The California football team held its seventh of 15 spring practices on a gorgeous Saturday at California Memorial Stadium. The full-padded workout included officials for a pair of 11-on-11 team sessions with the Golden Bears running 50 plays over two sessions.

The lone touchdown scored during the 11-on-11 work came on a four-yard run by Kadarius Calloway on the second of seven offensive drives. Calloway also had a 27-yard run on the same possession that was the longest run of the day and finished with six carries for 41 yards. Byron Cardwell, who missed all of last season due to injury, was on the field for the 11-on-11 sessions and had one rush for eight yards. Jaydn Ott got three carries for six yards and also caught two passes for nine yards.

Fernando Mendoza (10-of-16, 84 yards) and Chandler Rogers (6-of-9, 90- yards) saw all of the quarterback reps with a 30-yard connection from Rogers to Isaac Torres the longest pass play of the day. Mendoza (11 yards) and Rogers (7 yards) were each credited with four rushes.

Mikey Matthews (2-26), Jack Endries (2-20) and Marquez Dorth (2-19) had two receptions each to match the pair by Ott.

Defensive plays for negative yards included Nate Burrell's six-yard sack, a five-yard tackle for loss by BJ Jones, and a split 1-yard tackle for loss from Elijah Diaz and Collin Gamble. Eze Osondu and Marcus Scott had one pass breakup apiece.

"The effort was really pretty good, the energy at practice was good," Cal's Travers Family Head Football Coach Justin Wilcox said after the workout.

Cal will practice each Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday over the next two weeks and wrap up spring workouts with the Cal Football Spring Showcase on Saturday, April 20 (2:30 p.m.).

All sessions are scheduled to be open to the public, free of charge and held at California Memorial Stadium. Attendees can enter the venue via Gate 2 in the northwest corner of the stadium and proceed to the concourse level through Stairwell 6 to available seating on the west side of the stadium. All other sections of the stadium including the field and North Tunnel are closed to public access.

Additional information regarding the Cal Football Spring Showcase will be announced soon.

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2024 California Football Remaining Spring Practice Schedule

DAY, DATE – START TIME
Monday, April 8 – 8:45 a.m.                                 
Wednesday, April 10 – 8:45 a.m.
Friday, April 12 – 8:45 a.m.
Saturday, April 13 – 11 a.m.
Monday, April 15 – 8:45 a.m.
Wednesday, April 17 – 8:45 a.m.
Friday, April 19 – 8:45 a.m.
^Saturday, April 20 – 2:30 p.m.
Unless otherwise noted all events at California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, Calif.; All times Pacific Daylight; Schedule subject to change; ^Cal Football Spring Showcase (Pac-12 Network coverage begins at 2:30 p.m. PDT)

2024 California Football

Cal will be in its first season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2024. The campaign begins Aug. 31 with a non-conference home game against UC Davis, while the Golden Bears' inaugural ACC conference game is scheduled for Sept. 21 at Florida State. The Bears will host four home ACC contests in their first campaign as members of the league with Miami (Oct. 5), North Carolina State (Oct. 19), Syracuse (Nov. 16) and Stanford (Nov. 23) visiting California Memorial Stadium. In addition to the season-opener against UC Davis and the four ACC games, the Bears will host San Diego State (Sept. 14) and Oregon State (Oct. 26).

Cal begins a five-game road schedule Sept. 7 by traveling to Auburn in the return game of a home-and-home series with the perennial SEC powerhouse and will follow the Florida State trip with ACC road tilts at Pittsburgh (Oct. 12), Wake Forest (Nov. 8) and SMU (Nov. 30).

The ACC Championship Game is slated for Dec. 7 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.

All Cal games are on Saturdays other than a Friday contest at Wake Forest, while the Bears have byes in Weeks 5 and 10. Kickoff times and television networks for all contests will be announced at later dates.
Cal features a national honors candidate in 2024 in junior running back Jaydn Ott, who rushed for 1,315 yards and 12 touchdowns on 246 carries last season while leading the Pac-12 and finishing ninth nationally with an average of 109.6 rushing yards per contest. Ott earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors and was an honorable mention All-American pick of Phil Steele in 2023. In his first two seasons at Cal, he has rushed for 2,212 yards and 20 touchdowns on 416 carries over 24 games and 22 starts. He will begin his junior campaign 1,155 rushing yards and 15 rushing touchdowns short of Russell White's school records of 3,367 rushing yards and 35 touchdowns on the ground.

All six players from Cal's 2023 Independence Bowl squad that were honored on the All-Pac-12 Team last season return in 2024, with Ott joined by second-team punter Lachlan Wilson, honorable mention choices in outside linebacker David Reese and defensive back Craig Woodson, and a pair of freshman honorees in Pac-12 Freshman Defensive Player of the Year inside linebacker Cade Uluave and Freshman Offensive Player of the Year honorable mention selection quarterback Fernando Mendoza.

Uluave and tight end Jack Endries were also 2023 Freshman All-American picks with Uluave a three-time first-teamer (College Football Network, FWAA, The Athletic) while Endries earned first-team recognition from College Football News and second-team honors from The Athletic, in addition to being an honorable mention choice of College Football News.

Cal returns a total of 16 players who made at least six starts in 2023.

The returnees are joined by a 2024 recruiting class that includes a transfer portal group that currently ranks No. 8 nationally according to On3Sports after reaching as high as No. 6. The recruiting class currently totals 30 scholarship players, including 18 who joined the Bears as mid-year enrollees in January.

Cal has also made coaching changes on the offensive side of the ball in 2024, including the promotion of Mike Bloesch to offensive coordinator/offensive line coach just before the 2023 Independence Bowl after he served as offensive line coach/run game coordinator during the regular season. Bloesch's 2023 offensive line provided room for Ott to run and was credited with much of the team's improvement on the ground last season with the Bears' 172.8 rushing yards per game average the program's highest since 2012. In addition, the Bears have added Sterlin Gilbert as passing game coordinator/quarterbacks coach and former Cal standout offensive lineman Mike Saffell will coach the tight ends.

2024 California Football Schedule

Date – Opponent
Aug. 31 – UC Davis
Sept. 7 – at Auburn
Sept. 14 – San Diego State
Sept. 21 – at Florida State*
Oct. 5 – Miami*
Oct. 12 – at Pittsburgh*
Oct. 19 – North Carolina State*
Oct. 26 – Oregon State
Nov. 8 – at Wake Forest*
Nov. 16 – Syracuse*
Nov. 23 – Stanford*
Nov. 30 – at SMU*
Dec. 7 – ACC Football Championship Game+
Home Games In Bold At California Memorial Stadium; *ACC Game; +Bank Of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC; All Games On Saturdays Other Than Friday At Wake Forest; Kickoff Times And Broadcast Television Networks To Be Announced At Later Dates

California Memorial Stadium Location/Parking/Transportation Options

California Memorial Stadium is located at 2227 Piedmont Avenue in Berkeley between Bancroft Way and Stadium Rim Way, adjacent to the Simpson Center for Student-Athlete High Performance. Public transportation is highly recommended when visiting California Memorial Stadium. There are multiple public transportation options. Visit bart.gov, actransit.org, 511.org and pt.berkeley.edu for more information.
Parking in the vicinity is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please read all signs at each parking location for further important information. See below for some suggestions in order of proximity to the stadium.

• Stadium Parking Garage – Paid parking near corner of Gayley Road (where Piedmont Avenue becomes Gayley Road) and Stadium Rim Way just north of the stadium
• Street Parking – Paid and two-hour free parking may be available on streets near the stadium
• Witter Lot – Paid parking near the corner of Centennial Drive and Stadium Rim Way just east of the stadium
• Lower Sproul Garage – Paid parking on the north side of Bancroft Way between Telegraph Avenue and Dana Street
• Rec Sports Facility Garage – Paid parking on the north side of Bancroft Way between Dana Street and Ellsworth Street
• Underhill Garage – Paid parking on the corner of Channing Way and College Avenue