CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS FOOTBALL TABLE OF CONTENTS Media Info .................................................................1 2018 Year In Review ..............................................12 Records ..................................................................42 History .....................................................................70 This Is Cal ............................................................ 120 2019 PRESEASON CALIFORNIA FOOTBALL NOTES 2019 SCHEDULE SECONDARY LEADS ONE OF NATION'S TOP DEFENSES • Cal will play six home games at California Memorial Stadium in 2019 • Cal ranked in the top 10 nationally and paced the conference in including four Pac-12 contests. The Golden Bears will host UC Davis 2018 in interceptions (21, No. 2 NCAA), defensive touchdowns (5, (Aug. 31) and North Texas (Sept. 14) in non-conference action followed No. T4 NCAA), turnovers gained (28, No. 6T NCAA) and passing yards by Arizona State (Sept. 27), Oregon State (Oct. 19), Washington State allowed (175.1 ypg, No. 9 NCAA). (Nov. 3) and USC (Nov. 10) in Pac-12 games. Cal's lone non-conference • Cal's secondary is ranked among the top eight in the nation in the road game is at Ole Miss (Sept. 21) while the Bears visit Washington preseason by three different media outlets. Phil Steele lists the unit (Sept. 7), Oregon (Oct. 5), Utah (Oct. 26), Stanford (Nov. 23) and UCLA second, while the Golden Bears are ranked fourth nationally according (Nov. 30) for Pac-12 road contests. to Athlon and eighth by Lindy's. • Cal will play 11 of its 12 regular-season games on Saturdays with the • Cal’s secondary features four players that have been garnered with lone exception against Arizona State on a Friday. All-Pac-12 honors during the 2019 preseason including first-team pick S Ashtyn Davis (Athlon), as well as second-teamers CB Camryn 2018 SEASON REVIEW Bynum (Athlon, Phil Steele) and S Jaylinn Hawkins (Athlon, Lindy's), • Cal is coming off a 2018 season in which the Golden Bears reached and third-teamer CB Elijah Hicks (Phil Steele). their first bowl game and posted a winning record (7-6) both for the first • Davis had the top honors among the team's defensive backs in 2018 time since 2015, while also playing in their first Pac-12 affiliated bowl with first-team selections from AP, Athlon and Pro Football Focus, since 2011 at the Cheez-It Bowl. The 2018 season included signature while Bynum was a second-team choice of AP and Athlon. wins over Pac-12 champion and then No. 15/13 Washington and at • Davis, who has played in 37 career games with 22 starts, had career USC. The Bears reached a high point of 7-4 overall after winning four highs of 56 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, four interceptions that he of five Pac-12 contests at one point. Cal also started the season with returned for 59 yards and one touchdown, five pass breakups, nine a 3-0 mark and in Week 5 made its first appearance since 2015 in passes defended and one fumble recovery as a junior, while he has the AP Top 25 at No. 24. career defensive totals of 114 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and five interceptions that he has returned for 90 yards and one touchdown. JUSTIN WILCOX IN THIRD SEASON IN 2019 Davis, who is also a candidate for the Paul Hornung Award as the nation's most versatile player, has added 63 career kick returns for • Justin Wilcox is in his third season as the head football coach at Cal in 1455 yards and racked up 1545 all-purpose yards. 2019 and signed a new five-year contract just after the 2018 regular • Bynum has started all 25 Cal games over the last two seasons at season that extends him through the 2023 campaign. cornerback and has posted career numbers of 106 tackles, four • Wilcox is 12-13 overall after two seasons at Cal with a 7-6 record in interceptions, 18 pass breakups and 22 passes defended. He recorded 2018 after a 5-7 mark in his first campaign in 2017. a career-high 10 pass breakups and 2.5 tackles for loss as a 2018 sophomore, while his two interceptions equaled the two he had as EVAN WEAVER PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN a 2017 redshirt freshman. • ILB Evan Weaver leads the way early on in awards with his 2019 • Hawkins has played in 37 games with 26 starts over the last three preseason All-American honors from Athlon (first team) and Sports seasons and contributed 102 tackles, 5.0 tackles for loss, seven Illustrated (second team). Weaver is the first Cal player to earn first- interceptions (Cal's active career leader) that he has returned 61 yards, team preseason honors since Jahvid Best in 2009. five pass breakups and 12 passes defended, one forced fumble and • Weaver has played in 36 of 37 possible games with 17 starts since his seven kick returns for 82 yards over the last three seasons. Hawkins arrival at Cal in 2016 and posted career totals of 230 tackles, 13.0 led the Pac-12 in total interceptions (6) and interceptions per game tackles for loss (-52 yards), 6.0 sacks (-35 yards), two interceptions (0.5) in 2018 while ranking tied for third and tied for fifth nationally, that he has returned for 47 yards and one touchdown on a career- picking up three against TCU to earn Cheez-It Bowl Defensive Player long 37-yard return against Washington as a 2018 junior, eight pass of the Game and Sports Illustrated All-Bowl Team honors. breakups and one quarterback hurry. • Hicks has played in all 25 games possible with 18 starts over the • Weaver is Cal's active career leader in tackles and will begin the last two seasons and posted career totals of 69 tackles, 7.0 tackles 2019 campaign 29 shy of reaching the school's all-time top 10 list. for loss, one interception that he returned 34 yards for a touchdown • Weaver is the nation's leading returning tackler in 2019 after recording at Colorado as a 2018 sophomore, five pass breakups, six passes career highs of 159 tackles to rank tied for second on Cal's all-time defended and two forced fumbles single-season list, 9.5 tackles for loss (-42 yards), 4.5 sacks (-28 • Traveon Beck (33 games, 4 starts, 59 tackles, 2.0 TFL, 1 FF, 3 INT, yards), two interceptions that he returned for 47 yards and his lone 4 PBU, 7 PD) and Josh Drayden (35 games, 4 starts, 55 tackles, 2 career touchdown against Washington, six pass breakups and one INT-1TD, 8 PBU, 10 PD, 3 QBH) also have significant career numbers quarterback hurry as a 2018 junior while playing in and starting all and are expected to be major contributors in 2019. 13 games for the first time in his career. 2019 CALIFORNIA FOOTBALL RECORD BOOK 1 CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS FOOTBALL NATIONAL LEVEL PRESEASON RECOGNITION STARTERS RETURNING ALL OVER THE FIELD ON DEFENSE • In addition to being the first Cal player to earn preseason first-team • Cal has a total of 12 players on the defensive side of the ball on its All-American recognition since Jahvid Best in 2009, Weaver is also 2019 roster that have combined to start 165 career games including on watch lists for the Lott IMPACT Trophy and Chuck Bednarik Award 94 of a possible 143 starts in 2018. The list includes CB Traveon for the honors awarding the nation's top defensive playeR. Beck (4 career starts/4 2019 starts), DE Luc Bequette (25/13), CB • Marcel Dancy is Cal's nominee for the Allstate AFCA Good Works Camyrn Bynum (25/13), S Ashtyn Davis (22/13), CB Josh Drayden Team® honoring community service efforts. Dancy is a volunteer (4/2), DE Siulagisipai Fuimaono (1/1), OLB Cameron Goode (10/1), coach for the Oakland Dynamites youth football and cheer squad. S Jaylinn Hawkins (26/12), CB Elijah Hicks (18/11), DE Zeandae • Michael Saffell is Cal's nominee for the Wuerffel Trophy honoring Johnson (2/2), OLB Tevin Paul (10/9) and ILB Evan Weaver (18/13). student-athletes for academics, athletics and community service. Saffell is serving as the lead ambassador for the Patrick Laird Reading CHASE GARBERS ENDS SPRING AS TOP QUARTERBACK Challenge in 2019. • Head coach Justin Wilcox told media following spring workouts that • Many additional watch lists are scheduled to be announced following Chase Garbers ended the spring as their top quarterback although the July 15 deadline for the Cal football information guide. all four signal-callers on the spring roster received reps during team periods in spring ball and will continue to competing for the starting LINEBACKERS UNIT ALSO RECEIVING NATIONAL ATTENTION job in the fall. • Athlon and Phil Steele both have Cal's linebackers ranked among the • The other quarterbacks on the roster include UCLA transfer Devon nation's top units in the preseason with the group checking in at No. Modster, San Francisco City College transfer Jack Newman and 7 according to Athlon and No. 8 by Phil Steele. returnee Robby Rowell (all on the roster in the spring of 2019) and • OLB/DE Tevin Paul is the returning linebacker other than ILB Evan incoming freshman Spencer Brasch. Weaver coming off the most notable season at the position as he • Garbers is the only one of the five to have taken a snap for the Golden posted 44 tackles, a team-high-tying 11.0 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, Bears, playing in 12 games with 10 starts including each of the last two pass breakups and three quarterback hurries in 2018. seven contests in 2018 when he completed 159-of-260 passes (61.2%) • Paul and incoming ILB Kuony Deng were the other players to join Weaver for 1506 yards with 14 touchdown throws and 10 interceptions for in receiving preseason honors with Paul a second-team preseason a 119.89 passer efficiency rating.