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Evan Weaver has become the first Cal player to be named a first-team All-American since Jahvid Best in the 2009 preseason.
Evan Weaver Athlon First-Team Preseason All-American
6/19/2019 3:16 PM | Football
Senior Inside Linebacker First From Cal To Earn First-Team All-American Recognition Since Jahvid Best In 2009 Preseason
BERKELEY – Senior inside linebacker Evan Weaver was named a first-team preseason All-American by Athlon on Wednesday. Weaver is the first Cal player selected as a first-team All-American since running back Jahvid Best was a preseason first-team pick prior to the 2009 campaign.
Below are notes on Weaver with an extended bio available by clicking on his name.
Cal Career (2016 – Present)
• Has played in 36 of 37 possible games with 17 starts since his arrival at Cal in 2016 and posted career totals highlighted by 230 tackles, 13.0 tackles for loss (-52 yards), 6.0 sacks (-35 yards) and two interceptions that he has returned for 47 yards and one touchdown on a career-long 37-yard return against Washington as a 2018 junior
• Cal's active career leader in tackles who will begin the 2019 campaign 29 stops shy of the school's all-time top 10 list
Senior (2019)
• First-team (Athlon) and second-team (Phil Steele) preseason All-American
• First-team preseason All-Pac-12 (Athlon Sports, Phil Steele)
• One of 42 student-athletes on the watch list for the Ronnie Lott IMPACT Trophy that goes annually to the nation's top defensive player
Junior (2018)
• Second-team All-American (Pro Football Focus)
• First-team (Associated Press, Pro Football Focus) and second-team (Athlon, Pac-12 Coaches, Phil Steele) All-Pac-12
• Recipient of Cal's Bear Backers Award as the team's Co-Most Valuable Defensive Player
• Recorded career highs of 159 tackles to rank tied for second on Cal's all-time single-season list, 9.5 tackles for loss (-42 yards), 4.5 sacks (-28 yards), and two interceptions that he returned for 47 yards and his lone career touchdown
• Tied for fifth nationally with 6.4 solo tackles per game and eighth in total tackles with 11.9 per contest
Below are notes on Weaver with an extended bio available by clicking on his name.
ALL-AMERICAN (FIRST-TEAM)
Evan Weaver, ILB, 6-3, 245, Sr., 3L, Spokane, WA (Gonzaga Prep)Cal Career (2016 – Present)
• Has played in 36 of 37 possible games with 17 starts since his arrival at Cal in 2016 and posted career totals highlighted by 230 tackles, 13.0 tackles for loss (-52 yards), 6.0 sacks (-35 yards) and two interceptions that he has returned for 47 yards and one touchdown on a career-long 37-yard return against Washington as a 2018 junior
• Cal's active career leader in tackles who will begin the 2019 campaign 29 stops shy of the school's all-time top 10 list
Senior (2019)
• First-team (Athlon) and second-team (Phil Steele) preseason All-American
• First-team preseason All-Pac-12 (Athlon Sports, Phil Steele)
• One of 42 student-athletes on the watch list for the Ronnie Lott IMPACT Trophy that goes annually to the nation's top defensive player
Junior (2018)
• Second-team All-American (Pro Football Focus)
• First-team (Associated Press, Pro Football Focus) and second-team (Athlon, Pac-12 Coaches, Phil Steele) All-Pac-12
• Recipient of Cal's Bear Backers Award as the team's Co-Most Valuable Defensive Player
• Recorded career highs of 159 tackles to rank tied for second on Cal's all-time single-season list, 9.5 tackles for loss (-42 yards), 4.5 sacks (-28 yards), and two interceptions that he returned for 47 yards and his lone career touchdown
• Tied for fifth nationally with 6.4 solo tackles per game and eighth in total tackles with 11.9 per contest
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