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Cal football recruiting: Nick Capella, Zach Giella, Bailey Sharp, many OL offered

2015 recruiting is kicking off in style.

By Avinash Kunnath
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Kaleb Kim
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While there is still some debate among the fanbase as to whether it was the right move to let Ron Gould go last year, Pierre Ingram is making his best case on the recruiting trail. Ingram probably landed the best one-two running back punch in the Pac-12 this season, and for that he earned some high accolades today.

We'll debate Ingram's coaching later this offseason, but it's safe to say he's done a good job recruiting. He secured the commitment of Khalfani Muhammad in his transition and has two solid players with differing traits in Vic Enwere and Tre Watson. The running game was not good last year, but we'll get a better sense this season as to whether Ingram can replicate the Louisana Tech balanced attack in the Bear Raid offense.

Moving onto the early offers.

Cal offensive linemen appear to be the early flavor of the year for the 2015 recruiting class. Zach Yenser isn't messing around. The Bears O-line struggled with performance and injury all of last year.

Ventura (Ca.) St. Bonaventure offensive tackle Nick Capella received his first offer from the Bears. It seems Capella is quite familiar with Berkeley based on what Ryan Gorcey might be reporting behind the paywall.

Capella is receiving a lot of attention from major schools. He has visited Alabama and Vanderbilt and Washington State, UCLA and Arizona State have also been monitoring.

Anaheim (Ca.) Servite offensive tackle Clayton Johnson and Redlands (Ca.) East Valley offensive tackle Joseph Price.

Johnson already has an offer from San Diego State. This is Price's first offer.

Concord (Ca.) De La Salle offensive guard Drew Sullivan got his second offer from Cal.

Here is some info on him.

Name: Drew Sullivan Class:2015 Position: OG School: De La Salle Height:6'3 Weight:310... RUN/PASS OFFENSE: He is a run blocking lineman that moves quickly and seals defenders from the play. He blocks with a good lean. Drew is large enough to anchor in pass protection and he has the athletic ability to slide out in pass protection.

The Bears aren't just content to offer recruits at home. They're looking across the country too, particularly at the state of Georgia.

Hoschton (Ga.) Mill Creek offensive tackle Kaleb Kim got an offer the day after singing day. The offers have been pouring in for Kim: Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Ohio State, Vanderbilt, Boston College, Duke, Florida, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Syracuse, Tennessee.

Zach Giella, Augusta (Ga.) Christian offensive tackle

Cal will have to compete with some SEC schools here. Giella holds offers from Kentucky (which seems to be his preferred destination) with Mississippi State and South Carolina also extending their hand.

Bailey Sharp, Marietta (Ga.) Sprayberry offensive tackle

Sharp has a pretty solid list of offers already from schools like Clemson, Duke, Illinois, Michigan State, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, South Carolina and Virginia.

Nick Polino, Buford (Ga.) offensive guard. Polino also has an offer from Georgia Tech.

The news has been a bit quieter along other fronts. Los Angeles (Ca.) Bishop Mora Salesian wide receiver Jeremy Kelly got his second offer from Cal right after Signing Day. Kelly is the second major offer from a D-1 school; San Diego State came first. Kelly hasn't received too many rankings as of yet; Rivals has him 83rd among all California recruits. I'd imagine the interest will pick up in due time.




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