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Free Safety Ryan Gutierrez Player Profiles 2004 PLAYER PROFILES season-high six tackles in the Big Game at Stanford ... despite not posting a single JUSTIN tackle, credited with a fumble recovery, a blocked extra-point and a pass defensed AIROLA 42 against eventual Pac-10 champion Oregon Oct. 13 ... recorded a seven-yard sack at UCLA. Position: ................................................ TE High School/Personal: Earned SuperPrep All-America honors, ranking as Height: ................................................... 6-5 the No. 7 defensive line recruit in the country ... also rated No. 44 prospect in Weight: ................................................ 230 the nation by SuperPrep and ranked No. 5 among all recruits in Far West ... Year: ...................................................... SO ranked as the No. 2 defensive line prospect in the West by PrepStar, earning Experience: .......................................... SQ Dream Team status and rating as the No. 10 defensive line prospect in the Hometown:................................. Escalon country by that publication ... picked to play on California state all-star team Last School: ....................... Escalon HS vs. Florida ... finished his senior season with 120 tackles, including 17 sacks among 25 tackles behind the line of scrimmage ... also caused five fumbles and Adds depth at tight end for the Bears after joining the squad as a walk-on … recovered three others ... mother is Stephanie Moore ... born May 31, 1983 … coaches noted his progress during spring drills … strength gains in the weight undeclared major. room have helped him physically grow into the position … 2002-03 … has not seen any action at Cal. ALEXANDER’S CAREER STATISTICS High School/Personal: Played both defensive end and tight end at Escalon Year UT AT TT Loss Sacks Int FR HS … earned first team all-league honors twice on defense and once on offense 2001 20 4 24 5.0-15 1-7 0 1 … also a two-time all-area and all-state defensive end … voted his team’s 2002 19 6 25 5.0-13 1-5 0 1 defensive MVP as a junior and senior … also played basketball for two years, 2003 21 12 33 3.5-8 1-4 0 1 claiming first team all-league honors … parents are Bill and Deloris Airola … Totals 60 22 82 13.5-36 3-16 0 3 born Feb. 24, 1984 in Sonora, CA … public health major. JOHN ALLEN 93 Position: ................................................ DT Height: ................................................... 6-2 LORENZO Weight: ................................................ 230 ALEXANDER 76 Year: ...................................................... FR Experience: .......................................... SQ Position: ................................................ DT Hometown:.............................. Los Gatos Height: ................................................... 6-3 Last School: .................... Los Gatos HS Weight: ................................................ 300 Year: ...................................................... SR Did not see any game action in his rookie year in 2003. Experience: .......................................... 3V High School/Personal: A two-time All-DeAnza League selection at Los Hometown:............................... Berkeley Gatos High School … named DeAnza League’s Outstanding Lineman as a senior, Last School: .................... St. Mary’s HS also earning all-metro honors by the San Francisco Chronicle and San Jose Mercury-News in 2002 … played on Los Gatos teams that posted three straight One of the most dominant interior linemen in the Pac-10 last season, unbeaten seasons and won three CCS titles … the Wildcats were ranked the state’s consistently drawing double-team strategy from opposing offenses … named top Division III school in 2001 and 2002 … bagged 68 tackles and four sacks honorable mention All-Pac-10 for a second straight season last fall ... along with as a two-way starting lineman as a senior … played in the Charlie Wedemeyer Donnie McCleskey, one of two defensive team captains in 2003 … tabbed second North vs. South All-Star Game … has postgraduate plans to attend law school team All-Pac-10 by Athlon Sports in its 2004 preseason magazine … has earned … rides and trains horses in his spare time … worked for a tree-cutting business a reputation for stuffing the run and providing internal pressure on the interior last summer … parents are Douglas and Francisca Allen … father played football line ... one of the nation’s premier recruits three years ago ... a massive player at UC Davis and San Jose State … born Feb. 3, 1985 in San Jose, CA … undeclared with all the tools to develop into a college All-American ... has a great major. combination of size, strength and instincts ... runs a 4.8 in 40-yard dash … 2003 … spearheaded strong defensive efforts against such teams as Southern Mississippi (defensive shutout), Washington (293 yards, 7 points), Arizona (14 points), J.J. UCLA (228 yards, two TDs) and USC (24 points in regulation) … given the Brick ARRINGTON 30 Muller Award as the team’s most valuable defensive lineman after surpassing his career-high in tackles this year with 33 stops … 2002 ... blossomed into one of Position: ................................................ TB the conference’s better defensive interior linemen, earning All-Pac-10 honorable Height: ................................................ 5-11 mention notice as a sophomore … posted 25 tackles (19 solo), five tackles for Weight: ................................................ 210 losses, one sack and one fumble recovery in winning the Bob Tessier Award as Year: ...................................................... SR the team’s Most Improved Lineman on defense ... also blocked two kicks on Experience: .......................................... 1V special teams ... played in all 12 games, drawing six starts (Game 1 and Games Hometown:................................ Newhall 8-12) ... paramount effort came in Cal’s 17-12 win over UCLA Oct. 19 when Last School: . College of the Canyons he bagged four tackles, including two stops for losses of six yards, and recovered a critical fumble ... also nabbed four tackles in the season opener vs. Baylor and One of the Pac-10’s premier running backs entering the 2004 season after tallied his lone sack of the season in the Big Game against Stanford ... 2001 ... emerging last fall as one of the better second-string backs in the nation … churned baptized under fire, receiving estimable playing time in all 11 games during his out a Pac-10-leading 5.7 yards per rush last season (tied with Arizona State’s rookie year as a true freshman ... pocketed 24 tackles (including five for losses Loren Wade), netting 607 yards on 107 carries in 13 games as league’s No. 10 of 15 yards), one sack and one fumble recovery in earning 2001 Pac-10 All- rusher … also caught 21 passes for 178 yards and scored eight touchdowns (5 Freshmen first team honors from The Sporting News ... started last five games rushing, 3 receiving) … coming off the bench in the Insight Bowl, he led the Bears at defensive tackle, a period in which he notched 16 tackles ... punched out in rushing with 37 yards on 11 carries and also snagged five passes for 38 yards, 34 2004 California Golden Bear Football Media Guide including a clutch 13-yard touchdown strike from Aaron Rodgers with 30 seconds of his high school’s track & field team … parents are Nick and Paddi Arthur … left before halftime that sliced Virginia Tech’s lead to 28-21 at intermission … born Aug. 14, 1985 in San Diego, CA … undeclared major. transferred to Cal after two stellar seasons in the JC ranks at College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita … 2003 … averaged 13.2 yards per carry in shredding ERIC Washington’s defense for 185 yards and one touchdown on only 14 attempts in his second-ever Cal start in place of regular tailback Adimchinobe Echemandu BEEGUN 83 (knee)… despite limited playing time, was fourth on the team in scoring with Position: ................................................ TE 48 points … his 185-yard display vs. Washington tied fellow teammate Terrell Height: ................................................... 6-3 Williams (185 at Rutgers, 2001) for the 15th greatest rushing day in Cal history Weight: ................................................ 250 … included in that outburst were jaunts of 68 and 51 yards, as he blazed to 157 Year: ...................................................... JR yards on 10 carries in the first half … the 68-yard run was the longest by a Cal Experience: .......................................... 1V player since Joe Igber raced 80 yards against Arizona State in 2000 … also caught Hometown: ................ Pacific Palisades a 30-yard pass from Aaron Rodgers in the rout over UW, giving him 215 total Last School: ..................... Palisades HS yards of offense … prior to that Washington explosion, enjoyed two other big outings, rushing for 114 yards on 16 attempts in Cal’s 34-2 romp over Southern Gives the Bears depth at the tight end position ... plays a key role on special Mississippi, and galloping for 92 yards and two TDs on 11 carries in the Bears’ teams and should challenge for more playing time this year after sitting out last 42-14 conquest of Arizona … had a career-long 32-yard catch at Arizona State season with a shoulder injury suffered in 2003 training camp ... 2003 … redshirted … also snared two touchdown passes (22 and 7 yards) in the season opener against during the year, then returned for spring 2004 workouts … 2002 ... saw action Kansas State.