2023 Football Roster

49 Mateen Bhaghani

  • Position Placekicker
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 175
  • Class Freshman
  • Experience 1st
  • Hometown San Diego, CA
  • High School Del Norte HS

Biography

Pronunciation
MUH-teen BUH-gone-ee

Bhaghani's Cal Career Game Highs
Field Goals Made:
 4 (at UCLA, 2023)
Field Goals Attempted: 4 (at UCLA, 2023)
Field Goal Percentage (with most field goals made if tie): 100.0, 4-4 (at UCLA, 2023)
Long Field Goal Made: 43 (twice, last at UCLA, 2023)
Long Field Goal Attempted: 43 (twice, last at UCLA, 2023)
PATs Made: 6 (vs. Washington State, 2023)
PATs Attempted: 6 (vs. Washington State, 2023)
PAT Percentage (with most PATs made if tie): 100.0, 6-6 (vs. Washington State, 2023)
Kickoffs: 6 (vs. Oregon State, 2023)
Kickoff Yards: 320 (vs. Arizona State, 2023)
Kickoff Average: 64.0 (vs. Arizona State, 2023)
Long Kickoff: 65 (multiple times, last at Utah, 2023)
Touchbacks: 1 (vs. Arizona State, 2023)
Points: 15 (at UCLA, 2023)

Freshman (2023)
– Announced on December 4 that he was entering the transfer portal but remained on Cal's roster for the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl
– Played in each of the final 10 games and totaled 53 points to rank second on the team, making 8-of-9 field goal attempts while going a perfect 29-of-29 on extra points
– Also kicked off 13 times for 669 yards (51.5 avg) with one touchback
– at Washington (L, 32-59)  1-1 PAT; 1 point; 1 kickoff; 52 yards, 52.0 kickoff average ... first Cal point and extra point
– Arizona State (W, 24-21)   1-1 FG (37 good); 3-3 PAT; 6 points; 5 kickoffs, 320 yards, 64.0 kickoff average ... first Cal field goal ... career-high kickoff yards
– Oregon State (L, 40-52)  1-1 FG (20 good); 3-3 PAT; 6 points; 6 kickoffs, 285 yards, 47.5 kickoff average ... career-high kickoffs
– at Utah (L, 14-34)  0-1 FG (30 miss); 2-2 PAT; 2 points
– USC (L, 49-50)  5-5 PAT; 5 points
– at Oregon (L, 19-63)  2-2 FG (43 good, 27 good), 1-1 PAT; 7 points ... career-high field goals made, field goals attempts and points
– Washington State (W, 42-39)  6-6 PAT; 6 points ... career-high PAT and PAT attempts
– at Stanford (W, 27-15) 3-3 PAT; 3 points
– at UCLA (W, 33-7)  4-4 FG (43 good, 36 good, 32 good, 20 good), 3-3 PAT; 15 points ... career-high field goals made, field goals attempts and points
– vs. Texas Tech - Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl (L, 14-34)  2-2 PAT; 2 points
– Wore No. 49

Del Norte HS (Class Of 2023)
– A two-time Special Teams Player of the Year in the Avocado League as a 2022 senior and Palomar League during his 2021 junior campaign
– Contributed 66 points in his senior campaign by making 8-of-11 field goals including a school-record 53-yarder that was the longest field goal that season in the San Diego area among three field goals of 50 or more yards and all 50 of his extra points, while he also served as his squad's primary kickoff specialist and had 54 touchbacks while returned one kick for 13 yards for a team that finished 7-5 overall and reached the semifinals of the San Diego Section Division III playoffs
– Scored 64 points as a 2021 junior by making all seven of his field goals and 50-of-51 extra points, while he also handled the majority of the team's kickoffs (40 touchbacks) and punts (27-831, 30.8 avg, 53 long, 27 inside 20) for a squad that finished 7-5 overall and reached the semifinals of the San Diego 
Section Division IV playoffs
– Wore No. 15 in football
– Also played two campaigns of soccer as a 2021 junior and 2022 senior, contributing one goal and one assist in three games played as a junior to a squad that won the Palomar League and finished 11-7-4 overall

MaxPreps Del Norte HS Bio And Stats
maxpreps.com/ca/calabasas/calabasas-coyotes/athletes/brian-hightower/football/stats/?careerid=vcohmq11n3f66
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2023 Recruiting Class Notes And Ratings (As Of September 27, 2023)
Stars: Chris Sailer (5), Kohl's Kicking (5 Kicker, 4.5 Punter)
– The nation's sixth-ranked kicker in his class according to Chris Sailer Kicking and ninth by Kohl's Kicking
– Winning kicker at a Cal specialist camp

Other
– Born September 15, 2004
– Son of Javed and Tabassum Bhaghani
– Major is undeclared

Last Updated
June 7, 2024

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