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September 9, 2025 | September 2, 2025

Friday Night Lights

• San Ramon Valley (Danville, CA) and Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, CA) squared off w/ two future Cal QBs. Zach Kline, QB's {2012} Wolves squeezed out a win over Kyle Boehm, QB's Monarchs 16-13 [1]. Brett Barbier of San Ramon Valley iced the game w/ 17.7s left in the 4th quarter by kicking a 47yd FG.
  
  Kline's stats: 13/19, 139 yds, 0 TDs.
  Boehm's stats: 4/13, 38 yds, 2 INTs passing; 14 carries, 122 yds rushing [2].
  
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Zach Kline is your first pledge of Cal's 2012 class. A highly-regarded quarterback prospect from San Ramon Valley (Danville, CA), Kline started his campaign to Cal from the Elite 11 camp this summer, winning the camp's accuracy challenge [1]. He named Oregon State and Cal as his co-favorites following summer workouts and pledged to Tedford & Co Sunday after receiving his verbal offer.

“Really, I wanted to be a Bear. I’ve wanted to be a Bear since I was four years old,” Kline said. “I want to stay in California and it’s the best public university in the nation. You can’t get better than Cal.” [2]."

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Pledges are marked w/ (Cal)

September 2, 2025

Quote of the week

• Shaq Thompson, ATH Grant Union (Sacramento, CA) {2012}

  "Most of my teammates, like (Viliami) Moala, (James) Sample, and Puka (Lopa), are all talking about going to play at Cal. I'm thinking about joining them at Cal, but Puka really likes Oregon. I've been hearing from Cal, USC, UCLA, UNLV, and Tennessee recently. I"m going to try and visit Cal, UCLA, USC, and Miami this year if I can."

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• Hardy Nickerson Jr., LB Bishop O'Dowd (Oakland, CA) {2012} 6-0/220lbs is getting noticed and could become a national recruit [1]. Nickerson Jr. was named to the All-East Bay Preseason Football Team [2] and Bay Area's Top 25 Players to Watch [3].
  
  Hardy "The Dragon" Nickerson Sr. (Cal '89) played 16 seasons in the NFL. He was named to 5 Pro Bowls and NFL 1990s' All-Decade Team. Nickerson Sr. is the current Head Coach of Bishop O'Dowd.
  
  

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The order of schools listed in the leader group does not indicate a recruit's preference.

Recruits scheduled to officially visit Berkeley

• Jon Lewis, DE Klein Oak (Spring, TX)
  Highlights: I |  Leaders: Cal, Texas Tech | Official visit: September 18th after the Nevada game on ESPN2

• Avery Walls, S Eagles Landing Christian Academy (McDonough, GA)
  Highlights: I II III | Leaders: Cal, Conn, Michigan, MSU, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Stanford, Tenn, UCLA, Virginia | Official visit: October 9th, Homecoming weekend against UCLA

• Jalen Jefferson, ATH St Bonaventure (Ventura, CA)
  Highlights: I | Official visit: October 9th, Homecoming weekend against UCLA

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Friday Night Lights

• Palo Verdes Panthers (Las Vegas, NV) defeated Grass Valley Gators 62-20 [1][2][3]. Brandon Wright, RB/DB had the most statistically dominating week of all Cal recruits by rushing for 292yds on the ground w/ 4 TDs on 12 carries. He had at least 4 runs of > 20yds (44, 65, 68, 29).
  
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• Grant Union Pacers (Sacramento, CA) featuring Viliami Moala, DT, James Sample, S, Shaq Thompson, ATH {2012} defeated Folsom Bulldogs 49-14 [4][5][6][7][8][9]. Thompson rushed for 127yds on 18 carries and a TD in addition to catching 3 passes for 91yds and a TD [10]. Moala was triple-teamed all night long [11]. Photo galleries from the game [12][13].

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Richard Rodgers is your eighth pledge of the Cal 2011 class.  An athlete from St Johns High of Shrewsbury, MA, Rodgers attracted scouts' attention because of his tight end size but wide receiver speed [1].  Rodgers was a recent addition to 2011's Rivals250. Tedford & Co are projecting Rodgers at TE. During the summer, Rodgers came to visit Berkeley unofficially on three different occasions before making the decision over the weekend to pledge to your Golden Bears [2].

"I really liked the campus and I liked the area," said Rodgers, who made three unofficial visits to Cal while vacationing with family in the area. "I feel really comfortable with the campus and with the coaches there [3]."

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Time: 7:00pm PDT / 10:00 EDT 

TV Coverage: ESPN2
Online: ESPN3
Location: Prairie City Stadium, Folsom High School (Sold out)

Our Southern California brethren has enjoyed much more hype in terms of sunshine and prep football. De La Salle (Concord, CA) might have started a sea of change in 2009, defeating Crenshaw (Los Angeles, CA) for the CIF State Championship Bowl.  Tonight, the 2010 edition of Friday Night Lights kicks off in Northern California with one of the most anticipated match-ups in recent memory - Grant Union (Sacramento, CA) at Folsom (Folsom, CA).

There are several Cal recruits in action tonight, check them out after the jump!

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Tedford & Company

• Brendon Bigelow, RB Central East (Fresno, CA) had a false scare about tearing his ACL again in a scrimmage game against Merced. Cal, Notre Dame, Tennessee, UCLA, and Washington as leaders at this point [1]. Fresno State may still be in the running for Bigelow and his teammate B. J. Kelley [2].
  
  Bigelow's Central East Grizzlies are going through the preseason scrimmages to get ready for their season.

  Central returns 19 of 22 starters from a 7-4 team in 2009, including tailback Brendon Bigelow, a recent University of Washington commit.

  "They're No. 2 in the Central Section right now and they probably should be No. 1," Merced coach Rob Scheidt said. "They're probably the fastest team we played all last year.

  "In terms of preparing us for what we'll see, they're definitely one of the better teams we'll see this year. "Athleticism wise, they will rival Grant. Up front, probably not [3]."

• George Atkinson III, ATH Granada (Livermore, CA), Marqise Lee, ATH Serra (Gardena, CA), Amir Carlisle, RB The King's Academy (San Jose, CA) made big moves into Rivals 100 because of their camp performances, particularly at ESPN Gridiron Kings 7-on7 Tourney [4]. George dominated at cornerback when Josh got hurt. Marquise outshone his teammate George Farmer, and Amir Carlisle was one of the quickest and most explosive athletes for anyone to cover.

• James Sample, S, Shaq Thompson, ATH {2012}, Viliam Moala, DT Grant (Sacramento, CA) and other recruits Daryl Paulo, Puka Lopa have talked about ending up at the same college football program [5]. They scrimmaged against Whitney, Chavez, Sacramento, and Yuba City and looked ready against Folsom. (San Jose, CA) [6].

• James Sample, S added Oregon to his leader group with Cal and Washington.

• Jordan Richards, WR Folsom (Folsom, CA) and his Bulldogs are also practicing for their game against the Grant Pacers [7]. They are worried about the size and power of Grant's linemen and the versatility of Shaq Thompson. Richards is looking to continue his excellent play at running back after catching 9 TD passes and rushed for 9 more TDs on the ground [8].
  
  The tickets for this Friday Night's Grant-Folsom showdown is sold out [9].

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