it is done.

Rough actually seeing it in print.

yeah, it is harder seeing it in print. i’m gonna need to do some searching for a while.

him and d jax are my favorite players by fa,r but if ive leaned anything its that jahvid needs to do this to make the most money possible, and were gonna be fine at cal with vereen debo sofele and yarnway and with coach gould still here we will never stop producing at rb.

Lets all just hope he kills at the combine runs a 4.2 and gets drafted in the first round so when were watching the nfl on sundays we can say " ya that guy right there, Best, he went to cal and i liked him before anyone else knew who he was".

You were a great representative of our school and football program. One of my all-time favorite Bears.

Given that I stood there in October wondering if I’d just seen the guy die on the field, I don’t blame him one little bit for making sure that the next time he does something crazy, there’s a sick paycheck in back of it. I totally concur with the “what-if” factor, though – if he can stay healthy, if the offense is more creative, if there’s any O-line at all this year…

I just hope he’s around when the ’Skins are picking.

Well done young man.

:)

WE LOVE YOU AND GO BEARS!

(i’m going to rec this for the fuck of it)

Had a solid career at Cal despite the injuries. ( Imagine him healthy for UDub. Ughh.)

Cannot blame him for leaving. No reason to play football for free when someone is willing to pay.

He’ll have a productive NFL career. Hopefully, he’ll be drafted by whatever team moves to LA. : )

It’s a shame the Tedford Era stars have been somewhat disappointing when looking back on their careers. Marshawn, Desean, and Jahvid all could and should have broken career marks for yardage and touchdowns, but injuries and short careers prevented that. Even more disappointing, none of them beat USC and none of them made it to a BCS bowl.

I love Jahvid, I do, but right now I’m finding it hard not to focus on “what could have been.”

Announcement confirmed during his teleconference a few minutes ago.

and good luck Jahvid. You will be missed in Bear Territory.

More on his decision:

“For the past couple weeks and over the last month, my family and I have been offered the opportunity to enter the NFL, and that was our decision,” Best said. “It wasn’t an easy decision, it took a lot of thought, and we got a lot of advice from everybody, from coaches — (Cal coach Jeff) Tedford, my running backs coach (Ron Gould) — and friends, a lot of advice from everybody. We met with coach Tedford to go over the pros and cons of the situation, and after weighing out the pros and cons we decided to enter the draft and forgo my senior season at Cal.”

Best said that the feedback he has gotten from the NFL said he could go anywhere from the first to the third round in the draft, although that can still change based on his performances at the upcoming NFL Combine and Cal’s Pro Day.

Good luck Jahvid, and thanks for taking my breath away on multiple occasions. Stay healthy and get paid!

How is this for a new tagline?