2024 California Football Honors

Below is a list in alphabetical order of Cal football honors, honorees and rankings for the 2024 season. Extended biographies are available by clicking on each of their names.

Current Players And Coaches

Dayday Aupiu (DB)
Top Cal Recruits (Athlon No. 4)

David Bird (LS)
– All-ACC Preseason Third Team (Phil Steele)

Teddye Buchanan (ILB)
First-Team All-ACC (LB)
– ACC Linebacker of the Week (9/9)
– Top NFL Draft Eligible Inside Linebackers (Phil Steele No. 60)
Senior Bowl Watchlist

Kadarius Calloway (RB)
Senior Bowl Watchlist

E.J. Caminong (QB)
Top Cal Recruits (No. 2 Athlon)

BJ Canady (OLB)
Top Cal Recruits (No. 7 Athlon)

Xavier Carlton (OLB)
Third-Team All-ACC (DE)
Honorable Mention All-ACC (LB)
– ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week (11/11)
Senior Bowl Watchlist

Brooklyn Cheek (QB)
Top Cal Recruits (No. 3 Athlon)

Ryan Coe (K)
– ACC Specialist of the Week (11/11)

Ricky Correia (DL)
Senior Bowl Watchlist

Isaiah Crosby (DB)
– Top National Junior College Safeties (No. 5 Phil Steele)
Top National Junior College Players (No. 69 Phil Steele)

Corey Dyches (TE)
– All-ACC Preseason First Team (Lindy's), Third Team (Athlon)
– Top NFL Draft Eligible Fullbacks (No. 9 Phil Steele)

Jack Endries (TE)
Honorable Mention All-ACC (TE)
John Mackey Award Preseason Watchlist
– Top NFL Draft Eligible Tight Ends (No. 37 Phil Steele)

CJ Harris (QB)
Comeback Player of the Year Preseason Watchlist

Marcus Harris (CB)
– All-ACC Preseason Fourth Team (Phil Steele)
Senior Bowl Watchlist
Transfer Portal National Top 75 Players (No. 36 Lindy's)

Camden Jones (TE)
Top Cal Recruits (No. 9 Athlon)

Aidan Keanaaina (DL)
 Polynesian Player of the Year Watchlist

Josiah Martin (WR)
Top Cal Recruits (No. 8 Athlon)

Fernando Mendoza (QB)
– ACC Quarterback of the Week (11/25)
Manning Award Star of the Week (11/25)
– ACC Quarterback of the Week (11/11)
Manning Award Star of the Week (11/11)
Davey O'Brien Great Eight (11/11)
– ACC Quarterback of the Week (10/28)
Manning Award Star of the Week (10/28)
 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watchlist
 Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Watchlist
– Top NFL Draft Eligible Quarterbacks (No. 52 Phil Steele)

Derek Morris (K)
– Lou Groza Award Star of the Week (10/29)
– ACC Specialist of the Week (10/28)

Tobias Merriweather (WR)
Top Cal Newcomer (No. 1 Lindy's)

Aiden Newbill (OL)
Top Cal Recruits (No. 10 Athlon)

Jaydn Ott (RB)
 Preseason All-ACC (Running Back, All-Purpose Player)
 Doak Walker Award Preseason Watchlist
Maxwell Award Preseason Watchlist
 Paul Hornung Award Preseason Watchlist
 Wuerffel Trophy Preseason Watchlist
 Polynesian Player of the Year Watchlist
Senior Bowl Watchlist
 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team Nominee 
– All-American Preseason Third Team (Athlon), Fourth Team (Phil Steele) ... Athlon selection as a running back/all-purpose player
– All-ACC Preseason First Team (Athlon), Second Team (Lindy's, Phil Steele) ... Athlon selection as a running back/all-purpose player
– Top National NFL Draft Eligible Kick Returners (No. 18 Phil Steele)
– Top National NFL Draft Eligible Running Backs (No. 6 Phil Steele)
– Top National Running Backs (No. 9 Lindy's)

David Reese (OLB)
– All-ACC Preseason Fourth Team (Athlon)
Senior Bowl Watchlist

Rush Reimer (OL)
– Top National NFL Draft Eligible Tackles (No. 33 Phil Steele)
Senior Bowl Watchlist

Chandler Rogers (QB)
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watchlist

Trevor Rogers (WR)
Top Cal Recruits (No. 1 Athlon)

T.J. Session (OL)
Senior Bowl Watchlist

Peter Sirmon (DC/ILB)
Broyles Award Nominee (Nation's Top Assistant Coach)

Ja'ir Smith (DB)
Top Cal Recruits (No. 6 Athlon)
– Top National Junior College Safeties (No. 3 Phil Steele)
Top National Junior College Players (No. 32 Phil Steele)

Cade Uluave (ILB)
Honorable Mention All-ACC (LB)
– All-ACC Preseason Second Team (Athlon, Phil Steele), Third Team (Lindy's)
 Polynesian Player of the Year Watchlist

Sioape Vatikani (OL)
– All-ACC Preseason Fourth Team (Phil Steele)
 Polynesian Player of the Year Watchlist

Jamaal Wiley (RB)
Top Cal Recruits (No. 5 Athlon)

Nohl Williams (DB)
– First Team All-American (DB, AFCA Coaches)
– First Team All-American (DB, Walter Camp)
First-Team All-ACC (CB)
Honorable Mention All-ACC (AP)
– Chuck Bednarik Award Semifinalist
Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Semifinalist
ESPN Top 25 Player in college football
– Chuck Bednarik Award Watchlist
– ACC Defensive Back of the Week (9/9)
– All-ACC Preseason Fourth Team (Athlon)
Senior Bowl Watchlist

Lachlan Wilson (P)
Second-Team All-ACC (P)
 Ray Guy Award "Ray's 8" of the Week (10/14)
 Ray Guy Award "Ray's 8" of the Week (9/23)
 Ray Guy Award Preseason Watchlist
– All-ACC Preseason Third Team (Phil Steele)

Craig Woodson (DB)
Third-Team All-ACC (S)
– All-ACC Preseason Second Team (Athlon, Phil Steele), Third Team (Lindy's)
Senior Bowl Watchlist
– Top National NFL Draft Eligible Inside Linebackers (No. 40 Phil Steele)

Team

Games To Watch, Nov. 23, Stanford at Cal (Athlon)
 Most Underrated Schedules, No. 31 (Phil Steele)
 Opponents' National Winning Percentage, No. 61 (Phil Steele)
– The Big Ones, Nov. 23, Stanford at Cal (Lindy's)
– Toughest Schedules, No. 45 (Phil Steele)
– Transfer Portal Class Rankings, No. 16, Lindy's; No. 16, On3)

Former Players And Coaches

Tarik Glenn (OL)
– Cal Athletics Hall Of Fame

DeSean Jackson (WR)
– College Football Hall Of Fame Ballot (2025)

Marshawn Lynch (RB)
– College Football Hall Of Fame Ballot (2025)

Alex Mack (OL)
– College Football Hall Of Fame Ballot (2025)