BERKELEY – Travers Family Head Football Coach Justin Wilcox announced on National Signing Day that Cal has added three members to its 2023 recruiting class to bring the total to 24 after the signings Wednesday of LS David Bird (Phoenix, AZ/Sandra Day O'Connor HS), WR Marquis Montgomery (Tacoma, WA/Snow College/Independence Community College/Kapolei HS) and OL Martin Tine (Houston, TX/East Los Angeles College/Alief Elsik HS/Legacy School of Sports Science).

"We continue to improve our roster with these additions to our 2023 recruiting class," Wilcox said. "The process of building and maintaining your roster is an ongoing task, and we are always looking to bring players into Cal that will help us win football games."

Bird is listed as the nation's No. 1 available long snapper in the 2023 recruiting class by Kohl's while earning first-team All-American honors from the organization, as well as a first-team 6A Desert Valley All-Region selection as a 2022 senior.
Montgomery, who had offers from many of the nation's top football programs, ranks as the nation's No. 3 junior college wide receiver in the 2023 recruiting class by both 247Sports Composite and On3 Consensus. He had 23 receptions for 329 yards and five touchdowns in a run-heavy offense over the last two seasons at Snow College for teams that combined for a 15-3 overall mark.

Tine spent three campaigns on the roster at East Los Angeles College and played the last two seasons as a two-way player on the offensive and defensive lines with his 2022 sophomore squad participating in the Patriotic Bowl and his 2021 freshman team reaching the Beach Bowl. He ranks as high as the No. 6 junior college offensive lineman in the 2023 recruiting class by 247Sports.

Cal's 2023 recruiting class includes 12 transfers who were mid-year enrollees and arrived in Berkeley last month – TE Asher Alberding, ILB Sergio Allen, TE J.T. Byrne, RB Byron Cardwell, WR Brian Hightower, QB Sam Jackson V, DB Matthew Littlejohn, DB Kaylin Moore, OLB David Reese, RB Justin Williams-Thomas, DB Nohl Williams and P Lachlan Wilson.

Cal also signed nine prep players during the early signing period in December of 2022 and along with the trio added Wednesday will arrive in Berkeley in June – DL Tiumalu Afalava, DL Zurich Ashford, WR Nyziah Hunter, TE Ben Marshall, OLB Ryan McCulloch, RB Jaivian Thomas, ILB Cade Uluave, DB Sai Vadrawale and ATH Frederick Williams III.

2023 Cal Football Recruiting Class (As Of February 1, 2023)

NAME – POS – HT – WT – YR – EXP – HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOLS) – DATE ANNOUNCED
Tiumalu Afalava – DL – 6-2 – 275 – Fr. – 1st – Baldwin Park, CA (Bishop Amat HS) – December 21, 2022
^Asher Alberding – TE – 6-4 – 260 – R-Jr. – 5th – Houston, TX (North Texas/Clear Lake HS) – January 9, 2023
^Sergio Allen – ILB – 6-1 – 225 – R-So. – 3rd – Fort Valley, GA (Clemson/Peach County HS) – December 21, 2022
Zurich Ashford – DL – 6-2 – 275 – Fr. – 1st – Las Vegas, NV (Arbor View HS) – December 21, 2022
David Bird – LS – 6-0 – 200 – Fr. – 1st – Phoenix, AZ (Sandra Day O'Connor HS) – February 1, 2023
^J.T. Byrne – TE – 6-5 – 250 – R-So. – 3rd – Carmel, CA (Oregon State/Carmel HS) – January 6, 2023
^Byron Cardwell – RB – 6-0 – 210 – R-So. – 4th – San Diego, CA (Oregon/Morse HS/St. Augustine's HS) – December 21, 2022
^Brian Hightower – WR – 6-3 – 220 – R-Sr. – 6th – Los Angeles, CA (Illinois/Miami/IMG Academy) – January 10, 2023
Nyziah Hunter – WR – 6-2 – 200 – Fr. – 1st – Salinas, CA (Salinas HS) – December 21, 2022
^Sam Jackson V – QB – 5-11 – 190 – R-So. – 3rd – Chicago, IL (TCU/Naperville Central HS/Bolingbrook HS) – January 11, 2023
^Matthew Littlejohn – DB – 5-11 – 180 – R-Jr. – 3rd – San Antonio, TX (Citrus College/Stevens HS) – December 21, 2022
Ben Marshall – TE – 6-4 – 220 – Fr. – 1st – Murfreesboro, TN (Blackman HS) – December 21, 2022
Ryan McCulloch – OLB – 6-3 – 240 – Fr. – 1st – Duarte, CA (Rio Hondo Prep) – December 21, 2022
^Kaylin Moore – DB – 5-10 – 185 – Jr. – 3rd – Westlake Village, CA (Colorado/Oaks Christian HS) – December 21, 2022
Marquis Montgomery – WR – 6-4 – 215 – Jr. – 4th – Tacoma, WA (Snow College/Independence Community College/Kapolei HS) – February 1, 2023
^David Reese – OLB – 6-1 – 240 – R-Sr. – 6th – Fort Pierce, FL (Florida/Vero Beach HS/Fort Pierce Central HS) – January 14, 2023
Jaivian Thomas – RB – 5-10 – 175 – Fr. – 1st – Oakland, CA (McClymonds HS) – December 21, 2022
Martin Tine – OL – 6-6 – 310 – Jr. – 4th – Houston, TX (East Los Angeles College/Alief Elsik HS/Legacy School of Sports Sciences) – February 1, 2023
Cade Uluave – ILB – 6-1 – 230 – Fr. – 1st – South Jordan, UT (Mountain Ridge HS) – December 21, 2022
Sai Vadrawale – DB – 5-11 – 170 – Fr. – 1st – Concord, CA (Rancho Cotate HS) – December 21, 2022
^Nohl Williams – DB – 6-1 – 185 – Jr. – 4th – Oxnard, CA (UNLV/Pacifica HS) – December 21, 2022
Frederick Williams III – ATH – 6-5 – 265 – Fr. – 1st – Los Angeles, CA (Junipero Serra HS) – December 21, 2022
^Justin Williams-Thomas – RB – 6-0 – 215 – R-Fr. – 2nd – Dallas, GA (Tennessee/East Paulding HS) – January 9, 2023
^Lachlan Wilson – P – 6-3 – 195 – R-Jr. – 5th – Eaglemont, Australia (Tulsa/Xavier College) – December 23, 2022
^January 2023 Enrollee