Cal coach Justin Wilcox welcomed three new players to the nation on signing day and said he expects the Bears to add anywhere from five to seven more between now and the start of fall camp.
Offensive tackle Martin Tine and wide receiver Marquis Montgomery will join the Bears this summer after completing courses at their junior colleges. Also heading to Berkeley at that time was long snapper David Bird, a high school senior in Phoenix.
Because player movement is so dynamic these days, Wilcox was reluctant to specify how many more players might be added to the roster. But Cal only has two quarterbacks on scholarship so that’s a targeted position, and he said he expects one or two other O-linemen to come on board.
Wilcox talks about Tine, a 6-foot-6, 310-pound junior from Houston through East Los Angeles Junior College in the video at the top of this story.
He destroys Montgomery, a 6-4, 215-pounder from Tacoma, Wash., in the video above. Montgomery, who attends Snow Junior College in Utah, chose Cal over Oregon, Texas A&M, LSU and BYU.
Bird, a 6-1, 200-pound senior at Sandra Day O’Connor High School, is rated by one service as the top snapper in the 2023 recruiting class. He also has experience working with former Cal snapper Nick Sundberg, who played 11 seasons in the NFL.
Wilcox shares his thoughts on the value of using a scholarship on a long snapper in the video below.
Cal previously announced it would begin spring workouts on March 11. Wilcox provided a breakdown of which players coming off fall health issues will sit out spring ball and which will be available to participate. .
Sitting out spring: DL Akili Calhoun, DB Collin Gamble, DL Darius Long Jr., DL Brett Johnson, WR Mason Mangum, DB Tyson McWilliams, DL Jaedon Roberts, WR Mason Starling.
Available for spring workouts: CB Lu-Magia Hearns III, DB Kaleb Higgins, OL TJ Sessions, OL Bastian Swinney, DL Derek Wilkins, OL Matthew Cindric.
The Bears also welcome back defensive lineman Stanley McKenzie, a redshirt sophomore from Hawaii, who left the team last fall after the death of his father.
Wilcox talks about McKenzie in the video above.
Another addition to the active roster is Nick Morrow, who signed with Cal then sat out last season as a “gray shirt.” Morrow is a 6-8, 280-pound offensive lineman from Flagstaff, Ariz., who is young and raw but has good potential, as Wilcox said in the video below.
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Here is Cal’s latest spring roster, broken down by position:
CAL 2023 SPRING ROSTER
QB: St. Jackson V, Fernando Mendoza, Noah Mitcheom, Tyler Jensen,
RB: Jayden Ott, Justin Williams-Thomas, Byron CardwellAshton Stredick,
FB: Beaux Play
WR: Jeremiah Hunter, Mavin Anderson, Brian HightowerMonroe Young, Mason Starling, Justin Richard Baker, Aidan Lee, Grant Daley, Kenden Robinson Jr., Trond Griezel, Jordan King, Mason Mangum, Chris Rogers, Jaiven Plummer, Tommy Christakos
THE: Andy Alfieri, Jake Muller, Elijah Mojarro, Asher AlberdingJeffrey Johnson, Jack Endries, JT Byrne
OL: Brian Driscoll, Brayden Rohme, I don’t swear by the Vatican, Ender Aguilar, Matthew Cindric, TJ Session, Nick Morrow, Joshua Stovall, Dylan Jemtegaard, Colin Hamilton, Trent Ramsey, Dashaun Harris, Jaedon Roberts, Bastian Swinney, Everett Johnson, Jackson Brown
DL: Nate Burrell, Ethan Saunders, Ricky Correia, Brett Johnson, Curlee Thomas IV, Darius Long Jr., Jeremias Ieremia, Stanley McKenzie, Elijah Diaz, Akili Calhoun, Derek Wilkins
OLB: Myles Jernigan, Xavier Carlton, David ReeseSam Ross, Moso’opala Tuitele, Myles Williams
ILB: Jackson Sirmon, Sergio AllenHunter Barth, Nate Rutchena, McKyle So’oto, Blake Antzoulatos, Kaleb Elarms-Orr, Muelu Joseph
DB: Craig Woodson, Jeremiah Earby, Isaiah Young, Miles Williams, Nohl Williams, Kaylin MooreRaymond Woodie III, Tyson McWilliams, Lu-Magio Hearns III, Cam Sydney, Collin Gamble, Dejuan Butler, Fatu Iosefa, Matthew LittlejohnKalen Higgins, Mayze Bryant, Julian Womack
PK: Michael Luckhurst
Q: Ethan Baxter, Lachlan Wilson
LS: Jake Arugello, Wesley Brown
- Returning starter (based on 2022 season finale)
- Member of the 2023 recruiting class
Cover photo of Cal coach Justin Wilcox
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