2002 GOLDEN BEARS TO WATCH

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1 2002 GOLDEN BEARS TO WATCH LORENZO ALEXANDER Position: DT Height: 6-3 Weight: 280 Year: Sophomore Experience: 1V Hometown: Oakland Last School: St. Mary s HS Ultra-talented defensive lineman who took significant strides in his freshman year, eventually earning 2001 Pac-10 All- Freshman first team honors from The Sporting News...one of the nation s premier recruits two years ago, a massive player with all the tools to develop into a college All-American has a great combination of size, strength and instincts...runs a 4.8 in 40-yard dash baptized under fire, receiving estimable playing time in all 11 games during his rookie year... pocketed 24 tackles (including five for losses of 15 yards), one sack and one fumble recovery on the season...started last five games at defensive tackle, a period in which he notched 15.5 tackles...punched out season-high six tackles in 2001 Big Game at Stanford...despite not posting a single tackle, credited with fumble recovery, blocked extra-point and pass defensed against eventual Pac- 10 champion and then nationally No. 5 ranked Oregon Oct. 13. High School/Personal: Earned Superprep All-America honors, ranking as the No. 7 defensive line recruit in the country also rated No. 44 prospect in the nation by SuperPrep and ranked No. 5 among all recruits in Far West ranked as the No. 2 defensive line prospect in the West by PrepStar, earning Dream Team Status and rating as the No. 10 defensive line prospect in the country by that publication...received 7 votes on Long Beach Press- Telegram s Best in the West list...picked to play on California state all-star team vs. Florida...finished his senior season with 120 tackles, including 17 sacks among 25 tackles behind the line of scrimmage...also caused five fumbles and recovered three others. ALEXANDER S CAREER STATISTICS Year UT AT TT Loss Sacks Int BR NNAMDI ASOMUGHA Position: Safety Height: 6-2 Weight: 205 Hometown: Los Angeles Last School: Narbonne HS Rangy senior figures to be one of team leaders in 2002 after starting 20 games during past two seasons should contend for All-Pac-10 honors this fall at his free safety position...highly intelligent player who swarms to football and can make big plays...his 134 career tackles are most of any returning Cal player despite missing one game and two starts, ranked third on club with 54 tackles...opened campaign with a bang, racking up team-high eight tackles vs. Illinois in season debut...also paced Bears in Game 6 at UCLA with eight stops at Rose Bowl...shined in Big Game at Stanford, reeling off seven tackles (including 2 for losses), two interceptions and 2 passes defensed...other top efforts of 01 came at Oregon State (4 tackles, 1 interceptions) and vs. Arizona (5.5 tackles, blocked FG) had 48 unassisted stops among his team-leading 76 tackles... had at least five tackles in eight of 11 games... recorded three tackles for loss (minus 15 yards), including a sack, in his starting debut against Utah... also forced a fumble to set up Cal s go-ahead score... came back the next week at Illinois with a career-high 15 tackles the most for any Cal player during the year and added a fumble recovery and two pass deflections... played a big role in Cal s win over UCLA, returning an interception 31 yards for a touchdown, giving the Bears a 21-7 lead midway through the second quarter... finished that game with seven tackles and a pair of pass deflections, including one in the end zone, to earn Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Week and Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week honors... had nine tackles in back-to-back games at USC and vs. Oregon State, with one sack in each game saw action primarily on special teams and in long-yardage situations as a true freshman... broke his ankle in game number eight against USC and missed the rest of the year... returned to see limited action in spring drills, but was at full strength in time for fall practice in August High School/Personal: One of the nation s most highly recruited defensive backs in a first team all-state selection by Student Sports magazine and one of the Top 20 DBs in the country by SuperPrep as a member of its All-America team... finished his senior year with 86 tackles and 7 interceptions... returned a pick 98 yards for a school record... caused 8 fumbles and recovered 6 others as a senior... returned two kickoffs and one punt for touchdowns... also had 23 receptions for 408 yards and 6 TDs on offense... played some quarterback, completing 14-of-22 passes for 192 yards and a pair of TDs... rated as the No. 16 overall prospect in the Far West by SuperPrep... a PrepStar All-American... member of the Tacoma News- Tribune Western Top received 6 votes on the Long Beach Press- Telegram Bear of the West poll... listed by National Recruiting Adviser as the No. 3 free safety prospect in the nation... played in the California-Texas Shrine All-Star Game... chose Cal over UCLA, Notre Dame and Michigan... also a standout prep basketball player who earned all-league honors as a junior and senior... his Nigerian name means Jesus Lives... older brother, Chijioke, was a cornerback at Stanford... cousin is Cal teammate Adimchinobe Echemandu and is also a cousin of former Cal WR Iheanyi Uwaezuoke... mother, Lilian, is a pharmacist... born July 6, 1981 in Lafayette, LA. ASOMUGHA S CAREER STATISTICS Year UT AT TT Loss Sacks Int BR Totals TULLY BANTA-CAIN Position: DE Height: 6-4 Weight: 260 Hometown: Mountain View Last School: Fremont HS A pass-rushing specialist who ranked among Pac-10 leaders in sacks and tackles for loss last year...has pummeled opposing quarterbacks for 13.5 career sacks to rank No. 14 on Cal s all-time list entering his senior season...originally came to Cal as an outside linebacker, but made the switch to rush end before his sophomore year... a fine all-around athlete with good quickness stockpiled 33 tackles, with 18 of those stops coming in Bears final four games...ranked third in tackles for loss ( California Golden Bears Football Prospectus 15

2 for 80 yards) and fourth in sacks (eight) among Pac-10 leaders...punctuated his season with an exclamation point in Rutgers finale, ripping off six tackles (including five for losses of 31 yards) and four sacks against host Scarlet Knights to earn Pacific-10 Defensive Player of the Week honors also excelled vs. Arizona in Game 8, posting 5.5 tackles (including four for losses of 17 yards) and one sack...other noteworthy performances came against Washington (4 tackles, 2 sacks) and Stanford (4 tackles, 3 for losses of 9 yards, 1 sack) finished eighth in the Pac-10 with six sacks among his 13 tackles for loss... gained his first start in the season-opener against Utah and finished with a pair of tackles and a fumble recovery that led to a Cal touchdown in the third quarter... played one of his best games against UCLA with six unassisted tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack... recorded two tackles for loss for minus 21 yards at USC... played particularly well in the season-finale against Stanford with six unassisted tackles, including five behind the line of scrimmage (minus 41 yards) and two sacks (minus 31 yards)... received the Berkeley Breakfast Club Award for the outstanding player in the Big Game for his effort... also recipient of the Bob Tessier Award as Cal s most improved lineman played on special teams and in spot duty behind Mawuko Tugbenyoh at defensive end... ended the year with five tackles, including four unassisted stops... had a pair of tackles at BYU and vs. Washington redshirted his first season at Cal. High School/Personal: Played a number of positions at Fremont HS, including tailback, tight end, defensive end, linebacker and kick returner... earned first team all-league honors as an outside linebacker his senior season after being named the league s Defensive Player of the Year as a junior... also gained more than 1,000 yards as a running back... cousins include former San Francisco Giant outfielder Jeff Leonard and current NBA forward Rodney Rogers... American studies major... father, Adam Cain, played football in the Navy... mother is Joya Banta... born Aug. 28, 1980 in Mountain View, CA. BANTA-CAIN S CAREER STATISTICS Year UT AT TT Loss Sacks Int FR Totals JOSH BECKHAM Position: DT Height: 6-2 Weight: 280 Year: Junior Experience: 2V Hometown: Yucca Valley Last School: Yucca Valley HS A high intensity player who has started 19 games during his first two seasons in Berkeley, playing at both tackle positions during his collegiate career... plays the run well and is developing into a solid pass rusher... also was Cal s snapper on field goal and extra point attempts last fall of his 27 tackles occurred in final three games of campaign, including sterling effort against USC Nov. 10 when he bagged team-high eight tackles and forced a fumble also managed three stops and one sack at Rutgers in season finale...started first six games of season at right tackle, then opened at left tackle in three of final four contests of played in all 11 games for the Bears and moved into the lineup after season opener to start last 10 games as redshirt freshman... finished with at least three tackles seven times, including a high of five tackles (4 unassisted) at Arizona State... had five tackles for loss and a pair of sacks on the year redshirted while rehabilitating a back injury in High School/Personal: A four-year varsity starting linebacker (39 games) as a prep... earned first team San Bernardino County honors and Defensive MVP of the Skyline League as both a junior and senior... finished his senior year with 183 tackles... earned first team all-state honors (small schools division) in a second team Southern Section All-CIF selection... also played OL and was credited with 49 pancake blocks his senior year... had 158 tackles as a junior... a standout prep baseball catcher, batting.427 as a junior and earning all-league honors... considered Texas A&M, Oregon and Oregon State before committing to Cal in early October... American studies major... father, Mark, played football at Cal Lutheran and is the head coach at Oxnard HS... mother, Kathleen, is a teacher at Oxnard HS... lists Levon Kirkland as his favorite pro player... born Oct. 10, 1980 in Houston, TX. BECKHAM S CAREER STATISTICS Year UT AT TT Loss Sacks Int FR Totals KYLE BOLLER Position: QB Height: 6-4 Weight: 205 Hometown: Newhall Last School: Hart HS Since arriving at Cal in 1999 as one of nation s top quarterback recruits, Boller has drawn 28 starting assignments in three years and climbed up school s all-time passing charts despite battling some inconsistencies during his career will be playing for his third offensive coordinator this year in George Cortez, previously taking his cues from Steve Hagen ( ) and Al Borges (2001)...should benefit from coaching of both Cortez (Jeff Garcia) and head coach Jeff Tedford (Trent Dilfer, Akili Smith and Joey Harrington), as both have developed all-star caliber passers during their careers...has significantly raised his completion percentage each season at Cal... named honorable mention 2001 Pac-10 All-Academic despite missing three games with back injury, joined school s elite 5,000-yard passing club last year...threaded 133 of 271 pass attempts (49.1%) for 1,741 yards, 12 touchdowns and 10 interceptions...zooming past such Cal legends as Steve Bartkowski and Craig Morton, he finished season in seventh-place on Bears career passing list with 5,147 yards...passed for 200 yards or more in three of his eight starts...paramount performance came against nationally-ranked Washington, as he completed 21 of 36 passes for 265 yards with four TDs and no interceptions in heart-breaking loss at Memorial Stadium...also connected on 19 of 33 attempts for 242 yards and one TD vs. BYU in Week 2...finished season with flourish, producing 278 yards (19-for-46) in last-minute defeat at Stanford in Big Game Nov. 17 and adding 193 yards (15-for-26) in win at Rutgers Nov started all 11 games for Cal... ranked sixth in the Pac-10 in passing yards with ypg... got the year off to a strong start by completing a 45- yard pass to Phillip Pipersburg on Cal s first play from scrimmage against Utah... finished the day 18-for-28 for 209 yards and a touchdown, a 12-yard toss to James Smith... had a career-long 24-yard scramble on Cal s first TD drive at Illinois... threw for 252 yards and three touchdowns in a triple OT win over UCLA... also had a pair of 22-yard runs vs. the Bruins, one that eventually led to a touchdown and another to convert a third-and-long situation... had a solid outing at USC, completing 7-for-12 passes for 131 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions... was just 17-for-42 vs. Oregon State, but threw for a career-high 349 yards and three TDs... one of his passes was an 81-yard TD toss to Derek Swafford... in all, had at least 195 yards passing in 7 different games got a huge dose of experience as a true freshman... moved into the starting lineup in the Pac-10 opener vs. Arizona State and stayed there for eight games before separating a shoulder vs. Oregon Nov first collegiate action came with 8:56 left in the first half in the season-opener vs. Rutgers... fumbled the ball on his first snap but recovered and then completed five straight passes... hit Ronnie Davenport for a California Golden Bears Football Prospectus

3 yard slant pattern on his first pass attempt... finished his debut 8-of-15 passing, including a 17-yard TD pass... made his college starting debut vs. ASU, leading the Bears to a victory... completed his first five passes vs. the Sun Devils en route to a 17-of-32 performance for 213 yards and 2 TDs... had a season-long 55-yard TD pass to LaShaun Ward at BYU... had a 27-yard TD pass to Joseph Echema to give Cal s its first score in a win at UCLA... hit a 31-yard pass to Sean Currin vs. Washington and also had an 11-yard TD pass in that game... hit an 83-yard pass to Drae Harris, the fourth longest pass play in Cal history, in first quarter at Oregon State... named to the Pac-10 All-Freshman team as QB by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer... suffered a badly separated shoulder in the first half of the Oregon game and had surgery two days later, but returned in time to participate in spring drills. High School/Personal: One of the Cal s most decorated recruits in the last two decades... earned California state Player of the Year honors after an incredible 1998 season... led Hart HS to the Southern Section Division IV title with a 13-1 record... passed for an all-time state best of 4,838 yards and threw for 59 touchdowns, the second-best mark in California history... only had 3 interceptions all year for a remarkable TD-to-interception ratio... ended the season completing 290-of-454 passes (63.9%)... threw for 475 yards (29-36) and 7 TDs against Burbank HS and 423 yards (28-39) against Burroughs HS... considered the best prospect to emerge from the San Fernando Valley since John Elway came out of Granada Hills HS in the late 70s... rated the No. 1 quarterback prospect in the nation by PrepStar and was that publication s national Offensive Co-Player of the Year... also rated No. 1 nationally by Max Emfinger s Recruiting Service, No. 2 by SuperPrep and No. 3 by Student Sports... the SuperPrep Far West Offensive Player of the Year, ranking as the region s No. 1 overall prospect in the West... earned Parade All-America honors... threw a last-second TD pass to win the California-Texas all-star game in July of a member of the Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West team with 8 votes... prep followers still marvel about the pass he threw against Canyon HS which went 73 yards in the air for a completion... comes from same Hart HS program that produced former Cal All-America QB Joe Kapp... did not start as a junior as he played behind David Neill, who went on to play at Nevada... started at safety as a junior... played defense the last few games of the 98 season, registering a crucial interception in the final minute of the section championship game to preserve a victory over St. Paul HS... grew nine inches from age 16 to 19 to his present height of American studies major... father, Bob, is a former nationally ranked high jumper who cleared the 7-0 barrier... mother is Karen... sister, Candace, was a starter on the Loyola Marymount volleyball team... lists golf and skiing among his hobbies and John Elway as his favorite pro athlete... honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic in born June 17, 1981 in Burbank, CA. BOLLER S CAREER STATISTICS Year Att Comp Int Pct Yds TD Long Rtg Totals BOLLER S GAME-BY-GAME PASSING STATS Date Opponent PA PC Int Yds TD Long /4 Rutgers /11 at Nebraska /25 Arizona State /2 at Washington State /9 at BYU /16 at UCLA /23 Washington /30 USC /6 at Oregon State /13 Oregon /20 at Stanford Injured (shoulder) Totals /9 Utah /16 at Illinois /23 at Fresno State /30 Washington State /7 at Arizona State /14 UCLA /21 at Washington /28 at USC /4 Oregon State /11 at Oregon /18 Stanford Totals /1 Illinois /8 BYU /22 at Washington State /29 Washington /13 Oregon /20 at UCLA Injured (Back) 10/27 at Oregon State Injured (Back) 11/3 Arizona /10 USC /17 at Stanford /23 at Rutgers Totals TYLER FREDRICKSON Position: Punter Height: 6-3 Weight: 205 Year: Junior Experience: 2V Hometown: Santa Barbara Last School: Dos Pueblos HS A revelation in his first year of full-time duty, finishing in fifth-place tie in Pac-10 with 39.5 yards per punt average in also provides depth as placekicker exploded out of blocks by averaging 42.2 yards per punt (22 for 929 yards) in his first four games...was brilliant in consecutive game stretch in which he averaged 43.1 yards (8 for 345) with a long of 55 yards at Washington State Sept. 22 and punted at 42.7 clip (7 for 299) with long of 57 yards vs. Washington Sept only averaged under 38 yards per punt twice all season (37.9 vs. Oregon and 37.4 at Rutgers) earned honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic honors... punted in two games in relief of an injured Nick Harris... had three kicks for a 31.3 average, including a long of 43, in the opener vs. Utah... also punted once for 23 yards at Arizona State. High School/Personal: Earned first team all-league three times at Dos Pueblos HS named second team All-CIF Southern Section punter as a senior as a place kicker, once booted three field goals, including the gamewinner with four seconds left, to beat Cabrillo HS, 9-7 in soccer, was a four-time all-league performer considered UCLA and Nebraska, among others, before deciding to come to Cal career goal is to become a film director or producer, and has already worked with such studios as Dreamworks, New Line Cinema and Buena Vista and at George Lucas Skywalker Ranch parents are Mark Fredrickson and Mimi Lessett born Feb. 26, 1981 in Santa Barbara, CA. FREDRICKSON S CAREER STATISTICS Year Punts Yards Avg LG In Totals California Golden Bears Football Prospectus 17

4 JOE IGBER Position: TB Height: 5-8 Weight: 200 Hometown: Honolulu, HI High School: Iolani HS Enters his senior season as No. 7 all-time rusher in Cal history with 1,994 yards and 4.5 yards-per-carry average...if he can muster his best season of career in 2002, he could move up as high as No. 3 on list, trailing only Russell White (3,367) and Chuck Muncie (3,052)...was a shoo-in to crack 2,000-yard plateau last year until he suffered fractured clavicle at Oregon State Oct. 27, which halted his season after seven games...elusive back who has rare ability to run to daylight... while his experience gives him the inside track, will receive competition for his starting tailback job from sophomore Terrell Williams, who performed admirably in his absence...led the Bears in rushing his first two seasons and was leading Cal for a third straight year at time of his injury last fall...if not for the injury, he may have become first player since John Tuggle ( ) to lead Bears in rushing three consecutive years...has six 100-yard games in his Cal career, tied for fifth among all Cal players in that category... one of only three running backs in school history to rush for at least 180 yards in a game twice (also Russell White and Paul Jones).. reminds some of former NFL great Barry Sanders because of his cutback style of running... has also developed into a good receiver out of the backfield, ranking second on team with 23 catches as sophomore and fourth on club with 16 grabs as junior despite playing only seven games... wore No. 30 in 2001 after being No. 29 as a freshman and No. 6 as sophomore, a tradition he established in high school when he changed his numbers all three seasons as a prep chalked up 538 yards in total offense (399 rushing/139 receiving) and scored four touchdowns before suffering broken clavicle...motored for 116 yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries in season opener vs. Illinois, an effort which turned out to be finest game of year...averaged 5.5 yards per carry over his last three games, including Oregon State tilt when injury occurred...during that stretch, he rushed for 197 yards on 36 carries, including a 91-yard, 17-attempt performance at UCLA Oct besides missing final four games of season after shoulder mishap, also was used sparingly at Washington State (0 yards, 0 carries) due to leg injury earned honorable mention All-Pac-10 and first team Pac-10 All-Academic honors as a sophomore... rushed for 901 yards, good for fifth in the Pac-10 and ninth on Cal s all-time season list... had 84 yards on 23 carries in the Utah opener, including a touchdown in the third quarter to give the Bears a 21-7 lead... rushed for 181 yards on just 15 carries at Arizona State (16th best single-game performance in Cal history)... had an 80-yard run vs. the Sun Devils, the longest at Cal since Tarik Smith went 90 yards vs. San Diego State in came back the next week vs. UCLA to rush for 49 yards and a touchdown and catch five passes for 126 yards and two TDs... ran for 116 yards, including a 40-yard scamper, at Washington... rushed for at least 80 yards in three of Cal s last four games, including a 16- carry, 89-yard, 2-TD performance vs. Stanford ended his freshman season with 694 yards, finishing seventh in the Pac-10 rushing derby despite the fact he started only four games... broke loose on a 35-yard run on his first collegiate carry vs. Rutgers, ending the day with 55 yards on 7 carries (7.9 average)... had one of the key plays in Cal s win over Arizona State when he took a swing pass for 34 yards to set up a fourth quarter TD for the Bears... made his starting debut at BYU and scooted on a 55-yard run on the first play from scrimmage... had over 100 yards in the first half at BYU, including an 11-yard TD run... finished with 116 yards on 18 carries, the fourth best freshman rushing performance in Cal history... also had a 17-yard reception at BYU... became the first frosh in Cal history to put together back-to-back 100-yard games with 113 yards on 20 carries the next week at UCLA, including a long of 23 yards... set a Cal freshman rushing record with 182 yards (15th best performance overall at Cal) on 25 carries vs. Washington, including a long of 26 yards... also had a 19-yard reception vs. the Huskies... injured his shoulder in the fourth quarter vs. Washington and played sparingly the next week... wasn t fully healthy until the season finale at Stanford when he rushed for 53 yards on 13 carries, including a long of 15 yards. High School/Personal: Arrived at Cal after a brilliant prep career in Hawaii... the Offensive Player of the Year in the state of Hawaii in set seven Hawaii state rushing records during his prep career... had 1,567 yards and 21 TDs as a junior... came back with 2,017 yards (just 8 yards shy of the state season record) and 27 touchdowns (a state record) as a senior... his yardage totals were even more amazing in view of an undersized offensive line with three of the starters weighing less than Igber... finished his career with 4,472 yards and 56 touchdowns, both state records... also set state records for season points (162), career points (336), touchdowns in a game (6) and single game rushing yardage (352 vs. Pac-Five)... member of the SuperPrep All-Far West team as the No. 58 overall prospect... a superb student who achieved a 4.0 GPA his senior year... course load during final HS semester was creative writing, symmetry science, calculus and conceptual physics... civil engineering as a major... father, Joe Sr., is a professor in Hawaii and mother, Theresa, is a teacher... born in Nigeria... chose Cal after considering offers from Northwestern, Wisconsin, Hawaii and Stanford... born April 23, IGBER S CAREER STATISTICS Year Att Yds Avg TD Long Totals Year Rec Yds Avg TD Long Totals IGBER S GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING STATS Date Opponent No Yds Avg Long /4 Rutgers /11 at Nebraska /25 Arizona State /2 at Washington State /9 at BYU /16 at UCLA /23 Washington /30 USC /6 at Oregon State /13 Oregon /20 at Stanford Totals /9 Utah /16 at Illinois /23 at Fresno State /30 Washington State /7 at Arizona State /14 UCLA /21 at Washington /28 at USC /4 Oregon State /11 at Oregon /18 Stanford Totals California Golden Bears Football Prospectus

5 2001 9/1 Illinois /8 BYU /22 at Washington State /29 Washington /13 Oregon /20 at UCLA /27 at Oregon State /3 Arizona Injured (shoulder) 11/10 USC Injured (shoulder) 11/17 at Stanford Injured (shoulder) 11/23 at Rutgers Injured (shoulder) Totals MARK-CHRISTIAN JENSEN Position: K Height: 6-2 Weight: 195 Hometown: Pleasant Grove, UT Last School: Pleasant Grove HS Earned All-Pac-10 honorable mention each of past two seasons... made 68.4 percent (26 of 38) of his field goal chances and 96.7 percent (59 of 61) of his PATs during his Cal career...his 137 career points are only seven shy of school s Top 15 all-time scorers...named honorable mention 2001 Pac-10 All-Academic...while he s incumbent at placekicker for Bears, will receive legitimate competition from highlydecorated freshman Kevin Johnson, who set scores of CIF North Section marks last year...an extremely accurate kicker from inside 40 yards... at age 25, is a mature player who spent two years on a Mormon mission in Leipzig, Germany, after graduating high school in near-perfect as kicker, converting 11 of 14 field goal attempts for second-best percentage in conference at.786 and drilling 22 of 22 extra point tries longest field goal was 45-yarder booted at Washington State in Game 3 cleared 40-yard barrier two other times with 43-yarders vs. Arizona Nov. 3 and at Stanford Nov missed only one field goal attempt after Sept. 22, ramming through seven of eight tries thereafter...his only miss during that stretch was 48-yard attempt vs. Arizona Nov made 11-of-16 field goal attempts, including 10-of-13 from 40 yards and in... led Cal in scoring with 58 points... after missing three of his first four field goal attempts, made five in a row from the Fresno State through Washington games... had a 37-yard field goal in the second overtime (then a career-long) to tie the score vs. UCLA... went 3-for-3 in FG attempts vs. Oregon State, including a career-long 40-yarder... also had a 38-yard field goal at Oregon handled kickoff duties for the entire season... took over starting placekicking duties early in the BYU game and hit four straight extra points... nailed his first collegiate FG attempt with an 18-yarder in the fourth quarter of the UCLA game... hit a pair of field goals vs. Washington, including a 22-yarder with 6:54 left in the game to give Cal a lead... missed a 25-yard FG early in USC game, but came back later that day to hit a season-long 37-yarder... ended the season hitting 4- of-8 field goals, including 4-of-5 from inside 40 yards redshirted the 1998 season. High School/Personal: Had an outstanding high school career at Pleasant Grove HS in Utah, earning all-region and all-state first team honors as a senior in connected on 17 of 19 field goals, including a 52-yarder, and 42 of 44 PATs that year... also tabbed the nation s second-best placekicker in 1994 by USA Today... named first team all-region following junior season after hitting on 10 of 18 field goals and 34 of 38 PATs... displayed an ability to kick under pressure that season, clinching the Utah 4-A state title with a 32-yard field goal at the final gun... recruited by schools such as Washington, Arizona State, BYU and San Jose State before announcing his intentions to go on his mission... grew up in Denmark and holds dual citizenship (USA- Denmark)... speaks fluent German... graduating in May with a degree in development studies... will pursue a masters in education in parents are Lee and Pia Jensen of Pleasant Grove, UT... born July 11, 1976 in Oregon City, OR. JENSEN S CAREER STATISTICS Year FG FGA XP XPA Pts Totals JOHN KLOTSCHE Position: ILB Height: 6-0 Weight: 240 Hometown: Palo Alto Last School: Palo Alto HS Enjoyed his best season to date in 2001, carving up opposing offenses for team-high 71 tackles from his inside linebacker spot... showed a nose for the football in his debut season in 2000, recovering a team-high three fumbles... has also been a major component on Cal s special teams... named to 2001 Pac-10 All-Academic second team started all 11 games at ILB, leading team in solo (59) and total tackles...also ranked second behind Tully Banta-Cain in tackles for loss with eight for losses of 41 yards chipped in with two sacks for minus-22 yards, while both forcing and recovering one fumble...led Bears in tackles three times on season, registering 11 stops at Rutgers and Washington, and making 10 tackles at Oregon State...also landed eight tackles at UCLA, while producing fivetackle, 1-forced fumble, 1-sack afternoon vs. Arizona started Cal s opener vs. Utah and had one unassisted tackle... came off the bench the next few weeks... blocked and recovered a punt to set up a Cal touchdown at Arizona State... returned to the starting lineup the next week vs. UCLA and came through with six tackles against the Bruins... had his best game at Washington with 12 tackles, including five unassisted stops, two tackles for loss and a sack... also recovered a fumble and ran it in 34 yards for a touchdown to give the Bears a 14-7 lead in the second quarter at UW... had nine tackles at Oregon, including two for loss, and six unassisted stops vs. Stanford played on all six Cal special team units, participating in 11 games... earned team Special Teams Player of the Week honors for the Rutgers and Oregon games walked-on to the Cal program and redshirted in High School/Personal: A three-year starter at Palo Alto HS... the Defensive Player of the Year for the DeAnza League his senior season after recording 117 tackles... earned first team Central Coast honors... also played fullback his senior year and rushed for over 1200 yards... served as his prep team s punter and had a career long punt of 60 yards... recruited by several Division IAA schools, but elected to walk-on and play in the Pac mass communications major... earned honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic honors in lists golf as a hobby... born April 3, 1980 in Chicago, IL. KLOTSCHE S CAREER STATISTICS Year UT AT TT Loss Sacks Int FR Totals California Golden Bears Football Prospectus 19

6 MATT NIXON Position: ILB Height: 6-1 Weight: 220 Hometown: Phoenix, AZ Last School: Sunnyslope HS Two-time starter who has bagged 102 tackles over his past two seasons... an intelligent player who rarely makes assignment errors and always seems to be around the football... has made most of the defensive alignment calls last two years... undersized but relentless, he s lassoed ball-carriers for 22 tackles for losses of 63 yards over past two years...has handled Cal s long snapper duties on punts and has been a solid special teams player throughout his career was team s fourth-leading tackler with 53 stops and owned third-best figure for tackles for loss with seven for 11 yards also pocketed second-most fumble recoveries on team with two...reeled off scintillating effort in Big Game, posting 10 tackles (including three for losses of six yards), one fumble recovery and one blocked field goal...also tallied eight tackles at Washington State...made four tackles or more in seven of 11 contests had 15 tackles for loss on the year, a figure that tied for eighth in the Pac had five tackles, including an eightyard sack, in his starting debut vs. Utah... led Cal with eight tackles vs. UCLA, including three for loss... also had three tackles for loss (7 total tackles) at USC and another two TFL, with a 13-yard sack, at Oregon... had at least one tackle for loss in 9 of 11 games... recovered a fumbled punt vs. Oregon State that led to a Cal field goal played in all 11 games on special teams... credited with one assisted tackle came to Cal in 1998 and redshirted. High School/Personal: Earned all-state honors (4A division) as a senior at both linebacker and tight end at Sunnyslope HS in Arizona... also was a first team all-region pick as a tight end after his sophomore and junior years... finished 97 with 131 tackles... added 3.5 sacks, blocked two punts and had two interceptions, both of which he returned for TDs... as a tight end in a wing-t offense, had 50 catches for 606 yards and two TDs... also rushed for 309 yards on just 17 carries (18.2 ypr)... had 66 catches for 964 yards and nine TDs as a junior... turned down offers from Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth and Nevada to sign with Cal... batted.370 in baseball for Sunnyslope HS... parents are Jim and Debbie Nixon... father played football and baseball at the University of South Dakota... civil engineering major... born Dec. 23, 1979 in Phoenix, AZ. NIXON S CAREER STATISTICS Year UT AT TT Loss Sacks Int BR Totals DANIEL NWANGWU Position: DT Height: 6-4 Weight: 290 Hometown: Sugar Land, TX High School: Kempner HS One of the veterans on defensive line, having started parts of the past three seasons...almost doubled his career tackle total with 22 stops last year...played tight end in high school, then evolved into a starting defensive tackle at Cal a year later as a true freshman dumped quarterback four times for 27 yards, second-highest sack total on team behind Tully Banta-Cain s eight...also had five total tackles for losses of 29 yards best games came against Washington (5 tackles, including two for losses of eight yards, and 1 sack) and UCLA (four tackles, three sacks for minus-21 yards) began the year as a starter on the line, but moved into a reserve role later in the year... had four unassisted stops in the Utah opener... played well at USC, making three tackles and returning a fumble four yards to the USC 7-yard-line to set up a Cal touchdown in the second quarter saw action in all 11 games and moved into the starting lineup for good over the final three games of the season... only defensive lineman not to miss a single day of practice during the year... played extremely well against the run in his first collegiate season, but also had an impact as a passrusher... had seven tackles behind the line of scrimmage for minus 25 yards, including a pair of sacks... ended the season with 12 tackles, including seven unassisted stops. High School / Personal: A member of the SuperPrep All-Southwest team as the No. 86 overall prospect in the state of Texas... an excellent student who has an interest in majoring in business or a possible career in medicine after his playing days are over... recruited by Baylor, Stanford and Northwestern before deciding on Cal in mid-december father, Peter, is a Nebraska grad and president and chairman of Punlabs LTD... mother, Patience, is a nurse... has an uncle who is a professor at Yale... lists Hardy Nickerson and John Randle as his favorite pro athletes... born March 11, 1981 in Tallahassee, FL. NWANGWU S CAREER STATISTICS Year UT AT TT Loss Sacks Int FR Totals California Golden Bears Football Prospectus

7 SCOTT TERCERO Position: Guard Height: 6-5 Weight: 295 Hometown: Pico Rivera High School: Loyola HS Finally received full bill of health last year and responded with his best season as a Bear...an athletic offensive guard who overcame earlier knee problems to earn All-Pac-10 honorable mention honors in played solidly despite knee pain in has started majority of last three seasons... had arthroscopic surgery on his knee during summer of 2000 and was never 100 percent during his sophomore campaign was perhaps Cal s most consistent performer on offensive line...started all 11 games at right guard missed entire preseason camp recovering from arthroscopic knee surgery during the summer... sat out the Utah opener entirely, but came off the bench to play well at Illinois and started the rest of the season... graded at 90 percent or better in five games... best games were when he graded at 95 percent at Washington and 92 percent vs. Oregon and Stanford pulled down third team Freshman All-America honors as named by The Sporting News... did not play in the season-opener as the coaching staff contemplated a possible redshirt season... played some at Nebraska and then was inserted into Cal s starting line-up in the Pac-10 opener vs. Arizona State... made eight starts down the stretch, missing only the Washington State game with a pulled hamstring. High School/Personal: Matriculated from an accomplished Loyola HS program that he helped to a 12-1 record as a junior picked up second team Del Rey League honors his senior year... received five votes in the Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West poll... earned first team Del Rey League and Central City honors as a senior... also was a second team all-state selection... a SuperPrep Far West selection, rating as the No. 75 overall prospect in the region... also a PrepStar all-region selection... recruited by Arizona State, Washington State, Oregon, San Diego State and Oklahoma State, among others... parents are Richard, who is 6-7, and Theresa Tercero... born Oct. 28, 1981 in Whittier, CA. LASHAUN WARD Position: WR Height: 6-1 Weight: 195 Hometown: Pasadena Last School: Muir HS plays, ranking third behind Terrell Williams and Joe Igber in team rushing saw a good amount of action in the first half of the season, mainly in passing situations... injured in the UCLA game with internal bleeding and sat out the remainder of the season... still ended the year with 17 tackles, four pass deflections and an interception... had an interception at Arizona State, which he returned 14 yards... best game may have been against UCLA when he had three unassisted tackles and a pair of pass deflections saw a significant amount of action as a redshirt-freshman... on the field in almost all nickel and dime alignments... teamed with Deltha O Neal as deep backs on Cal s kickoff returns... finished the year with six kickoff returns for 78 yards (13.0 ypr), including a career-long 32-yarder at Nebraska... threw the final block on a key interception return for a TD by O Neal against Rutgers... recovered a fumble at the Cal 17-yard-line to stop an Arizona State scoring threat... his first collegiate interception came with just under four minutes left in the Oregon game, giving Cal the ball at the Duck 35-yard-line and a chance to pull out a victory (Cal moved to the Oregon 4-yard-line before the drive was stopped and Oregon escaped with a win)... had an impact on offense as he played wide receiver in spot situations... caught a 43-yard pass at Washington State and a 55-yard TD pass at BYU came to Cal in 1998 and redshirted. High School/Personal: A multi-talented prep quarterback who was credited with more than 5,000 yards of total offense his final two seasons at Muir HS... threw for 1,675 yards and ran for 400 more as a senior... accounted for 24 touchdowns in 97, passing for 18 and running for six... a member of the Tom Lemming Prep Report All-Far West team as the No. 71 overall prospect in the region... also on the PrepStar Western Region team, ranking as the No. 3 prospect in the athlete category... earned first team Pacific League and West San Gabriel Valley honors as both a junior and senior... an honorable mention CIF pick his senior year, while he earned first team CIF honors in as a junior, threw for 2,085 yards and 20 touchdowns with just six interceptions... father is a policeman in Pasadena... recruited by USC and Arizona State as a defensive back, while Oklahoma wanted him as a quarterback in its option attack... an excellent prep sprinter... has volunteered to speak as D.A.R.E. classes for the Pasadena Police Department... parents are Jayce and Esmeralda Ward... born Sept. 22, 1980 in Pasadena, CA. WARD S CAREER STATISTICS Year UT AT TT Loss Sacks Int BR Totals Year Rec Yds Avg TD LG Totals Extremely gifted athlete who successfully made conversion from cornerback to wide receiver last season...emerged as Cal s best deep threat with his 23.1 yards-per-catch average last year ranking among Pac-10 s leaders...came to Cal as standout prep quarterback, but was moved to defensive secondary at Berkeley...internal injury and hamstring problem had slowed his developed as sophomore, but showed flashes of brilliance at wideout during second half of tracked down 18 passes for 416 yards and four TDs in his last five games after midseason shift from defensive secondary...erupted for 135 yards and two touchdowns on four catches vs. Arizona Nov. 3 also snared five balls for 86 yards and one TD at Stanford and caught three passes for 78 yards and TD at Rutgers to close out season...in addition, gained 69 yards on four carries on end-around 2002 California Golden Bears Football Prospectus 21

8 TERRELL WILLIAMS Position: TB Height: 6-0 Weight: 195 Year: Sophomore Experience: 1V Hometown: San Diego Last School: Hoover HS An outstanding all-around prospect who burst onto Pac-10 scene last year in leading Cal in rushing his freshman season...named to The Sporting News 2001 Pac-10 All-Freshman first team...if he doesn t redshirt this fall, figures to challenge senior Joe Igber for playing time at tailback position inserted into starting lineup in five games in which Igber was sidelined or slowed by injuries...averaged yards rushing (526 yds., 123 att., 3 TDs) over his last five games...that average would have ranked him third among Pac-10 rushers if projected over entire season his 62.5 yards-per-game figure for the season did rank eighth in conference, as he rattled off team-high 688 yards and four TDs on 160 attempts and club-best 4.3 yards per carry...his best collegiate game came in Bears season closer, when he bolted for 231 yards in total offense at Rutgers, rushing for 185 yards on 36 carries and catching five passes for 46 additional yards. High School/Personal: Earned SuperPrep All-America honors, rating as the No. 35 running back prospect in the country...also was rated the No. 18 overall prospect (5th among running backs) in the state of California picked up PrepStar All-America honors, ranking as the No. 8 running back prospect in the West...picked up five votes in Long Beach Press-Telegram s Best in the West poll...earned first team All-CIF honors as a senior recruited by some schools as a cornerback as he showed great potential on defensive side of the ball in high school...ran for 2539 yards on 233 carries (9.8 average) and 36 TDs as a junior...also caught 36 passes for over 600 yards and 8 more TDs his junior season...had 67 tackles with 6 pass interceptions and 11 pass deflections his junior season...a superior track athlete who ran a meters, meters and had a 21-0 long jump and 43-0 triple jump as a prep turned down offers from USC, LSU, Texas A&M, Arizona State and Washington State to come to Cal. WILLIAMS CAREER STATISTICS Year Att Yds Avg TD Long MARK WILSON Position: OT Height 6-6 Weight 295 Year: Junior Experience: 2V Hometown: McArthur Last School: Fall River HS Christened his Cal career with impressive debut season in which he nailed down first team Freshman All-America honors...followed that effort with solid performance as starting right tackle for 2001 unit... resilient player who s only Cal offensive lineman to start all 22 games over last two seasons... arrived at Cal as 255-pounder, but has really benefited from school s weight program... has long arms and good athletic ability, which translates into being a top pass protector... standout high school basketball player who has very good agility for man his size was one of three players who started every game on offensive line during season, with others being guard Scott Terecero and now-graduated tackle Langston Walker had an excellent freshman campaign as he graded out at 89 percent or better in 10 of his 11 starts... not only named first team Freshman All-American, but also was a first team All-Pac-10 selection by Football News... named third team Freshman All-American by The Sporting News redshirted his first season at Cal. High School/Personal: A PrepStar All-America selection, rating as the No. 10 offensive line prospect in the West... ended his senior year with 16 receptions for 480 yards and two touchdowns at a tight end... helped team rebound from a 1-8 season as a junior to a 10-1 mark and the Evergreen League co-championship as a senior... chose Cal after considering an offers from Washington, WSU and Fresno State... an excellent prep basketball player who helped his team to a No. 3 finish in the state (Division V) as a junior and was a first team all-state selection as a senior (Div. V)... spent the summer as a garlic harvester in parents are Jack and Terese Hayes... born Nov. 11, 1980 in San Jose, CA. Year Rec Yds Avg TD Long WILLIAMS GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING STATISTICS Date Opponent No Yds Avg Long /1 Illinois /8 BYU /22 at Washington State /29 Washington /13 Oregon /20 at UCLA /27 at Oregon State /3 Arizona /10 USC /17 at Stanford /23 at Rutgers Totals California Golden Bears Football Prospectus