard field goal gave Cal a 17-7 lead at halftime. - California/AP College Football

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RB Jaydn Ott, California
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09/07/22 - Jaydn Ott, Jr/2026, California + More +

FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Jaydn Ott, Fr., RB, California (Chino, Calif.),...Ott made one of the top debuts in Cal history by rushing for 104 yards on 17 carries and adding another 26 yards on two catches including a touchdown reception in the Golden Bears' season-opening 34-13 win over UC Davis...Became the first Cal player with 100 rushing yards or more in his debut for the school since Shane Vereen had 101 in Cal's 2008 opener against Michigan State, while Ott's 130 yards from scrimmage were the most by a player in his Cal debut since Keenan Allen had 158 in his 2010 debut for the Golden Bears also against UC Davis...Came into Cal as the nation's No. 14 running back (Rivals) in the recruiting class of 2022, a consensus four-star recruit and the MaxPreps Big XIII League Back of the Year as a 2021 senior at Norco High School...First Cal player to win this award since Lu-Magia Hearns III won in Week 12 of last season and first Cal offensive player to win since the award was created in 2019. Also nominated: Tetairoa McMillan, WR, Arizona; Raleek Brown, RB, USC; Carter Brown, K, Arizona State; Damien Martinez, RB, Oregon State; Mudia Reuben, WR, Stanford. - Pac-12 Football

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RB Jaydn Ott, California
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08/27/22 - Brett Johnson, rSr/2024, California + More +

California defensive lineman Brett Johnson will miss a second straight season after going down with a lower-body injury. Coach Justin Wilcox said Saturday that Johnson got hurt in practice on Thursday and will miss the entire season. Cal said the injury is unrelated to the broken hip Johnson suffered in a car accident that forced him to miss the 2021 season. "Brett is one of the toughest and most dedicated football players I have ever been around," Wilcox said. "Although this is a difficult situation for him, I am confident that he will return to the field in 2023. He has the unwavering support of all his coaches, teammates and everyone in our football program. It is important for us to rally around each other as a team and respond positively to this adversity." Johnson was a preseason pick for the Pac-12 second team by the coaches. He has 46 tackles, six tackles for loss and three sacks in 17 career games since arriving at Cal in 2019. - AP College Football

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DT Brett Johnson, California
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08/21/22 - Trey Paster, Sr/2024, California + More +

2022 PRESEASON ALLSTATE AFCA GOOD WORKS TEAM NOMINEE: Trey Paster, University of California,...Paster has established the non-profit Seven Pillars Foundation to inspire and teach others about the traits that could be carried out and applied through all aspects of life and to help people in different communities, students, student-athletes and anyone with the desire to achieve higher goals and be successful...One of four Cal student-athletes in 2021-22 to earn The Walter A. Haas Jr. Community Service Award given annually to a student-athlete for his or her outstanding contribution to community service to honor Walter A. Haas Jr. for his commitment and service to the University and larger community. - Cal Football

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ILB Trey Paster, California
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08/14/22 - Trey Paster, Sr/2024, California + More +

2022 PRESEASON WUERFFEL TROPHY (COMMUNITY SERVICE) WATCHLIST: Trey Paster, Cal, Jr., LB,...Cal's nominee for the prestigious Allstate AFCA Good Works Team prior to his 2022 junior campaign for his work in the Bay Area community and in his hometown of Merced, Calif...Has established the non-profit Seven Pillars Foundation to inspire and teach others about the traits that could be carried out and applied through all aspects of life and to help people in different communities, students, student-athletes and anyone with the desire to achieve higher goals and be successful...One of four Cal student-athletes in 2021-22 to earn The Walter A. Haas Jr. Community Service Award given annually to a student-athlete for his or her outstanding contribution to community service to honor Walter A. Haas Jr. for his commitment and service to the University and larger community. - California Football

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