Cal Golden Bears Ranked No. 25 in Nation, Texas LB Cameron Goode Commits
Written by Ryan Wright
Many college football teams are nearing their limit of 25 commitments for the 2016 recruiting class. As one top player after the other pledges to play for one school after another the Cal Golden Bears have done a steady job month after month during the offseason of picking up solid recruits.
On Saturday Cal traveled to Texas to land Klein Collins High School linebacker Cameron Goode now finding the class ranked No. 25 by Rivals.
College recruiters took notice of Goode after helping the Tigers to an 11-2 record in 2014. Klein Collins slipped into the third round of the Texas High School State Playoffs before falling to state runner-up Skyline High School (Dallas) 34-14.
The 6’3”, 195 pound, Houston area talent picked the Golden Bears over offers from Boston College, Kansas, Louisiana Lafayette, Texas State, and Iowa State.
Cal’s recruiting class includes players from six different states having landed three out of the Lone Star State; defensive end Tevin Paul (Austin), cornerback Josh Drayden (Dallas), and Goode.
Cal Golden Bears 2016 Verbal Commitment List
QB Max Gilliam, 6’3”, 190 lbs, Oaks Christian, Thousand Oaks, CA
QB Armani Rogers, 6’6”, 200 lbs, Hamilton High School, Los Angeles, CA
RB Derrick Clark, 5’11”, 195 lbs, Mission Bay HS, San Diego, CA
RB Zion Echols, 5’9”, 175 lbs, Charter Oak HS, Covina, CA
WR/TE Logan Gamble, 6’6”, 200 lbs, St. Anthony’s HS, Long Beach, CA
WR Drew Kobayashi, 6’2”, 185 lbs, St. Louis HS, Honolulu, HI
WR Matt Laris, 6’4”, 210 lbs, Eastside Catholic HS, Sammamish, WA
OC A.J. McCollum, 6’2”, 280 lbs, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
OG Francisco Perez, 6’5”, 300 lbs, Baldwin Park HS, Baldwin Park, CA
OT Daniel Juarez, 6’5”, 270 lbs, Centennial High School, Corona, CA
OT Jake Curhan, 6’7”, 305 lbs, Redwood High School, Larkspur, CA
CB Traveon Beck, 5’10”, 170 lbs, St. John Bosco HS, Bellflower, CA
CB Camryn Bynum, 5’10”, 165 lbs, Centennial HS, Corona, CA
CB Joshua Drayden, 5’9.5”, 168 lbs, Bishop Dunne HS, Dallas, TX
LB Cameron Goode, 6’3”, 195 lbs, Klein Collins HS, Houston, TX
LB Markus Wright, 6’2”, 215 lbs, Jordan HS, Columbus, GA
DE Russell Becker, 6’4”, 255 lbs, Fergus Falls C.C., Fergus Falls, MN
DT Tevin Paul, 6’4”, 265 lbs, Lake Travis HS, Austin, TX
DT Chris Yaghi, 6’4”, 269 lbs, Foothill HS, Santa Ana, CA
Photo credit: rivals.com; Cameron Goode at a Nike camp.