Pro Bears Week 15
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2020 NFL MVP candidate Aaron Rodgers and the Packers currently own the top playoff spot in the NFC.

Pro Bears Week 15

Six Golden Bears Affiliated With Teams That Have Clinched Playoff Spots; Allen, Jordan And Rodgers Named To Pro Bowl

Former Cal players Keenan Allen (Los Angeles Chargers), Cameron Jordan (New Orleans) and Aaron Rodgers (Green Bay) were selected Monday for the Pro Bowl with the announcement made on NFL Network. Rodgers' selection is the ninth of his career (2009, '11, '12, '14, '15, '16, '18, '19, '20), while Jordan is a six-time pick (2013, '15, '17, '18, '19, '20) and Allen has been chosen each of the past four years (2017, '18, '19, '20). Jordan and Rodgers were selected as starters.

Jordan and Rodgers are two of the six former Cal players affiliated with NFL teams who have clinched playoff spots at the end of the league's Week 15 regular-season games that concluded Monday night with Tyson Alualu (Pittsburgh) the third on active 53-player roster. Three others – Mychal Kendricks (Seattle practice squad), Mitchell Schwartz (Kansas City injured reserve) and Davis Webb (Buffalo practice squad) – are affiliated with teams that have also secured playoff positions. The Packers, Chiefs and Bills have also secured NFC North, AFC West and AFC East crowns, respectively.

Sixteen other former Cal players are affiliated with NFL squads still in contention for the playoffs with two weeks remaining in the regular season including eight on active 53-player rosters in Devante Downs (New York Giants), Jared Goff (Los Angeles Rams), Jordan Kunaszyk (Washington), L.P. Ladouceur (Dallas), Patrick Laird (Miami), Patrick Mekari (Baltimore), Richard Rodgers (Philadelphia) and Nick Sundberg (Washington). Eight others – Austin Clark (Miami outside linebackers coach), Trevor Davis (Washington practice squad), DeSean Jackson (Philadelphia injured reserve), Khalfani Muhammad (Minnesota practice squad), Ron Rivera (Washington head coach), Vincent Rivera (Washington defensive quality control), Richard Rodgers Sr. (Washington assistant defensive backs coach) and Evan Weaver (Arizona practice squad) -- are also affiliated with NFL teams that still have a chance at a playoff spot.
 
A few notable Week 15 individual performances by former Cal players included …
  • Marvin Jones' career-high 10 receptions for 112 yards and one touchdown in Detroit's 48-25 loss at Tennessee
  • Keenan Allen's 100th reception of the season in the Los Angeles Chargers' 30-27 win at Las Vegas
  • Chad Hansen's first career touchdown reception in Houston's 27-20 loss at Indianapolis
  • Rodgers' 40th touchdown pass of the season in a 24-16 win over Carolina to become the first NFL player to throw 40 or more touchdown passes three times
  • L.P. Ladouceur's 251st career game in Dallas' 41-33 win over San Francisco to set a new record for most all-time games played by a Canadian previously held by Eddie Murray (250)
 
Cal currently has 31 former football student-athletes affiliated with NFL teams including 18 on active 53-player NFL rosters, three on injured reserve, five on practice squads and five that are coaching in the league. Additional notes and a complete list of all 31 former Cal football student-athletes that finished their collegiate playing careers at Cal is below with their names linked to their Pro Football Reference, NFL.com or team profiles.

Visit Cal's social media channels for frequent updates throughout the 2020 NFL campaign on former Bears affiliated with NFL teams and CalBears.com for a weekly #ProBears wrap-up.
 
Active Rosters (18) – Name, Position, Team (Record, Conference Place, Division Place), Experience
Keenan Allen, WR, Los Angeles Chargers (5-9, #12 AFC, T-3rd AFC West), 8th Season
Week 15 (Los Angeles Chargers 30, at Las Vegas 27, OT) – 1 reception, 17 yards; 1 rush, -1 yard; limited to 24 snaps all on offense (36% of offensive snaps)
Week 16 (Sun., Dec. 27, 1:05 pm PT, FOX) – vs. Denver (5-9)
2020 Stats – 14 games, 100 receptions, 992 yards, 8 TD, 1 two-point conversion reception
2020 Rankings – Targets (T-1st, 147), Receptions (3rd), TD Receptions (T-10th)
– Selected to the Pro Bowl roster for the fourth time
– Has equaled his career high in touchdown receptions
– Has registered his third season of 100 or more receptions and is within four catches of the career-high 104 he recorded in 2019
– Within eight yards receiving of his fourth consecutive and fifth career season of 1000 or more yards receiving
– Has four games with over 100 yards receiving and three with 10 or more catches, as well 27 100+ yard receiving games and 13 with at least 10 receptions in his career
– Has an NFL record at least 13 receptions in a game on six occasions in his career
– Has more career receptions than any other player in NFL history through his first 100 games with 624, which is two more than the 622 by Antonio Brown through his first 100 games
– Had a career-high 16 receptions for 145 yards and one touchdown in a 34-28 Week 11 win over the New York Jets
– Had game highs of 13 receptions and 132 yards receiving as well as his first touchdown catch of the season in a 21-16 Week 3 loss to Carolina
– Picked up 10 receptions and 125 yards receiving in a 39-29 Week 7 win at Jacksonville
– Second on the Chargers' list of all-time receptions with 624 (all-time leader is Antonio Gates with 955)
– 4x Pro Bowl (2017, '18, '19, '20), First-Team All-Pro (2019 Pro Football Weekly), Second-Team All-Pro (2017 and 2018 Pro Football Focus)
– Comeback Player of the Year (2017 AP and PFWA), All-Rookie Team (2013 PFWA)
 
Tyson Alualu, NT, Pittsburgh (11-3, #3 AFC, 1st AFC North, Clinched Playoff Berth), 11th Season
Week 15 (at Cincinnati 24, Pittsburgh 17) – Season-high-tying five tackles
Week 16 (Sun., Dec. 27, 10 am PT, CBS) – at Indianapolis (10-4)
2020 Stats – 13 games, 33 tackles, 2.0 sacks (-18 yards), 3 tackles for loss, 5 quarterback hits, career-high 4 pass defenses, 1 forced fumble
– Has played a big role in helping the Pittsburgh defense rank second in the NFL in passing yards allowed per game (202.2 ypg), third in total yards allowed (303.1 ypg) and sixth in rushing yards allowed (100.9 ypg)
– Had a season-high-tying five tackles, 1.0 sack (-10 yards), one tackle for loss, a season-high two quarterback hits and one pass defense in a 26-21 Week 2 home win over Denver
– Made his 100th career start in a 26-16 Week 1 win at the New York Giants and contributed four tackles, a season-high two tackles for loss and one quarterback hit
– Had four tackles in a 23-17 Week 13 home loss to Washington and a 26-15 Week 14 loss at Buffalo, adding 1.0 sack (-8 yards), one quarterback hit and one forced fumble against the Bills
– Selected to the NFL All-Rookie Team (2010) after being taken with the No. 10 pick overall of the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft by Jacksonville
 
Stephen Anderson, TE, Los Angeles Chargers (5-9, #12 AFC, T-3rd AFC West), 8th Season
Week 15 (Los Angeles Chargers 30, at Las Vegas 27, OT) – 21 snaps (4 offensive, 17 special teams)
Week 16 (Sun., Dec. 27, 1:05 pm PT, FOX) – vs. Denver (5-9)
2020 Stats – 14 games, 1 reception, 6 yards; 5 tackles; 332 snaps (70 offensive, 262 special teams)
– Has his lone reception of the 2020 season for six yards in a 45-0 Week 13 loss to New England
– Played in season highs of 37 snaps and 29 special teams snaps (career-high 97%) in a 39-29 Week 7 win at Jacksonville
– Contributed a season-high two special teams tackles in a 23-20 Week 2 overtime loss to Kansas City
– A member of New England's practice squad in 2018 before he was promoted to the 53-player roster for the NFL Playoffs and earned a Super Bowl ring when the Patriots won Super Bowl LIII
 
Bryan Anger, P, Houston (4-10, #13 AFC, 3rd AFC South), 10th Season
Week 15 (at Indianapolis 27, Houston 20) – 2 punts, 95 yards, 47.5 avg, 41.0 net avg, 2 inside 20, 57 long
Week 16 (Sun., Dec. 27, 10 am PT, FOX) – vs. Cincinnati (3-10-1)
2020 Stats – 14 games, 49 punts, 2283 yards, 46.6 avg, 42.1 net avg, 16 inside 20, 5 touchbacks, 18 fair catches, 67 long, 2 tackles; 2 free kicks, 126 yards, 63.0 avg
2020 NFL Rankings – Long (T-6th), Fair Catches (T-7th), Net Yards Over Avg (8th, 1.185), Net Avg (T-9th)
– Has punted for an average above 50.0 yards per punt four times in 2020 most recently with a season-high 56.0 average in a 10-7 Week 10 loss at Cleveland in which he also had a season-high net average (45.7) and a long of 64 that was his second-longest punt of the season
– Also had a 50.25 average in a 31-23 Week 4 loss to Minnesota followed by a 52.3 average in a 42-36 Week 6 overtime loss at Tennessee, as well as a 51.25 mark and a season-best long of 67 that is tied for the sixth-longest punt in the NFL in 2020 in a 35-20 Week 7 loss to Green Bay
– Has had at least one punt of 50 yards or more in 10 of 14 games
– Posted a season-high three punts inside the 20-yard line in a 27-25 Week 9 win at Jacksonville
– Had a season-highs six punts in a 28-21 Week 3 loss at Pittsburgh
– Led NFL with a 47.5 yards per punt average in 2014

Devante Downs, LB, New York Giants (5-9, #13 NFC, T-2nd NFC East), 3rd Season
Week 15 (Cleveland 20, at New York Giants 6) – 2 tackles
Week 16 (Sun., Dec. 27, 10 am PT, FOX) – at Baltimore (9-5)
2020 Stats – 14 games, 32 tackles, 1 quarterback hit, 1 pass defense, 1 fumble recovery
– Registered a career-high-tying five tackles and his first career quarterback hit in a 22-21 Week 7 loss at Philadelphia on Thursday Night Football and then equaled the career-high-tying five tackles in a 27-17 Week 10 home win over the Eagles
– Has recorded four tackles on three occasions including back-to-back games in a 36-9 Week 3 home loss to San Francisco in which he had career highs of 55 defensive snaps and 60 overall snaps and a 17-9 Week 4 home loss at the Los Angeles Rams, as well as a 23-20 Week 9 win at Washington
– Had a career-high 26 special teams snaps in a 37-34 Week 5 loss at Dallas
– Made his first career start and recorded his first career fumble recovery in a 26-16 Week 1 home loss to Pittsburgh on the first of two Monday Night Football games
 
Jared Goff, QB, Los Angeles Rams (9-5, #5 NFC, 2nd NFC West), 5th Season
Week 15 (New York Jets 23, at Los Angeles Rams 20) – 22-of-34, 209 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT, 44 long, 89.0 passer rating; 1 rush, 9 yards
Week 16 (Sun., Dec. 27, 1:25 pm PT, FOX) – at Seattle (10-4)
2020 Stats – 14 games, 346-of-509 (68.0%), 3718 yards, 20 TD, 12 INT, 56 long, 92.4 passer rating; 44 rushes, 76 yards, career-high 4 TD
2020 NFL Rankings – Yards After Catch (3rd, 5.93), Pass Completions (6th), Pass Attempts (7th)
– Has a career-best completion percentage
– Has taken 100% of his team's 971 offensive snaps through its first 14 games
– Completed 37-of-47 passes (season-high 78.7%) for 351 yards with one touchdown for a 104.9 passer rating in a 38-28 Week 13 win at Atlanta, while adding four rushes for one yard and one touchdown on the ground
– Completed 39-of-51 passes for 376 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions for a 99.8 passer rating in a 27-24 Week 11 win at Tampa Bay, picking up season highs for pass completions and passing yards while tying a season high with three touchdown passes
– Completed 27-of-37 passes for 302 yards with no touchdowns or interceptions in a 23-16 Week 9 home win over Seattle
– Completed 35 out of a season-high 61 pass attempts for 355 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions in a 28-17 Week 8 loss at Miami
– Completed 23-of-33 passes for 219 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions for a 108.0 passer rating in a 24-10 Week 7 home win over Chicago on Monday Night Football
– Completed 21-of-30 passes for 309 yards with two touchdowns and one interception including a season-long 56-yard scoring strike to Robert Woods and also scored a rushing touchdown in a 30-10 Week 5 win at Washington
– Completed 25-of-32 passes including a 55-yard touchdown connection with Cooper Kupp in a 17-9 Week 4 home win over the New York Giants
– Rallied Los Angeles from a 28-3 deficit late in the third quarter to briefly lead 32-28 by scoring 29 unanswered points in an eventual 35-32 loss at Buffalo in Week 3, completing 23-of-32 passes for 321 yards with two touchdowns and one interception for a 111.6 passer rating while adding two rushes for four yards and one rushing touchdown as well as one successful two-point pass conversion
– Completed 20-of-27 passes for 267 yards with a season-high-tying three touchdown passes and no interceptions for a season-best 142.1 passer rating in a 37-19 Week 2 road win at Philadelphia
– Has thrown for 400 or more yards four times and 300 or yards on 25 occasions including a career-high 517 yards vs. Tampa in his lone career contest of 500 or more passing yards on Sept. 29, 2019
– Weekly awards????
– 2x Pro Bowl (2017, '18)
– Helped Rams to NFC title and Super Bowl LIII during 2018 season
 
Chad Hansen, WR, Houston (4-10, #13 AFC, 3rd AFC South), 2nd Season
Week 15 (at Indianapolis 27, Houston 20) – 2 receptions, 55 yards, 1 TD … first career TD reception
Week 16 (Sun., Dec. 27, 10 am PT, FOX) – vs. Cincinnati (3-10-1)
2020 Stats – 3 games, 14 receptions, 212 yards, 1 TD
– Recorded a career-high seven receptions for 56 yards in a 36-7 Week 14 loss at Chicago, catching balls each of the seven times he was targeted
– Had five receptions for a career-high 101 yards in his first NFL game since 2017 in a 26-20 Week 13 loss to Indianapolis
– Signed by Houston to the team's active 53-man roster on Dec. 6, 2020, after spending the first 12 weeks of the 2020 season on the Texans' practice squad, returned to the team's practice squad on Dec. 8, 2020 before being bumped back to the active 53-man roster on Dec. 12, 2020, returned to the practice squad on Dec. 15, 2020 and then was placed back on the 53-man roster on Dec. 19, 2020
– Played in 15 games with one start and picked up nine receptions for 94 yards receiving in his first season in the NFL with the New York Jets in 2017 after being drafted by the club in the fourth round of the 2017 NFL Draft
– Also spent nine days (Sept. 2-10, 2018) on New England's 53-player roster before joining practice squad or offseason rosters in Tennessee (2018), Denver (2018-19), New Orleans (2019) and Houston (2019-20)
 
Jaylinn Hawkins, S, Atlanta (4-10, #15 NFC, T-3rd NFC South), 1st Season
Week 15 (Tampa Bay 31, at Atlanta 27) – 29 snaps (12 defensive, 17 special teams)
Week 16 (Sun., Dec. 27, 1:05 pm PT, FOX) – at Kansas City (13-1)
2020 Stats – 10 games, 13 tackles, 0.5 sacks (-6 yards), 1 quarterback hit
– Picked up his first career sack with 0.5 sacks while adding one tackle and one quarterback hit in a 43-6 Week 12 win over Las Vegas
– Returned to action with a pair of tackles on 10 special teams snaps in a 25-17 Week 8 win at Carolina after having missed three straight games from Weeks 4-6 due to injury and sitting out another week with a Week 7 bye
– Registered a career-high five tackles while playing in a career-high 26 defensive snaps in a 30-16 Week 4 loss at Green Bay
– Made his first NFL start in a 30-26 Week 3 home loss to Chicago and finished with three tackles while playing in a career-high 42 snaps (24 defensive, career-high 18 special teams)
– Made his NFL debut with one special teams tackle in a 38-25 Week 1 home loss to Seattle
– The only Cal rookie currently on an active 53-player NFL rosters after being selected in the fourth round of the 2020 NFL Draft by Atlanta with the 134th pick overall
 
Marvin Jones Jr., WR, Detroit (5-9, #10 NFC, 4th NFC North), 9th Season
Week 15 (at Tennessee 46, Detroit 25) – Career-high 10 receptions, 112 yards, 1 TD
Week 16 (Sat., Dec. 26, 10 am PT, NFL Network) – vs. Tampa Bay (9-5)
2020 Stats – 14 games, career-high-tying 65 receptions, 779 yards, 7 TD
– Has had eight receptions twice for a season-high 116 yards and one touchdown in a 34-30 Week 12 win at Chicago and for 96 yards and one touchdown in a 30-27 Week 10 win against Washington
– Had six receptions with 48 yards receiving in a 41-25 Week 12 loss to Houston
– Recorded five receptions for 80 yards in a 23-22 Week 7 win at Atlanta
– Had his first two-touchdown reception game of the season and eighth of his career in a 41-21 Week 8 loss to Indianapolis
 
Cameron Jordan, DE, New Orleans (10-4, #2 NFC, 1st NFC South … Clinched Playoff Berth), 10th Season
Week 15 (Kansas City 32, at New Orleans 29) – 3 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 quarterback hit … ejected from the game
Week 16 (Fri., Dec. 25, 1:30 pm PT, FOX/NFL Network) – vs. Minnesota (6-8)
2020 Stats – 14 games, 47 tackles, 6.5 sacks (-31 yards), 11 tackles for loss, 1 pass defense, 15 quarterback hits
2020 NFL Rankings – Tackles For Loss (T-10th)
– Selected to the Pro Bowl roster for the sixth time
– Named NFC Defensive Player of the Month for November after picking up 14 tackles, 5.0 sacks, six tackles for loss and 10 quarterback hits as the Saints went 5-0 during the month
– Picked up two tackles, 1.0 sack (-1 yard), two tackles for loss and a season-high four quarterback hits in a 31-3 Week 12 win at Denver
– Posted four tackles, season highs of 3.0 sacks (-14 yards) and three tackles for loss, as well as three quarterback hits in a 24-9 Week 11 win over Atlanta
– Had three tackles, 1.0 sack (-8 yards), one tackle for loss and two quarterback hits in a 26-23 Week 8 overtime win at Chicago
– Recorded a team-high-tying and season-high 10 tackles, 0.5 sack (-4 yards), two tackles for loss and one quarterback hit in a 30-27 Week 5 overtime win over the Los Angeles Chargers on Monday Night Football with his 10 tackles the second-highest total of his career
– Picked up his first sack of the season (-4 yards) amongst four tackles, one tackle for loss and one quarterback hit in a 35-29 Week 4 win at Detroit
– Contributed five tackles in a 34-24 Week 2 loss at Las Vegas in the first game played at Allegiant Stadium on Monday Night Football
– Ranks second among active players with his current string of 143 consecutive regular-season starts as well as second among non-specialists with 158 straight games played (all games possible in his NFL career), while he is eighth among all active players in sacks (93.5) and ninth in tackles for loss (124)
– 6x Pro Bowl (2013, '15, '17, '18, '19), First-Team All-Pro (2017), Second-Team All-Pro (2018, '19), All-2010s Team (NFL/Pro Football Hall of Fame)
 
Jordan Kunaszyk, LB, Washington (6-8, #4 NFC, 1st NFC East), 2nd Season
Week 15 (at Seattle 20, Washington 15) – 15 snaps (15 special teams) … no stats other than participation
Week 16 (Sun., Dec. 27, 10 am PT, CBS) – vs. Carolina (4-10)
2020 Stats – 4 games, 1 tackle, 67 snaps (67 special teams)
– Returned to action in a 20-15 Week 15 loss at Seattle after having not been active for the two previous games in a Week 13 win vs. Pittsburgh and Week 14 victory at San Francisco
– Had a single tackle in a 20-9 Week 11 win against Cincinnati
– Signed to the Washington 53-player roster on Nov. 14, 2020, after being on the Washington practice squad from Sept. 26 – Nov. 14, 2020
– Released by Carolina on Sept. 5, 2020, after contributing seven tackles in nine games played all off the bench as an NFL rookie for the Panthers in 2019 after being signed by the club as an undrafted free agent
 
L.P. Ladouceur, LS, Dallas (5-9, #11 NFC, T-2nd NFC East), 16th Season
Week 15 (at Dallas 41, San Francisco 33) – 15 snaps (15 special teams) … played in his 251 career game to break the record for most NFL contests played by a Canadian player … no stats other than participation
Week 16 (Sun., Dec. 27, 1:25 pm PT, FOX) – vs. Philadelphia (4-9-1)
2020 Stats – 14 games, 127 snaps (127 special teams) … no stats other than participation
– Has snapped on two Greg Zuerlein walk-off game-winning field goals on the final play from 46 yards in a 40-39 Week 2 home win over Atlanta and 34 yards in a 37-34 Week 5 home victory over the New York Giants
– Credited for one fumble lost for 11 yards when he was instructed to snap the ball out of the end zone and allow a Philadelphia safety for the final two Eagles' points of the game and set up a Dallas free kick with 3:55 remaining in the fourth quarter of a 23-9 Week 8 road loss
– Has the NFL's longest current consecutive regular-season and a Dallas franchise-record games played streak that is also the longest ever by a long snapper and seventh all-time in the league at 251, having played in every regular-season game possible dating back to the final 13 contests of his 2005 rookie campaign all with Dallas
– His 251 career games played are the most ever by a Canadian player in the NFL, rank second on Dallas' all-time list behind only Jason Witten (255), and are eighth among active players and seventh among active players who have seen action in 2020
– Has made every long snap for the Cowboys over their last 251 games and snapped cleanly on all 2252 tries – 1059 punts, 677 PATS and 515 field goals
– At 39 years of age is the third-oldest active current player that has seen action in the NFL in 2020 behind Tom Brady (43) and Drew Breeze (41)
– Pro Bowl (2014)
 
Patrick Laird, RB, Miami (9-5, #7 AFC, 2nd AFC East), 2nd Season
Week 15 (at Miami 22, New England 12) – 2 rushes, season-high 20 yards; season-high-tying 2 receptions, 12 yards
Week 16 (Sat., Dec. 26, 5:15 pm PT, NFL Network) – at Las Vegas (7-7)
2020 Stats – 14 games, 13 rushes, 72 yards; 10 receptions, 68 yards
– Had a season-high four rushes for 19 yards and one reception for four yards over a season-high 42 offensive snaps in a 33-27 Week 14 home loss to Kansas City
– Had three rushes for six yards and a season-high-tying two receptions for 16 yards in a 19-7 Week 13 win over Cincinnati
– Had two rushes for a season-high-tying 19 yards as well as a season-long 17-yard rush in a 29-21 Week 10 win over the Los Angeles Chargers
– Had one reception for a season-high 17 yards and one rush for a loss of one yard in a 34-31 Week 9 win at Arizona
– Had one rush for nine yards in a 20-3 Week 12 win at the New York Jets
– Recipient of the first completion of Tua Tagovailoa's career for two yards in a 24-0 Week 6 home win over the New York Jets and then gave away the gloves he was wearing that Tagovailoa signed as well as two tickets to Tagovailoa's first NFL start in the Dolphins' Week 8 home game against the Los Angeles Rams via a random drawing on his Instagram page
– Had a season-high 19 special teams snaps in a 31-28 Week 2 loss to Buffalo
– Had a season-high-tying two receptions for nine yards in a 21-11 Week 1 loss at New England
– Rushed 62 times for 168 yards and one touchdown while adding 23 receptions for 204 yards as an undrafted rookie in 2019
– First earned a spot on Miami roster in 2019 after signing as an undrafted free agent following the 2019 NFL Draft
 
Alex Mack, C, Atlanta (4-10, #15 NFC, T-3rd NFC South), 12th Season
Week 15 (Tampa Bay 31, at Atlanta 27) – Played in all 65 offensive snaps … no stats other than participation
Week 16 (Sun., Dec. 27, 1:05 pm PT, FOX) – at Kansas City (13-1)
2020 Stats – 14 games, 973 snaps (972 offensive, 1 special teams)
– Has a current run of 94 consecutive starts to rank second among all active centers behind only Philadelphia's Jason Kelce (103)
– 6x Pro Bowl (2010, '13, '15, '16, '17, '18), First-Team All-Pro (2013 and 2017 Sporting News), Second-Team All-Pro (2013, AP and PFF; 2016 AP and PFF; 2017 Sporting News), All-2010s Team (NFL/Pro Football Hall of Fame)
– Helped Atlanta to Super Bowl LI after the 2016 campaign in his first season with the Falcons
 
Patrick Mekari, OL, Baltimore (9-5, #8 AFC, 3rd AFC North), 2nd Season
Week 15 (at Baltimore 40, Jacksonville 14) – Started at center and played in all a season-high 73 snaps (66 offensive, career-high-tying seven special teams) … was also credited for a fumble not lost
Week 16 (Sun., Dec. 27, 10 am PT, FOX) – vs. New York Giants (5-9)
2020 Stats – 13 games … 599 snaps (530 offense, 69 special teams) … no stats other than participation
– Has played in 55 or more offensive snaps in each of his last seven games with starts at right guard in each of the first three and center in each of the last four
– Placed on the IR/COVID-19 list on Nov. 25 and was activated from the IR/COVID-19 list on Dec. 4 (missed 19-14 Week 12 loss at Pittsburgh)
– Played in season highs of 67 offensive snaps off the bench in a 28-24 Week 8 loss to Pittsburgh
– Made his first start of the season and first career start at right guard in a 27-3 Week 5 win over Cincinnati
– Played in a season-high and career-high-tying seven special teams snaps in a 33-16 Week 2 win at Houston
– Has 12 career regular-season starts with nine at center and three at right guard
– Played in 12 regular-season games and one playoff contest including starts in each of the final five regular-season games and the playoff contest all at center as an undrafted rookie in 2019
– First earned a spot on Baltimore roster in 2019 after signing as an undrafted free agent following the 2019 NFL Draft
 
Aaron Rodgers, QB, Green Bay (11-3, #1 NFC, 1st NFC North … Clinched Division Title And Playoff Berth), 16th Season
Week 15 (at Green Bay 24, Carolina 16) – 20-of-29, 143 yards, 1 TD, 22 long, 91.6 passer rating; 5 rushes, season-high 26 yards, TD
Week 16 (Sun., Dec. 27, 5:20 pm PT, NBC) – vs. Tennessee (10-4)
2020 Stats – 14 games, 332-of-477 (69.6%), 3828 yards, 40 TD, 4 INT, 118.0 passer rating, 78 long; 34 rushes, 126 yards, 3 TD; 1 rec, -6 yards
2020 NFL Rankings – Passer Rating (1st), Touchdown Passes (1st), Touchdown Percentage (1st, 8.4), Yards After Catch (6.02, 1st), Lowest Interception Percentage Among Starters (1st, 0.8%), Fewest Interceptions Among Starters (T-3rd), Long (78TD, 3rd), Completion Percentage (5th), Average Gain (8.03, 6th), Passing Yards (6th), Pass Completions (10th)
– Selected to the Pro Bowl roster for the ninth time
– Has the best completion percentage and second-best passer rating mark of his career behind only his 2011 NFL MVP season when he had a 122.5 passer rating
– Has thrown four touchdown passes five times, three on another five occasions and two twice more to give him multiple-touchdown passes in 12 of 14 contests
– Has had a passer rating of 107.6 or better in 12 of 14 games
– Has best overall position grade (94.5) among all NFL players according to Pro Football Focus
– Became only player in NFL history with three seasons of 40 or more touchdown passes in a 24-16 Week 15 win over Carolina
– Has had rushing touchdowns in each of the last two games in a 34-27 Week 14 victory at Detroit and 24-16 Week 15 win vs. Carolina
– Completed 26-of-33 passes for 290 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions for a 133.6 passer rating in a 34-27 Week 14 victory at Detroit while adding six rushes for 13 yards and one TD
– Named NFC Offensive Player of the Week for the 18th time (most in Green Bay franchise history) and became the fastest player in NFL history to reach 400 career touchdown passes in a 30-16 Week 13 win over Philadelphia when he completed 25-of-34 passes for 295 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions for a 128.9 passer rating while adding four rushes for a loss of three yards
– Completed 21-of-29 passes for 211 yards with a season-high-tying four touchdowns and no interceptions for a 132.3 passer rating while adding two rushes for 12 yards in a 41-25 Week 12 win at Chicago in a game in which he became the 11th player in NFL history to throw for 50000 career yards
– Completed 27-of-38 passes for 311 yards with three touchdowns and one interception for a 110.7 passer rating while adding three rushes for 13 yards in a 34-31 Week 11 loss at Indianapolis
– Completed 24-of-34 passes for 325 yards with two touchdowns and one interception for a 108.1 passer rating while adding three rushes for four yards and his first rushing touchdown of 2020 in a 24-10 Week 10 home win over Jacksonville
– Completed 25-of-31 passes for 305 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions for a 147.2 passer rating while adding one rush for seven yards in a 34-17 Week 9 win at San Francisco
– Completed 27-of-41 passes for 291 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions for a 110.9 passer rating in a 28-22 Week 8 home loss to MInnesota
– Completed 23-of-34 passes for 283 yards with a season-high-tying four touchdowns and no interceptions for a 132.4 passer rating in a 35-20 Week 7 win at Houston
– Completed 27-of-33 passes for 327 yards with a season-high-tying four touchdowns and no interceptions for a season-high 147.5 passer rating in a 30-16 Week 4 home win over Atlanta on Monday Night Football
– Completed 21-of-32 passes for 283 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions for a 124.9 passer rating in a 37-30 Week 3 win at New Orleans on Sunday Night Football
– Completed 32-of-44 passes for 364 yards with a season-high-tying four touchdowns and no interceptions for a 127.5 passer rating in a 43-34 Week 1 win at Minnesota
– Weekly and Monthly awards (Week 1, 3 and 4, September?)????
– 2x MVP (2011, '14), Athlete of the Year (2011 AP); Super Bowl XLV Champion/MVP (2010 Season); 9x Pro Bowl (2009, '11, '12, '14, '15, '16, '18, '19), First-Team All-Pro (2011, '14), Second-Team All-Pro (2012), All-2010s Team (NFL/Pro Football Hall of Fame)
– Has third-highest career passer rating in NFL history (103.5), while he is fourth among active NFL players and seventh overall in career passing touchdowns (404), as well as sixth among active players and 10th overall in career passes completed (4245), sixth among active players in pass attempts (6538), passing yards (50774) and total offense (50892), and ninth among active players in completion percentage (64.9%)
 
Richard Rodgers, TE, Philadelphia (4-9-1, #14 NFC, 4th NFC East), 7th Season
Week 15 (at Arizona 33, Philadelphia 26) – 2 snaps (2 special teams) … no stats other than participation
Week 16 (Sun., Dec. 27, 1:25 pm PT, FOX) – at Dallas (5-9)
2020 Stats – 14 games, 24 receptions, 345 yards, 2 TD … highest reception and yards receiving totals since 2016, first two touchdown receptions since 2017
– Recorded season highs of six receptions and 85 yards receiving in a 22-21 Week 7 home win over the New York Giants on Thursday Night Football with his yards receiving the second-highest total of his career and his receptions third, while his 69 offensive snaps and 72 total snaps were also both season highs and the second and third-highest totals of his career
– Had four catches for 60 yards in a 27-17 Week 10 loss at the New York Giants
– Had three receptions, 53 yards receiving and one touchdown in a 23-17 Week 12 home loss to Seattle
– Had three receptions and 31 yards receiving in a 30-28 Week 6 loss against Baltimore
– Had two receptions, 48 yards receiving and his first touchdown reception since 2017 in a 22-17 Week 11 loss at Cleveland
– Made first start of the 2020 season in a 25-20 Week 4 win at San Francisco and contributed three receptions and 35 yards receiving while also recovering a 49ers' on-side kick with 2:01 remaining to help secure the victory
– Had two receptions for 15 yards in a 23-23 Week 3 tie with Cincinnati
 
Nick Sundberg, LS, Washington (6-8, #4 NFC, 1st NFC East), 11th Season
Week 15 (Seattle 20, at Washington 15) – 6 snaps (6 special teams) … no stats other than participation
Week 16 (Sun., Dec. 27, 10 am PT, CBS) – vs. Carolina (4-10)
2020 Stats – 14 games, 112 snaps (112 special teams) … no stats other than participation
– Played a season-high-tying 14 snaps all on special teams in both a 27-17 Week 1 win over Philadelphia and a 23-15 Week 14 victory against San Francisco in a game played in State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona
– Washington's nominee for the prestigious Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year honor in both 2017 and 2019
– Founder of Loads of Love, a program that aims to boost school attendance by installing washers and dryers in schools and non-profit organizations at no cost to them or their families to directly impact children experiencing homelessness or an unstable living situation
 
Injured Reserve (3)
Ashtyn Davis, S, New York Jets (1-13, #16 AFC, 4th AFC East), 1st Season
Week 15 (New York Jets 23, at Los Angeles Rams 20) – Injured, did not play
Week 16 (Sun., Dec. 27, 10 am PT, CBS) – vs. Cleveland (10-4)
2020 Stats – 10 games, 36 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 pass defense, 1 fumble recovery; 2 kick returns, 43 kick return yards, 21.5 kick return avg, 27 long
– Recorded a career-high 12 tackles, one tackle for loss and one fumble recovery in a 34-28 Week 11 loss at the Los Angeles Chargers
– Registered six tackles in a 31-28 Week 13 loss to Las Vegas
– Had five tackles and his first career pass defense while playing in a career-high 81 defensive snaps in a 30-27 Week 9 loss to New England on Monday Night Football
– Had his would-be first NFL interception nullified by a penalty in a 30-10 Week 5 loss to Arizona
– Made his first career NFL start in a 31-13 Week 2 loss to San Francisco, contributing one kickoff return for 27 yards on the game's opening kickoff while registering a career-high 18 special teams snaps
– Made his NFL debut by returning one kickoff for 16 yards and adding one special teams tackle in a 27-17 Week 1 loss at Buffalo
– Cal's highest selection in the 2020 NFL Draft taken by the New York Jets in the third round with the No. 68 pick overall
 
DeSean Jackson, WR, Philadelphia (4-9-1, #14 NFC, 4th NFC East), 13th Season
Week 15 (at Arizona 33, Philadelphia 26) – Injured, did not play
Week 16 (Sun., Dec. 27, 1:25 pm PT, FOX) – at Dallas (5-9)
2020 Stats – 4 games, 13 receptions, 155 yards; 1 rush, 12 yards; 1 punt return, 2 yards; 169 all-purpose yards
– Missed three straight games from Weeks 4-6 due to injury before returning with three receptions for 34 yards, one rush for 12 yards and one punt return for two yards to total 48 all-purpose yards in a 22-21 Week 7 home win over the New York Giants on Thursday Night Football but suffered a non-displaced ankle fracture in the fourth quarter of the contest that landed him on injured reserve and has not played since
– Has played in only seven games over the past two seasons due to injuries that also limited him to a career-low three contests (9-159, 2 TD) in 2019
– Had two receptions for 11 yards and also one fair catch on a punt return in a 23-23 Week 3 home tie with Cincinnati that marked the third time in four career contests that teams he has played for have finished in ties with the Bengals (all three of the ties in his career)
– Contributed season highs with a game-high six receptions and team-high 64 yards receiving including a 25-yarder that was his team's longest play from scrimmage in a 37-19 Week 2 home loss to the Los Angeles Rams that marked the first time the Long Beach native had played against a Los Angeles team in his career
– 3x Pro Bowl (2009, '10, '13), All-Rookie Team (2008), First-Team All-Pro (2009 Pro Football Writers and Sporting News WR), Second-Team All-Pro (2009 Associated Press KR)
– Leads all active NFL players with a career 17.3 yards per reception average and has paced the NFL in the category four times (2010, '14, '16, '18), while he is tied for second in punt returns for touchdowns (4), fifth in yards receiving (10575) and ninth in yards from scrimmage (11034), as well as 10th in punt return yards (1315) and all-purpose yards (12386), and tied for 10th in yards per punt return (9.4)
– Has the longest punt return among any active NFL player with an 85-yard touchdown return as a member of Philadelphia in the 2009 season-opener at Carolina (Sept. 13, 2009)
 
Khalfani Muhammad, RB, Minnesota (6-8, #9 NFC, 3rd NFC North), 2nd Season
Week 15 (Chicago 33, at Minnesota 27) – Did not play, practice squad
Week 16 (Fri., Dec. 25, 1:30 pm PT, FOX/NFL Network) – at New Orleans (10-4)
– Has been with five different NFL organizations – Tennessee (2017-18), New England (2018), Denver (2019), Arizona (2020) and Minnesota (2020) – after being selected in seventh round of the 2017 NFL Draft by the Titans but has not played in a regular-season NFL game
– Signed to Minnesota's practice squad on December 14, 2020
– Spent three games on Tennessee's active roster during the 2017 campaign when he was on the 53-player roster for the final regular-season game and each of the team's two playoff contests
 
Mitchell Schwartz, T, Kansas City (13-1, #1 AFC, 1st AFC West … Clinched Division Title And Playoff Berth), 10th Season
Week 15 (Kansas City 32, at New Orleans Saints 29) – Injured, did not play
Week 16 (Sun., Dec. 27, 10 am PT, FOX) – vs. Atlanta (4-10)
2020 Stats – 6 games, 380 snaps (357 offensive, 23 special teams)
– Placed on injured reserve Nov. 21 after being on the Reserve/COVID-19 list from Nov. 16-21
– Has not played in the last eight games since getting in eight snaps before being removed with an injury during a 26-17 Week 6 win at Buffalo on Monday, Oct. 19
– Super Bowl LIV Champion (2019), First-Team All-Pro (2018), 3x Second-Team All-Pro (2016, '17, '19), All-Rookie Team (2012 PFWA)
– Had started the first 134 games possible of his career with the streak extending to 185 consecutive combined college and regular-season NFL games that and also included starting all 51 games possible during his final four seasons at Cal (2008-11) after redshirting in 2007 before his current stretch of eight games that he has not played in
 
Practice Squads (4) – Name, Position, Team (Record, Conference Place, Division Place), Experience
Trevor Davis, WR, Washington (6-8, #4 NFC, 1st NFC East), 5th Season
Week 15 (Seattle 20, at Washington 15) – Did not play, practice squad
Week 16 (Sun., Dec. 27, 10 am PT, CBS) – vs. Carolina (4-10)
– Played in 43 games with four starts from 2016-19 with Green Bay (2016-19), Oakland (2019) and Miami (2019), combining for 16 receptions for 205 yards and one touchdown catch, as well six rushes for 86 yards and one touchdown on the ground on offense, while he had 59 punt returns for 593 yards and 58 kick returns for 1297 yards as a returner to combine for 2181 all-purpose yards
– Signed to the Washington practice squad on Oct. 28, 2020
– Signed with Chicago on April 29, 2020 but was released on August 25, 2020
 
Mychal Kendricks, LB, Seattle (10-4, #3 NFC, 1st NFC West), 9th Season
Week 15 (Seattle 20, at Washington 15) – Did not play, practice squad
Week 16 (Sun., Dec. 27, 1:25 pm PT, FOX) – vs. Los Angeles Rams (9-5)
– Played in 103 games with 91 starts from 2012-19 with Philadelphia (2012-17) and Seattle (2018-19), combining for 548 tackles, 52 tackles for loss, 19.0 sacks, seven forced fumbles, five fumble recoveries, four interceptions and 38 quarterback hits
– Signed to the Seattle practice squad on Oct. 21, 2020
 
Evan Weaver, LB, Arizona (8-6, #7 NFC, 3rd NFC West), 1st Season
Week 15 (at Arizona 33, Philadelphia 26) – Did not play, practice squad
Week 16 (Sat., Dec. 26, 1:30 pm PT, Amazon Prime Video) – vs. San Francisco (5-9)
– One of three Cal players selected in the 2020 NFL Draft (Arizona Cardinals, 6th round, 202nd overall)
– Released by Arizona on Sept. 5, 2020, before being signed to the Cardinals' practice squad the following day
 
Davis Webb, QB, Buffalo (11-3, #3 AFC, 1st AFC East … Clinched Division Title And Playoff Berth), 1st Season
Week 15 (Buffalo 48, at Denver 19) – Did not play, practice squad
Week 16 (Mon., Dec. 28, 5:15 pm PT, ESPN/ABC) – at New England (6-8)
– With his third NFL organization (New York Giants, New York Jets, Buffalo Bills) after being drafted in the third round of the 2017 NFL Draft by the Giants but has yet to play in a regular-season NFL contest
 
Coaching Staffs (5) – Name, Position, Team (Record, Division, Conference Place, Division Place), Experience
Andre Carter, Defensive Line, New York Jets (1-13, #16 AFC, 4th AFC East), 4th Season
Week 15 (New York Jets 23, at Los Angeles Rams 20)
Week 16 (Sun., Dec. 27, 10 am PT, CBS) – vs. Cleveland (10-4)
– Fourth season as an NFL coach and second as the defensive line coach with the New York Jets after spending two campaigns as an assistant defensive line coach with Miami (2017-18)
– 517 tackles, 115.0 tackles for loss, 80.5 sacks in 13-season NFL playing career with San Francisco (2001-05), Washington (2006-10), New England (2011, 2013) and Oakland (2012)
– Pro Bowl (2011)
 
Austin Clark, Outside Linebackers, Miami (9-5, #7 AFC, 2nd AFC East), 1st Season
Week 15 (at Miami 22, New England 12)
Week 16 (Sat., Dec. 26, 5:15 pm PT, NFL Network) – at Las Vegas (7-7)
– First NFL season as the outside linebackers' coach at Miami
 
Ron Rivera, Head Coach, Washington (6-8, #4 NFC, 1st NFC East), 11th Season As Head Coach/24th Season As Coach
Week 15 (Seattle 20, at Washington 15)
Week 16 (Sun., Dec. 27, 10 am PT, CBS) – vs. Carolina (4-10)
– Won his first game as Washington's head coach in a 27-17 Week 1 victory over Philadelphia
– Has also been a head coach with Carolina (2011-19); defensive coordinator (2008-10) and linebackers' coach (2007) with San Diego; defensive coordinator (2004-06) and defensive quality control coach (1997-98) with Chicago; and linebackers' coach with Philadelphia (1999-2003)
– 2x AP Coach of the Year (2013, '15)
– Played nine seasons with Chicago (1984-92) before tackles and several other defensive statistics were recognized as official stats but officially contributed nine interceptions and six fumble recoveries, one of which he returned for a touchdown
– Super Bowl XX Champion (1985)
– First American of Puerto Rican descent to win a Super Bowl

Vincent Rivera, Defensive Quality Control, Washington (6-8, #4 NFC, 1st NFC East)
Week 15 (Seattle 20, at Washington 15)
Week 16 (Sun., Dec. 27, 10 am PT, CBS) – vs. Carolina (4-10)
– First season at Washington and third campaign as an NFL coach after previously serving in a defensive quality control role with Carolina (2018-19)
 
Richard Rodgers Sr., Assistant Defensive Backs, Washington (6-8, #4 NFC, 1st NFC East)
Week 15 (Seattle 20, at Washington 15)
Week 16 (Sun., Dec. 27, 10 am PT, CBS) – vs. Carolina (4-10)
– First season at Washington and ninth campaign as an NFL coach after previously spending eight seasons with Carolina as a safeties coach (2019), secondary coach (2018), assistant defensive backs/safeties coach (2015-17), special teams coordinator (2012-14) and special teams assistant (2012)
 
Cal's Current NFL Affiliates General Notes
– Three selected to the NFL/Pro Football Hall of Fame Team of the 2010's (Aaron Rodgers, Cameron Jordan, Alex Mack)
– Two earned MVP/Player of the Year level awards in Aaron Rodgers (2011 Super Bowl XLV MVP; 2011 and 2014 NFL MVP) and Keenan Allen (2017 Comeback Player of the Year)
– Five selected in the first round of the NFL Draft (Tyson Alualu, Jared Goff, Cameron Jordan, Alex Mack, Aaron Rodgers)
– Three on Super Bowl winning teams (Stephen Anderson, Aaron Rodgers, Mitchell Schwartz) with three more who have played in the game (Jared Goff, Alex Mack, Ron Rivera) and two who have coached in the contest (Ron Rivera, Richard Rodgers Sr.)
– Three that began their NFL careers as undrafted free agents (Stephen Anderson, Patrick Laird, Patrick Mekari)
– Nine that are currently in their 10th NFL season or more (Tyson Alualu, Bryan Anger, DeSean Jackson, Cameron Jordan, L.P. Ladouceur, Alex Mack, Aaron Rodgers, Mitchell Schwartz, Nick Sundberg)
– Combined for selections to five All-Rookie teams, eight first-team and 12 second-team All-Pro squads, and 32 Pro Bowl teams
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