2021 Football Roster

54 Evan Tattersall

  • Position Inside Linebacker
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 240
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Experience 4th
  • Hometown Granite Bay, CA
  • High School Granite Bay HS

Biography

Tattersall's Cal Career Game Highs
Tackles: 10 (vs. Sacramento State, 2021)
Tackles For Loss: 2.0 (at Utah, 2019)
Tackle For Loss Yards: 2 (at Utah, 2019)
Sacks: 1.0 (vs. Nevada 2021)
Sack Yards: 3 ((vs. Nevada 2021)
Pass Breakup: 1 (vs. Sacramento State, 2021)
Quarterback Hurries: 2 (at UCLA, 2020)

Cal Career (2018 – Present) 
• Has played in 20 games with five starts since his arrival at Cal in 2018 and totaled 36 tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss (-5 yards), 1.0 sack (-3 yards), one pass breakup, one pass defended and three quarterback hurries
• Has registered a career-high 22 tackles and his lone career pass breakup in the first three games of his 2021 junior season, while he had a career-hjigh two quarterback hurries as a 2020 sophomore and career highs of 11 games played and 2.0 tackles for loss (-2 yards) as a 2019 redshirt freshman

Junior (2021)
• Has started each of the first three games and leads the team with a career-high 22 tackles, while adding 1.0 tackle for loss (-3 yards), 1.0 sack (-3 yards) and his first lone career pass breakup
• Had four tackles, his first career 1.0 sack (-4 yards) and 1.0 tackle for loss (-4 yards) against Nevad
• Had eight tackles at TCU
• Had a career-high 10 tackles and his first career pass breakup against Sacramento State

Sophomore (2020)
• Played in three games with two starts in a four-game season shortened by COVID-19, contributing 15 tackles and two quarterback hurries
• Had career highs of eight tackles and two quarterback hurries in the season-opener at UCLA
• Registered four tackles at Oregon State
• Had three tackles against Oregon

Freshman (2019)
• Earned a spot on the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Played in a career-high 11 games all off the bench primarily on special teams, contributing three tackles and a career-high 2.0 tackles for loss (-2 yards)
• Had two stops and a career-high 2.0 tackles for loss (career-high -2 yards) at Utah
• Registered a single tackle in the season-opener against UC Davis
• Also participated in contests at Washington, vs. North Texas, at Ole Miss, vs. Arizona State, at Oregon, vs. Oregon State, vs. Washington State, vs. USC and in the Redbox Bowl against Illinois but did not have any statistics other than participation in any of those contests
• Had three tackles in the spring game

Freshman (2018)
• Played in four games all off the bench primarily on special teams and contributed six tackles
• Made his Cal debut playing off the bench against Idaho State and recorded three tackles
• Also had three stops against UCLA
• Played against Colorado and in the Cheez-It Bowl against TCU but did not record any statistics in either game
• Redshirted
 
Granite Bay HS (Class Of 2018)
• A two-time All-Sierra Foothill League selection, earning first-team honors on both offense and defense as a 2017 senior after a first-team selection during his 2016 junior campaign on offense
• Combined to rush for 962 yards and 19 touchdowns on 205 carries on offense during his junior and senior seasons, while adding 17 receptions for 179 yards and one touchdown catch all as a senior
• Carried 127 times for 563 yards rushing and 12 touchdowns in addition to his 17 receptions for 179 yards and one score for a team that finished 12-3 overall, won the CIF Division II Sac-Joaquin section title, was the NorCal runner-up and finished as California’s No. 28 team according to MaxPreps as a senior, while adding 58 tackles, 7.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks (-23 yards) on defense
• Rushed 78 times for 399 yards and seven touchdowns while picking up three receptions for 42 yards to earn first-team All-SFL honors on offense as a junior, adding 69 tackles and 1.0 sack on defense
• Registered a single-game career-high 17 rushes as a senior against Del Campo, while his 133 yards rushing against Nevada Union as a junior were a career best
• Rushed for a career-high three touchdowns and was named the MVP of the team’s designated Honor Bowl contest against Del Oro as a senior that was dedicated to all first responders and military veterans in the area
• Set nearly all of the school’s lifting records
• Also a two-time All-Sacramento Valley League selection in lacrosse as a 2016 sophomore and 2017 junior
• Wore No. 9 in football, while he was No. 72 in lacrosse as a sophomore and junior after being No. 5 as a 2015 freshman
• Four-time scholar-athlete in both football and lacrosse
 
Recruiting Notes And Ratings (As Of December 20, 2017)  
Stars: 247Sports (3), 247Sports Composite (3), ESPN (3), Rivals (3)
National Overall Player Ratings: 247Sports (353), 247Sports Composite (562)
National Outside Linebacker Ratings: 247Sports (27), 247Sports Composite (38), ESPN (49)
Regional Overall Player Ratings: ESPN (112)
California Overall Player Ratings: 247Sports (50), 247Sports Composite (63), ESPN (70), Rivals (75)
Ratings/Scout Grades: 247Sports (89), 247Sports Composite (0.8735), ESPN (78), Rivals (5.6)
• Participated at The Opening Regional in Oakland in 2017
 
Other
• Born December 20, 1999
• Son of Jon and Tammy Tattersall
• Father played college football on the offensive line at Oregon
• Major is undeclared

Last Updated
September 25, 2021

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Historical Player Information

  • 54

    2018Freshman

    Inside Linebacker
    6'2" 225 lbs
    54
  • 54

    2019Redshirt Freshman

    Inside Linebacker
    6'2" 235 lbs
    54
  • 54

    2020Redshirt Sophomore

    Inside Linebacker
    6'2" 230 lbs
    54
  • 54

    2021Redshirt Junior

    Inside Linebacker
    6'2" 240 lbs
    54