UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA FOOTBALL 2008 PRO PROSPECT PROFILES BRIAN DE LA PUENTE OL, 6-4, 302 San Clemente, CA SR-3V San Clemente HS 2007: A stalwart on the offensive line who earned honorable mention All-Pac-10 honors... started all 13 games at left guard earned the team s Bob Tessier Award as its Most Improved Offensive Lineman... part of a unit that allowed a league-low 11 sacks Cal s offense garnered over 2,000 yards on the ground, including 1,500-yard rusher Justin Forsett. 2006: Played in 10 games, including starts at right guard against Washington State, Washington and UCLA... recorded 14.5 knockdown blocks and 8.5 pancakes... had season-bests of 4.5 knockdowns and 2.5 pancakes in the Washington State outing. 2005: Saw spot duty during the course of the season earned his biggest chunk of playing time against Stanford credited with 1.5 pancake blocks and a knockdown block against the Cardinal also saw action against Illinois and Washington State. 2004: Did not see varsity action. 2003: Redshirted after suffering an injury and missing spring drills. High School: Earned first team all-league, All-CIF and all-county honors as a senior helped his team to the CIF semifinals played in the 2002 Shrine All-Star Game... also played basketball and volleyball and was on the track and field team... a member of the Superintendent s Honor Roll. Personal: Lists surfing among his off-field activities... parents are Bob and Carrie De La Puente... both parents played volleyball in college, father at Cal State Northridge and mother at UCLA... born May 13, 1985, in Los Angeles... legal studies major. THOMAS DeCOUD S, 6-2, 204 Pinole, CA SR-4V Pinole Valley HS A tall, athletic defensive back that has seen action at safety and corner... also a standout special teams player with six career blocked kicks has been rated by ESPN s Mel Kiper as the No. 6 pro prospect at safety in the nation... has been invited to the 2008 Senior Bowl. 2007: Anchored the Golden Bear secondary from his free safety position... an honorable mention All-Pac-10 selection... voted the team s defensive MVP and also earned the Andy Smith Award for seeing the most playing time and the Cort Majors Award as a team captain... led the team with 116 tackles (fourth in the Pac-10)... had six double-figure tackle games in 2007 and eight in his career... tallied 49 tackles in the last four games alone... paced the Bears with 10 takedowns in the Armed Forces Bowl victory over Air Force posted an 11-tackle performance against Stanford... registered a career-high 16 tackles (13 solo) against Washington... led the Bears with 12 tackles while forcing a fumble against USC... also posted 12 tackles in the Oregon State game... tallied nine tackles (eight solo) against Arizona State... registered his first career sack and first career interception in the victory over Arizona - his sack caused a fumble that Tyson Alualu recovered for a touchdown... finished the Arizona game with 10 tackles... ran down a Tennesseee back at the three-yard line and then was part of the goal-line stand which helped preserve the Cal advantage in the season-opening victory. 2006: Led the Bears with 27 tackles in the first four games, but then suffered a knee injury, missing two full games (Oregon State and Oregon) as well as much of the Washington State contest... finished the year with 45 tackles (20 solo) and was selected as the team s Most Improved Player... led the Bears with 13 tackles (10 solo) at Tennessee, his second career double-figure tackle game... logged one of the top blocks of the season against UCLA, taking out two defenders to spring DeSean Jackson for a 72-yard punt return TD... added seven takedowns against Minnesota... third on the team with six tackles, including his only tackle for loss of the year, in the Holiday Bowl win over Texas A&M. 2005: Ended the season with 28 tackles in 11 games... had blocked punts vs. Sacramento State and Oregon and a blocked field goal against New Mexico State recorded a team-leading 10 tackles against NMSU to go with the blocked field goal
... tallied four solo stops against Washington State... was credited with at least one tackle in each game that he played... had a tackle for a six-yard loss in the win at Washington. 2004: Tallied nine tackles while appearing in 10 of Cal s 12 games off the bench... blocked an extra-point attempt at Southern Miss that was returned for a defensive PAT by Wendell Hunter... also blocked kicks at Arizona and at Washington... recovered a fumble vs. Arizona State. 2003: Redshirted the season. High School: Earned all-league accolades during a senior season in which he rang up 80 tackles and two interceptions at defensive back caught 23 passes for 600 yards at wide receiver... awarded All-ACCAL honors in both football and basketball. Personal: Parents are Angellique and Ronaldo DeCoud... born March 19, 1985... interdisciplinary studies major. DeCOUD S CAREER STATISTICS Year G/GS UT-AT-TT TFL QS INT FR PBU 2004 10/0 6-3-9 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 2005 11/0 18-10-28 1-6 0-0 0-0 0 0 2006 11/4 20-25-45 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 2007 13/12 71-45-116 3-18 1-12 1-0 1 4 Total 45/16 115-83-198 5-25 1-12 1-0 2 7 JUSTIN FORSETT RB, 5-8, 196 Arlington, TX SR-4V Grace Prep Closed his Cal career ranked third in career rushing yards (3,220) and tied for second in career 100-yard games (150), despite starting just 17 career games his 26 career rushing touchdowns are the fourth-best single-season total at Cal... has been invited to the 2008 Senior Bowl. 2007: Led the Pac-10 in touchdowns (15, tied for first in a season at Cal) and ranked second in rushing (118.9 yards per game)... an All-Pac-10 First Team honoree... earned multiple team honors including the Bear Backer Award as the team s offensive MVP and the Stub Allison Award (Most Inspirational)... set the Cal school record with 305 rushing attempts in 2007... ranked second in single-season rushing... recorded his ninth 100-yard game of the season with an Armed Forces Bowl-record 140 yards and two touchdowns against Air Force tallied 141 rushing yards, including a career-long 58-yard burst, against Washington... logged a 164-yard performance against USC... registered 132 yards on a career-best 32 carries against Washington State, capping the evening with a game-clinching 44-yard touchdown run with 2:42 remaining... against an Oregon State defense which entered the game leading the nation in rushing defense, tallied 150 yards on 28 carries, while running for a TD for the seventh game in a row... ran for 101 yards on 23 carries against Oregon while scoring a pair of second-half touchdowns... added 117 yards and two TDs on 23 carries in the Arizona win... recorded 152 rushing yards on 23 carries (6.6 yards per carry) with a career-best three touchdowns in the victory over Louisiana Tech... in his first game as the Bears primary tailback, rushed for 156 yards on 26 carries to go with a touchdown against Tennessee... Doak Walker Award candidate... a Pac-10 All-Academic Second Team selection. 2006: Rushed for over 600 yards for the second year in a row... ran for 124 yards on eight carries (15.5 yards per carry) and a touchdown in the Bears Holiday Bowl win over Texas A&M with Marshawn Lynch injured for the bulk of the Oregon game, rushed for 163 yards, including 146 in the second half and 115 in the fourth quarter, as the Bears ground out the clock in the key victory... had a season-best 48-yard run in the Duck game... rushed for 75 yards on 11 carries in the win over Stanford and 78 yards on 12 carries in the Minnesota triumph... ran for touchdowns against Portland State, Oregon and Washington... had a nine-yard touchdown reception against Arizona State for his first career receiving score. 2005: Ended the season with 999 rushing yards and an eye-catching 7.6 yards per rush... ranked seventh in the Pac-10 with 83.2 rushing yards per game... his 7.6 average yards per carry was second in the nation to Heisman winner Reggie Bush (among America s top 50 rushers)... finished second on the squad with six rushing touchdowns... broke the 100-yard rushing mark four times, including a 235-yard effort at New Mexico State, the fourth-best rushing day in Cal history... ran for 187 yards in the win over Illinois and 153 (including a season-best 57-yard run) in the UCLA game... added 111 yards on just 12 carries against Washington State... had a 45-yard run vs. Illinois and a 39-yard jaunt at New Mexico State... also caught seven passes covering 68 yards during the year and returned four kicks for 70 yards. 2004: Carried the ball seven times for 34 yards and a touchdown in the season opener at Air Force... recovered a blocked punt in the end zone at Washington for his second touchdown of the season... tallied a pair of tackles vs. UCLA and one vs.
Oregon on special team coverage units. High School: Scored 63 touchdowns and rushed for nearly 5,000 yards during his last two seasons, propelling Grace Prep to back-to-back Texas state championships in the private school division... member of the Dallas Morning News Area Top 100 Team... darted for 2,560 yards and 38 TDs as a senior... also reeled off 2,365 rushing yards and 25 touchdowns as a junior... named first-team all-state and Most Valuable Player for Class 4A... earned MVP honors in the Texas All-Star Game... also participated in basketball and track... moved to Texas from Mulberry, Fla., after his sophomore year. Personal: Parents are Rodney and Albertina Forsett... father is a clergyman and coach... lists video games and photography among his hobbies... nicknamed The Truth in high school, but Cal teammates quickly labeled him Tex upon his arrival in Berkeley... born Oct. 14, 1985... interdisciplinary studies major focusing on globalization and consumer behavior. FORSETT S FORSETT S CAREER RUSHING STATISTICS CAREER RECEIVING STATISTICS Year G/GS Att Yds Avg TD Long Rec Yds Avg TD Long 2004 11/0 11 49 4.5 1 13 0 0 0.0 0 0 2005 12/3 132 999 7.6 6 57 7 68 9.7 0 22 2006 13/1 119 626 5.3 4 48 12 116 9.7 1 25 2007 13/13 305 1,546 5.1 15 58 22 202 9.2 0 49 Total 49/17 567 3,220 5.7 26 58 41 386 9.4 1 49 MIKE GIBSON OL, 6-5, 302 Napa, CA SR-2V Napa HS/Solano CC Saw action in the 2008 East-West Shrine Game. 2007: Protected Nate Longshore s blind side from his all-important left tackle position... an honorable mention All-Pac-10 selection... collected the team s Ken Cotton Award as its most courageous player... part of a superb offensive line which allowed just 11 sacks in 2007 (best in the Pac-10, fourth in the nation)... Cal ran for over 2,000 yards including nine individual 100-yard efforts... helped pave the way to 471 yards of total offense, including 230 on the ground, against Tennessee... Cal leads the Pac-10 and ranks third in the nation in sacks allowed over the last two years (24) missed the Armed Forces Bowl against Air Force due to injury. 2006: An outstanding debut year for the Bears, earning All-Pac-10 Second Team honors after moving into the starting lineup in the fourth game of the year following an injury to Scott Smith... played in all 13 games with nine starts... recorded 30.5 knockdown blocks and a team-best 11 cuts. Community College: Earned All-America honors... listed as the No. 8 offensive line prospect in the junior college ranks by SuperPrep and the No. 55 player in the country regardless of position by that service... two-time all-league first-teamer at Solano College... listed by JC Gridwire.com as the 14th-best two-year player in the country and the fifth-best prospect in California... ranked as the 14th-best junior college player in the country by Rivals.com. High School: An all-league, all-metro and second-team all-state selection... participant in the East-West Shrine Game... team won a pair of conference titles during his playing days... league s lineman of the year as a senior. Personal: Parents are Lynnae and Jon Emery... majoring in business at Cal. BRANDON HAMPTON CB, 5-10, 193 Los Angeles, CA SR-4V Westchester HS 2007: Played in all 13 games with 10 starts at cornerback ranked sixth on the team with 54 tackles and third with five pass break-ups opened the season with a personal-best 11 tackles and a pass breakup against Tennessee intercepted a pass against Louisiana Tech and returned it 37 yards, which led to an ensuing Cal touchdown snared another interception the following week against Arizona and returned it 25 yards forced a fumble on Oregon State s opening drive (also had two tackles and a pass breakup against the Beavers) logged five tackles, a pass breakup and fumble recovery at UCLA... also returned four punts (for four yards) and had a 29-yard kick return against Louisiana Tech. 2006: An impact player in his first year as a starter for the Bears... ranked fourth on the team with 63 tackles... also had
a pair of interceptions... registered a season-best 10 tackles (seven solo) in the win over Oregon State... snagged an interception on the first play of the Oregon game to set up a quick Cal score as the Bears went on to win big... collected five tackles and his first career solo sack (for a loss of 11 yards) in the Holiday Bowl win over Texas A&M also had nine stops against Minnesota and eight against Arizona State... credited with six tackles against both USC, Oregon and Tennessee... also nabbed an interception against the Volunteers. 2005: Credited with 12 tackles... had a season-high five tackles at Stanford, including a half-sack against the Cardinal... snagged his first career interception at Oregon and returned it 22 yards. 2004: Saw action in eight games as a special-teams performer... returned a fourth-quarter punt 13 yards at Air Force... registered five tackles on special teams, including two each vs. Oregon and Texas Tech. 2003: Redshirted while working with the scout teams. High School: Earned first team all-city and all-league honors after rushing for more than 1,600 yards as a senior... averaged 12.7 yards per carry during the year... as a junior, chosen second team all-league when he helped his team to the Western League title... also ran the 100, 200 and 400 on his high school track team. Personal: Brother, Chris Waddell, played inside linebacker at Washington in 1999 and 2000... parents are Thomas Hampton and Demetria Waddell... born Jan. 12, 1986, in Los Angeles... interdisciplinary studies major. HAMPTON S CAREER STATISTICS Year G/GS UT-AT-TT Loss Sacks INT FF PBU 2004 8/0 4-1-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2005 11/0 9-3-12 0.5-4 0.5-4 1-22 0 1 2006 13/13 30-33-63 2-15 1-11 2-38 0 4 2007 13/10 40-14-54 2-9 0-0 2-62 1 5 Total 45/23 83-51-129 4.5-28 1.5-15 5-122 1 10 LAVELLE HAWKINS WR, 5-11, 185 Stockton, CA SR-3V Edison HS/CC San Francisco Closed his career ranked 10th all-time in receptions (136) and 11th in receiving touchdowns (12) despite playing just three seasons after transferring... has been invited to the 2008 Senior Bowl. 2007: An All-Pac-10 Second Team selection... has been rated as the No. 1 senior receiver in the country by ESPN s Mel Kiper, Jr.... led the Bears with 72 catches (fourth in the Pac-10 with 5.53/game) and receiving yards with 872 (third in Pac- 10 with 67.1 per game)... earned the team s Dink Artal Award as the player showing special academic commitment and improvement... closed his career with just three catches for 17 yards, but one was a key touchdown grab in the first quarter snagged seven balls for 63 yards against Stanford... had three catches for 53 yards including a diving grab in the end zone for a 20-yard touchdown against USC... matched his career-high with nine catches for 78 yards against Washington State... monster game against Oregon State with nine catches for 192 yards (sixth-most in school history) including a 64- yard TD reception and a 10-yard scoring grab... had just two catches against Oregon, but both came on third-and-long and led to Cal touchdowns... recorded six catches for 95 yards in the win over Arizona... returned the opening kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown in the victory over Louisiana Tech... also added seven catches for 87 yards in the win over the Bulldogs... paced the Golden Bears with seven catches for 90 yards, including a three-yard TD reception, in the win over Tennessee... also serves as Cal s primary kick returner averaging 22.0 yards per return. 2006: An honorable mention All-Pac-10 selection... ranked second on the team with 46 catches for 705 yards and five touchdowns... caught touchdowns in the last three games, including a 32-yard TD catch against Stanford... had four catches for 33 yards and a four-yard TD grab in the Holiday Bowl win over Texas A&M held on to a six-yard touchdown pass against USC after getting hit hard by two Trojans... caught six passes for 99 yards to lead the Bears against Washington... was the leading receiver against Oregon State with six receptions for 128 yards and a touchdown... caught his first touchdown of the season against Arizona State (a 31-yarder to close the first quarter)... recorded his first career 100-yard receiving game with nine catches for 125 yards, including a 42-yarder, against Minnesota. 2005: Finished his first season as a Bear third on the team in receiving with 18 catches for 171 yards... missed the season opener while fulfilling NCAA transfer requirements... lone touchdown of the season was the game winner in the final minutes of the come-from-behind win over Washington State... ended that game with eight catches for 71 yards... also returned seven kickoffs for 129 yards... had a 29-yard return at UCLA and a 24-yarder against the Beavers... slowed in mid-season by an ankle injury.
Community College: A junior-college SuperPrep All-America selection... hauled in 23 passes for 525 yards and four touchdowns in only seven games as one of former Cal QB Joe Ayoob s favorite targets on the state runner-up club (22.8 yards per catch)... also ranked seventh in the state in punt returns in 2004, averaging 15.0 yards on nine attempts... cranked out 114.7 yards per outing in all-purpose yardage... caught four passes for 56 yards in CCSF s narrow loss to College of the Canyons in the California community college state championship game... originally attended LSU in the spring of 2004 before transferring to CCSF. High School: Parade All-American at Edison High School in Stockton as one of the nation s most recruited wide receivers... gained more than 1,000 yards receiving and 800 yards rushing as a senior, when he was named the Stockton Record s area player of the year... caught 53 passes for almost 1,000 yards and 12 touchdowns as a junior, and also collected 75 tackles, four interceptions, three forced fumbles and two sacks at free safety... Rivals.com ranked him the No. 4 athlete and No. 73 overall player in the United States, and pegged him the No. 10 overall player in the state of California. Personal: Born July 12, 1986... social welfare major... a cousin of San Diego State running back Lynell Hamilton. HAWKINS CAREER STATISTICS Year G/GS Rec. Yds Avg. TD Long 2005 9/3 18 171 9.5 1 33 2006 13/5 46 705 15.3 5 44 2007 13/3 72 872 12.1 6 64 Total 35/11 136 1748 12.9 12 64 DeSEAN JACKSON WR, 6-0, 172 Long Beach, CA JR-3V Long Beach Poly HS Mel Kiper rates him as the No. 1 junior receiver in the nation... had 28 touchdowns in 36 career games... tallied nine career 100-yard receiving games... ranks sixth all-time at Cal in receptions, third in receiving yards and third in receiving touchdowns... had catches in his last 28 consecutive games for the Bears for his career recorded 52 plays of 20 or more yards (23.0% of his 226 touches). 2007: Earned first-team All-America honors by the American Football Coaches Association and third-team honors from the Associated Press An All-Pac-10 Second Team selection at receiver and at punt returner tallied five catches for 84 yards, including a 40-yard TD reception on a difficult twisting catch, in Cal s victory over Air Force in the Armed Forces Bowl had five grabs for 88 yards and a touchdown against Arizona State... snagged nine passes for 136 yards and a pair of touchdowns against UCLA... registered career-bests of 11 catches and 161 yard, including two impressive touchdown grabs, to lead the Bears to a crucial road victory over No. 11 Oregon... dazzled fans with a career-best 73-yard end-around TD run in the win over Colorado State... added to his reputation in the season-opener against Tennessee with 143 yards on just six touches (23.8 yards per touch), including a 77-yard punt return touchdown - his sixth career PR TD...also had a 19-yard run in the win over the Volunteers... missed the second-half of the Washington game and all of the Stanford game with a bruised thigh... rated as the No. 1 receiver in the nation by The Sporting News and Rivals.com, as well as the No. 1 special teams player by Rivals in the preseason... Playboy Magazine Preseason All-American. 2006: A first-team All-Pac-10 selection as a wide receiver and as a punt returner... first-team All-America punt returner by the Associated Press, Walter Camp Foundation, the Football Writers Association of America, the Sporting News and Rivals. com... captured the inaugural Randy Moss Award as the top return man in the nation led the nation with 18.2 yards per punt return... ranked second in the Pac-10 with nine receiving touchdowns... set school and Pac-10 records for season (4) and career punt return TDs (5) with a 95-yarder against Arizona... had four 100-yard receiving games... registered 28 plays of 20 or more yards... Cal s top receiver against Arizona, catching six passes for 131 yards, including a career-long 62-yard TD, while returning a kickoff 26 yards to finish with 285 all-purpose yards... had a 72-yard punt return for a TD against UCLA and caught three passes for 58 yards, including a 34-yarder... collected seven passes for 127 yards against Stanford, including a 44-yard reception... registered a 65-yard punt return TD and a 36-yard TD catch against Oregon... tallied a team-best seven catches for 74 yards and a touchdown against Oregon State... returned a punt 80 yards for a touchdown against Arizona State... also had four catches for 67 yards, including a 52-yarder, and a TD against the Sun Devils... recorded 103 yards on five catches against Portland State... hooked up with Nate Longshore for three touchdowns against Minnesota as he finished with 114 yards receiving... tallied a team-best 87 receiving yards on four catches against Tennessee, including a 40-yard catch-dodge-and-run for a TD... led the Bears with five catches for 81 yards in the Holiday Bowl victory over Texas A&M.
2005: Led the Bears with 38 catches and 601 yards... also topped Cal with seven touchdown receptions... first career reception (and first collegiate touch of the football) resulted in a 31-yard touchdown vs. Sacramento State in the season opener... his first collegiate punt return came in the same game and he took it 49 yards for another touchdown... credited with nine catches for 130 yards and a touchdown against New Mexico State and 10 catches for 128 yards and a TD against UCLA... in the bowl game against BYU, tallied six catches for 130 yards and two touchdowns with the TD grabs covering 42 and 22 yards... longest reception of the year was a 56-yard TD grab at Stanford for the first score of the game... had a season-best run of 17 yards at UCLA... missed the Washington State game due to injury. High School: One of the premier high school wide receivers in the nation... Parade Magazine All-American... named the 2004 Glenn Davis Award winner by the Los Angeles Times as Southern California s player of the year... flagged down 60 passes for 1,075 yards for Long Beach Poly s CIF Southern Section championship team... scored 15 touchdowns, eight which measured at least 60 yards or more, including two on punt returns... voted Most Valuable Player of the U.S. Army All- American Bowl in San Antonio, as he had seven receptions for 141 yards and passed for a 45-yard touchdown in leading the West squad to a 35-3 victory in a game that featured 80 of the nation s top players... sparkled in the CaliFlorida Bowl game, posting five catches for 145 yards and one touchdown... ESPN.com s Tom Lemming rated him as the No. 4 wide receiver in the country, PrepStar selected him an All-American and a member of its Dream Team Top 100 players, and Calhisports. com voted him the 2004 Mr. Football State Player of the Year... SuperPrep ranked him No. 21 in its Elite 50 players in the nation and No. 4 player in the state of California... Rivals.com rated him the No. 3 player in the Golden State and the No. 32 player in the USA... in the CIF title game, he was a last-minute replacement on defense and responded with two interceptions, one which he returned 68 yards for a touchdown to help fuel Long Beach Poly s 21-6 victory over Los Alamitos High... as a junior, hunted down 43 passes for 821 yards and 11 touchdowns in earning first team accolades... a two-time member of the famed Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West first team. Personal: Parents are Gayle and Bill Jackson... considered an outstanding baseball player with big-league potential... brother, Byron, played professional football with the NFL s Kansas City Chiefs in 1992-93... owns 4.3 speed in the 40-yard dash... born Dec. 1, 1986... intends to major in social welfare. JACKSON S CAREER RECEIVING STATISTICS Year G/GS Rec. Yards Avg. TD Long 2005 11/10 38 601 15.8 7 56 2006 13/13 59 1,060 18.0 9 62 2007 12/11 65 762 11.7 6 44 Totals 36/34 162 2,423 15.0 22 62 JACKSON S CAREER RUSHING STATISTICS Year G/GS No. Yards Avg. TD Long 2005 11/10 8 48 6.0 0 17 2006 13/13 5 19 3.8 0 9 2007 12/11 11 132 12.0 1 73 Totals 36/34 24 199 8.3 1 73 JACKSON S CAREER RETURN STATISTICS Year PR Yds Avg. TD Lng KR Yds Avg. 2005 1 49 49.0 1 49 0 0 0.0 2006 25 455 18.2 4 95 2 38 19.0 2007 12 129 10.8 1 77 0 0 0.0 Totals 38 633 16.7 6 95 2 38 19.0
ROBERT JORDAN WR, 5-11, 171 Oakland, CA SR-4V Hayward HS Ranks seventh at Cal in career receptions (156) and ninth in receiving yards (2,047) and ninth in receiving touchdowns (13)... owns the Cal record for consecutive games with a reception (42)... started more games (37) than any other player on the team. 2007: An honorable mention All-Pac-10 selection... closed the year with career-highs of 47 catches and 689 yards recorded 247 receiving yards in his last two career games, including 148 yards on six catches in the Armed Forces Bowl against Air Force had an 18-yard touchdown reception and a 52-yard grab to set up a touchdown in the Air Force victory tallied four catches for 99 yards, including a 46-yard touchdown reception, against Stanford as he earned Cal s Berkeley Breakfast Club Award for the most outstanding offensive player in the Big Game... missed the UCLA game due to a shoulder injury... returned against Arizona State for 85 yards on five catches... finished the Oregon State game with five grabs for 68 yards, including a 37-yard reception in the fourth quarter... recorded five receptions for 47 yards in the win over Louisiana Tech... tallied a pair of catches against Tennessee, including a short catch-and-jump over the defense for a four-yard touchdown. 2006: Honorable mention All-Pac-10 selection... second on the team with 46 catches (571 yards) and four touchdowns... snared five passes for 86 yards and two touchdowns (including a season-best 44-yarder) to lead Cal against UCLA... led the Bears with a season-high six catches (for 56 yards) against Washington State... caught a short Nate Longshore delivery and fought into the end zone against Oregon for his second TD catch of the year... went over 1,000 career receiving yards against Arizona State... Cal s leading receiver against ASU, with five catches for 83 yards... collected four passes for 43 yards, including a 24-yarder for his first TD of the season, against Minnesota. 2005: Missed some time with injury but still finished second on the squad in catches (34), receiving yards (455) and touchdown receptions (4)... his 58-yard touchdown reception at Washington was the longest pass play of the season for the Bears... Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Week after catching 11 passes for 192 yards and three touchdowns against the Huskies... his three first-half TD receptions also tied a school record... also snagged a TD catch against Arizona... did not play against Sacramento State and Washington State due to injury. 2004: Played in eight games with five starts as a true freshman... hauled in 29 passes for 332 yards to finish second on the team in catches and third in receiving yards... redshirt plans were tossed out when a rash of injuries hit the receiver corps... after serving duty on scout teams to open the season, emerged as a starter when Burl Toler fell to injury four games into the campaign... in his first appreciable duty, caught five passes for 40 yards at Arizona and then followed up with a sevencatch, 116-yard, one-td performance vs. Arizona State in his first career start the next week... grabbed three balls for 53 yards and a score in Big Game vs. Stanford and added five catches for 36 yards against Texas Tech in the Holiday Bowl. High School: An All-Far West choice by SuperPrep, which ranked him No. 41 among high school seniors in California... PrepStar also tabbed him on its All-West team as a defensive back... missed his team s final three games, as well as the CaliFlorida Bowl all-star contest, due to a fractured left fibula... ranked the No. 26 overall player in Northern California by NorCalPreps.com... caught 30 passes for 650 yards and 18 touchdowns as a senior... was a Student Sports sophomore All-American at Tulare High before transferring to Hayward as a junior. Personal: Parents are Tara Vann and Rudy Jordan... cousin of former Cal running back Marshawn Lynch... Hayward High teammate of Philip Mbakogu... born Jan. 29, 1986... majoring in social welfare. JORDAN S CAREER STATISTICS Year G/GS Rec Yds Avg TD Long 2004 8/5 29 332 11.4 2 29 2005 10/8 34 455 14.2 4 58 2006 13/13 46 571 12.4 4 44 2007 12/11 47 689 14.7 3 52 Total 43/37 156 2,047 13.1 13 58
ANDREW LARSON P, 6-2, 197 Mission Viejo, CA SR-2V Laguna Hills HS/Saddleback CC 2007: A semifinalist for the Ray Guy Award as one of the top punters in the nation... averaged 41.1 yards per punt with a net punting mark of 37.6 (third in the Pac-10)... opponents attempted just 21 returns against Cal - for a total of 113 yards (5.4 yards per return, ninth in the nation)... had 41 straight punts without a touchback (with nine inside the 10) before his third punt reached the end zone against Washington... dropped four of his seven punts inside the 20 against USC... averaged 44.8 yards on five punts against Arizona State with three downed inside the 20... had a career day against Oregon State, setting a school record with an average of 55.8 yards on four punts, including a career-long 73-yarder and a 64-yarder... punted seven times at Oregon, averaging just 38.1 yards, but placing four inside the 20 (three of those inside the 10)... had three punts for 136 yards (45.3 avg) against Arizona - the returns went for -4 yards giving him a net punting average of 46.7 for the game... placed two of his four punts against Louisiana Tech inside the 20... punted five times for an average of 43.6 yards with just one punt returned for six yards against Tennessee... has been rated as the No. 3 senior NFL prospect at punter by Mel Kiper. 2006: A second team All-Pac-10 selection... led the Pac-10 and ranked eighth in the nation in net punting (38.3)... his average yards per punt (42.6) ranked third in the Pac-10 and was the sixth-best average in school history... just 19 of his high-arching punts were returned for only 132 yards (6.9 yards per return)... also had just four touchbacks in 49 punts, while 16 were downed inside the 20 and 16 were fair caught... career day against Stanford, punting three times for an average of 52.7 yards per punt, including a career-long 72-yarder... had two punts land inside the 20 against USC, and averaged 41.3 yards on six punts... averaged 39.7 yards on six punts against Arizona, including a 44-yarder... averaged 41.2 yards on five punts against Washington with two downed inside the 20... punted six times with an average of 48.3 yards against Arizona State. Community College: Two-time selection as first-team All-Mission League... first-team All-American by JC Athletic Bureau after his sophomore season, in which he averaged 42.6 yards on 49 punts... had 17 punts inside the opponents 20-yard line... third-team All-American as a freshman by JC Athletic Bureau... two-time community college all-state pick... averaged 43.1 yards on 30 punts as a freshman. High School: Played in the Orange County All-Star game... had one game in which he scored two touchdowns, including one on an interception return, and kicked three field goals... also played baseball in high school... school s athlete of the year for football and baseball... averaged 42.3 yards per punt as a senior, including 13 inside the 20... had nine field goals, two interceptions as a safety, and six TD catches. Personal: Parents are Lisa and Pete Tereschuk... major is undeclared... began his career at Wyoming before heading to Saddleback College. LARSON S CAREER STATISTICS Year No Yds Avg. Long TB FC I20 Blkd 2006 49 2,087 42.6 72 4 16 16 0 2007 61 2,505 41.1 73 5 9 21 0 Total 110 4,592 41.7 73 9 25 37 0 MATTHEW MALELE DT, 6-1, 312 Carson, CA SR-4V Carson HS The most experienced member of the Cal defensive line... dropped over 20 pounds in the spring. 2007: Another member of the defensive line that battled injuries this season managed to play in nine games with seven starts, despite struggling with a bad knee posted 16 tackles on the year... tallied three stops and a half sack at Colorado State notched three tackles and a sack against Oregon State. 2006: Started all 13 games on the Bear s defensive line... finished the season with 11 tackles... registered three tackles, including one for loss against Oregon. 2005: A stable force in the defensive front... earned starts in eight games and ended the season with 13 tackles... credited with 2.5 tackles for loss, including one each against Arizona and UCLA... tallied a half-sack against Washington State... did not play against Stanford or in the bowl game due to injury.
2004: Played in 10 of 12 games as current NFLer Lorenzo Alexander s backup... tallied two tackles, one solo, in season opener at Air Force... blocked a pass vs. UCLA... totaled four tackles overall in reserve. 2003: Suffered a shoulder injury in training camp, which sidelined him for the entire season. High School: Named to PrepStar/CBS SportsLine.com s Top 100 Dream Team in 2002... had 74 tackles, 19 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks as a senior... batted down seven passes, had four quarterback hurries and caused two fumbles as a senior... a Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West first teamer who led Carson to the 2002 Marine League crown... rated sixth among defensive tackles in the West by PacWest/TheInsiders.com... ranked 68th on SuperPrep s All-Far West team... Rivals.com ranked him as the 12th-best defensive tackle in the country, No. 26 overall player in its Top 100 in the West Region and No. 11 among California s Top 100. Personal: Parents are Celia and Mel Malele... born Aug. 19, 1985... cousin of teammate Noris Malele, an offensive lineman... sociology major. MALELE S CAREER STATISTICS Year G/GS UT-AT-TT Loss Sacks INT FF PBU 2004 10/0 2-2-4 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 2005 10/8 6-7-13 2.5-8 0.5-2 0 0 0 2006 13/13 4-7-11 0.5-1 0-0 0 0 0 2007 9/7 3-13-16 1.5-6 1.5-6 0 0 0 Total 42/28 15-29-44 4.5-15 2-8 1 0 0 JUSTIN MOYE LB, 6-1, 228 Modesto, CA SR-3V Central Catholic HS 2007: A key part of Cal s talented linebacking corps... saw playing time in all 13 games this season, including four starts tallied 48 stops, including two for a loss, a sack and an interception started the last two games of the season, registering four tackles vs. Stanford and six in the Armed Forces Bowl win over Air Force his interception came in week two of the season at Colorado State when he returned it 27 yards in the fourth quarter to help set up a touchdown recorded five tackles on two different occasions Louisiana Tech and Arizona State posted three tackles and his first career sack (loss of 15 yards after a grounding call) at Washington... earned the team s Joe Roth Award as the player best exemplifying courage, attitude and sportsmanship. 2006: Earned a starting role against Tennessee, Minnesota and Portland State, while seeing action in all 13 games... finished the regular season with 23 tackles (nine solo)... notched four tackles against both Minnesota and Washington... registered a tackle for a loss against Portland State. 2005: Accumulated seven tackles, primarily on special teams, while seeing action in all 12 games... credited with three tackles at Oregon... was credited with a partially blocked punt against Sacramento State and broke up a pass at Washington... had two stops against Washington State. 2004: Did not see any varsity action. 2003: Redshirt. High School: Named Stanislaus County High School Player of the Year in 2003... a three-time All-Trans Valley League selection who earned league MVP and first team all-district honors as a senior linebacker... a small school all-state choice... also played quarterback, reeling off 22 rushing touchdowns as a senior... played three years of varsity baseball, earning all-league three times and all-district his junior and senior years. Personal: Lists hunting and skiing as outdoor sporting interests... parents are Jeff and Mary Sue Moye... born May 18, 1985, in Modesto... American studies major... father played on Cal s 1975 conference championship team. MOYE S CAREER STATISTICS Year G/GS UT-AT-TT Loss Sacks INT FF PBU 2005 12/0 5-2-7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 2006 13/3 9-14-23 0.5-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2007 13/4 26-22-48 2-20 1-15 1-27 0 0 Total 38/7 40-38-78 2.5-21 1-15 1-27 0 1
CRAIG STEVENS TE, 6-5, 258 San Pedro, CA SR-4V Peninsula HS Three-time all-conference selection... was rated as the No. 7 tight end in the nation by The Sporting News... did not missed a game in his Cal career, leading the team with 50 straight appearances to finish his career tied for second all-time in games played (Daymeion Hughes set the record with 51 straight)... ran a 4.8 40 during the spring... has been invited to the 2008 East-West Shrine Game. 2007: An honorable mention All-Pac-10 selection... earned the team s Frank J. Schlessinger Coaches Award as the player who demonstrates outstanding athletic ability, academic success and community service... also earned the Cort Majors Award as the defensive team captain... caught passes in 10 of the last 11 regular season games... key run-blocker and pass-protector in the Bear attack... snared two catches for 33 yards, including a 16-yard TD reception against Washington... posted a season-high three grabs for 27 yards against Washington State... snagged a 21-yard touchdown pass against UCLA and added a 21-yard catch against Arizona State... amazing play against Oregon State when he caught a short Kevin Riley delivery and rumbled nearly 10 yards with multiple players on his back for a 23-yard gain... caught his first touchdown pass of the season against Louisiana Tech, a 17-yarder on third down... preseason candidate for the Mackey Award. 2006: A second-team All-Pac-10 selection... honored with the team s Cort Majors Captain Award... helped Cal to 10 100- yard rushing efforts and two 300-yard passing games... listed as the No. 1 tight end for every game (did not start each game due to three-receiver sets) seven of his catches were on third or fourth down, all for first downs... caught three passes for 51 yards against USC, including a 25-yard reception... had two catches for 61 yards against Washington... caught three passes against Oregon, including his only touchdown of the season, a two-yard grab on the Bears first drive of the game... also had three catches for 40 yards against Oregon State, including a career-long 29-yard reception... snagged a 26-yard reception in the Holiday Bowl win over Texas A&M suffered a concussion on the opening kickoff of the Tennessee game and did not return. 2005: Selected as Cal s most improved player... started every game during season and earned All-Pac-10 honorable hention recognition... finished fifth on the squad with 13 catches covering 165 yards... longest reception of the year was a 26- yarder at Stanford... caught three passes against Arizona and USC... had TD receptions against UCLA and the Cardinal... added a 24-yard catch vs. Washington State and a 20-yarder vs. Arizona. 2004: Played in every game, including earning the start against Oregon... a Pac-10 honorable mention all-academic selection... in his first collegiate game, recorded a 16-yard reception at Air Force... caught two passes vs. Oregon in first career start, including a 26-yard TD reception. 2003: Redshirted... named the Scout Team Player of the Year for offense. High School: Listed No. 54 in Rivals.com s national ranking for tight ends... member of the Long Beach Press-Telegram s Best in the West first team... also an All-Far West choice by SuperPrep magazine and All-West Region selection by Prep- Star... stockpiled 126 tackles on defense and caught four touchdown receptions at tight end to earn first-team all-league, All-CIF and all-area honors as a senior... named his team s Defensive Player of the Year... selected to play in the Cali- Florida Bowl. Personal: Enjoys snowboarding and surfing... cousin is Mike Tully, who won a silver medal in the pole vault in the 1984 Olympics... parents are Mark and Helene Stevens... born Sept. 1, 1984... legal studies major. STEVENS CAREER STATISTICS Year G/GS Rec Yds Avg TD Long 2004 12/1 4 61 15.2 1 26 2005 12/12 13 165 12.7 2 26 2006 13/7 17 239 14.1 1 29 2007 13/13 17 204 12.0 3 23 Totals 50/33 51 669 13.1 7 29
GREG VAN HOESEN LB, 6-4, 233 Saratoga, CA SR-4V Saratoga HS 2007: An intense competitor who saw action in 12 games, including starts in the final two games of the year at middle linebacker and significant special teams action registered 19 tackles, including 11 in the final two games in his first start of the year, against Stanford in the Big Game, recorded a career-best six tackles... added five takedowns in the Armed Forces Bowl victory over Air Force tallied tackles in five straight games (Arizona-Arizona State), including two tackles against the Sun Devils set a big block on a punt coverage that enabled DeSean Jackson to dart 77 yards for a touchdown against Tennessee... a second-team Pac-10 All-Academic selection for the second straight year... also earned the team s Senior Lifter of the Year honor ands collected the Pappy Waldorf Coaches Award... missed the Louisiana Tech game due to injury... caught a kickoff on a short kick and returned it seven yards against Oregon. 2006: Second-team Pac-10 All-Academic selection... the mobile backer saw action in all 13 games... ended the regular season with 23 tackles, including nine solos... collected four tackles against UCLA... against Oregon State registered three tackles and a sack... recorded four tackles, including one behind the line of scrimmage for a loss of one yard against Portland State... tallied a season-high five tackles at Tennessee. 2005: Turned in a solid sophomore season, seeing action in 10 games... was in the starting lineup against Sacramento State, Washington and Oregon... ended the season with 16 tackles... returned an interception 16 yards for a touchdown against Washington State... had three stops against Sacramento State and Stanford... slowed mid-season by an ankle injury... had tackles for loss against Arizona and Stanford and in the bowl win. 2004: Tallied six tackles, a broken up pass (at Oregon State) and a blocked punt (at Washington) that led to a touchdown... returned a punt for nine yards at Washington. 2003: Redshirted while working with the scout teams... earned freshman lifter of the year. High School: A two-way varsity starter for three years... earned all-league honors all three seasons, leading his school in tackles each year... led the Falcons in tackles with 91.5, including eight sacks, in being named to the San Jose Mercury News 2002 second team... recovered two fumbles, caused four fumbles and blocked one kick... named defensive MVP and team captain... 2002 SuperPrep All-Far West choice... won team s Most Valuable Underclassman award as its leading tackler as a junior... also participated in basketball, track and field, and wrestling. Personal: Lists painting, sculpture and playing the piano and guitar among his hobbies... parents are Rick and Jill Van Hoesen... both parents and older sister, Lauren, attended Lehigh University... born March 14, 1985... fine arts major... a number of his works have been featured during Cal s televised games. VAN HOESEN S CAREER STATISTICS Year G/GS UT-AT-TT Loss Sacks INT FR PBU 2004 8/0 1-2-3 1-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 2005 10/3 13-3-16 3-4 0-0 1-16 0 0 2006 13/0 9-14-23 0.5-0 0.5-0 0-0 0 0 2007 12/2 6-13-19 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 Total 43/5 29-32-61 4.5-4 0.5-0 1-16 0 1