It looks like Cal head coach Sonny Dykes has finally hit his stride when it comes to recruiting. Sometimes it takes a couple of years before a coach gets his footing in a new location. Cal hasn't always many received early commitments from high school and junior college athletes but they are getting them this year. Thirteen players have made verbal commitments to continue their football in Berkeley. In the past Cal wouldn't hit thirteen commits until they well into the fall. Even during Jeff Tedford's best recruiting years.
As of today, these are the players that will be joining the Cal football team for the 2016 season:
Traveon Beck, CB, St. John Bosco (Bellflower, CA)
Russell Becker, DT, Minnesota St. Community College (Fergus Falls, MN)
Derrick Clark, RB, Mission Bay, (San Diego)
Jake Curhan, OL, Redwood (Larkspur, CA)
Josh Drayden, CB, Bishop Dunne (Dallas)
Zion Echols, RB, Charter Oak (Covina, CA)
Logan Gamble, WR, St. Anthony (Long Beach, CA)
Max Gilliam, QB, Thousand Oaks (Thousand Oaks, CA)
Daniel Juarez, OL, Corona Centennial (Corona, CA)
Drew Kobayashi, WR, St. Louis (Honolulu, HI)
Matt Laris, WR, Eastside Catholic (Sammamish, WA)
Armani Rogers, QB, Hamilton Senior (Culver City, CA)
Markus Wright, LB, Jordan (Columbus, GA)
Three receivers, two quarterbacks, two running backs, two offensive linemen, a defensive lineman, a linebacker, and two corners. Cal really needs to improve their overall talent in the secondary. They had a couple of highly rated safeties earlier in the spring but those players have apparently withdrawn their commitments. An indication that any of these verbal commitments can be withdrawn up until signing day in February. Cal has been attracting solid receivers for years. That hasn't changed under Dykes. All eleven of the high school players have 3-star ratings. Kobayashi and Rogers have some 4-star attention.
This is a nice start to the 2016 recruiting class for Cal and Sonny Dykes.
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