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Jersey Number 50
David Bird
- Position:
- Long Snapper
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Senior
- Experience:
- 4
- Hometown:
- Phoenix, AZ
- Prev School:
- Alabama
- High School:
- Sandra Day O'Connor HS
Accolades - Athletic
- Mannelly Award Watch List (2025)
Accolades - Academic
- 2025 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2024 ACC All-Academic
Junior (2025) - Alabama
- Played in 14 of 15 games.
- Named to the 2025 Mannelly Award Watch List for the honor recognizing the nation’s top snapper.
- Rated as the No. 18 long snapper in the 2026 transfer portal by On3.
- Did not have an errant snap over his two seasons during his first stint at Cal when he saw action in 25 of 26 contests.
- Played in a pair of bowls (2023 Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl, 2024 LA Bowl Hosted by Gronk).
- Was named Phil Steele’s No. 5 freshman long snapper prior to his 2023 rookie season.
- Class of 2023 -- Sandra Day O'Connor HS.
- A four-year prep letterwinner.
- Earned Kohl’s first-team All-American honors and 6A Desert Valley All-Region recognition as a 2022 senior.
- Listed as the No. 1 long snapper in the 2023 prep recruiting class by Kohl’s.
- Has been coached by former Cal snapper Nick Sundberg, who played in 152 regular-season NFL games over 11 seasons with Washington (2010-20).
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