Twitter: @michaeltrani | @calfootball
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Pronunciation
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Trani spent two seasons with Cal football as a 2014 true freshman and 2015 redshirt freshman before medically retiring from football prior to the 2016 campaign. Trani earned first-team Long Beach Press-Telegram Football Dream Team, second-team All-Suburban League and honorable mention Whittier Daily News All-Area recognition as a 2013 prep senior after playing on back-to-back Suburban League champions during his 2011 sophomore and 2012 junior seasons while his squad made the postseason each of his final three prep campaigns.
Cal Career (2014-15)
• Spent two seasons with Cal football as a 2014 true freshman and 2015 redshirt freshman without seeing any action before medically retiring from football prior to the 2016 campaign
Freshman (2015)
• Did not play or practice due to injury
Freshman (2014)
• Redshirted
• Did not play or practice due to injury
La Mirada HS (Class of 2014)
• Earned first-team Long Beach Press-Telegram Football Dream Team and second-team All-Suburban League honorable mention Whittier Daily News All-Area honors, and was a team captain and earned the Ryan Rivera Coaches Award for a squad that during his 2013 senior season finished 4-2 in the Suburban League to tie for second place and made the first round of the Southern Section Southeast Division playoffs
• Team was 9-2 overall and 5-0 in the Suburban League to win the title as a 2012 junior and reached the second round/quarterfinals of the Southern Section Southeast Division playoffs, averaging a league-leading 428.5 yards of total offense per game distributed fairly evenly between rushing (238.7 ypg) and passing (189.6 ypg) to lead the league in the latter while also ranking second in scoring (35.9 ppg) with the offensive line allowing only two sacks all season
• Also played for a squad that won the Suburban League title as a 2011 sophomore
• Broke a school record with 48 flat-backs during a game in his junior season while he averaged 24.0 per contest
• Also a long snapper
• Comes from a school with a strong history of producing offensive linemen
• Served as an academic tutor for both athletes and non-athletes
• Involved in the Matador Scholar Academy and Earth Club
Recruiting Notes (Class of 2014)
• A three-star recruit according to 247Sports Composite, ESPN, Rivals and Scout, while 247Sports gave him two stars
• Among the nation’s top-ranked centers according to Scout (No. 11)
• Listed among the nation’s top-ranked offensive guards by ESPN (No. 71), 247Sports Composite (No. 72) and 247Sports (No. 108)
• Also checked in on the 247Sports Composite list of the nation’s top players overall at No. 1356
• Ranked among the top players overall in his region by ESPN (No. 198)
• Listed as the No. 2 center in the West in Scout’s final ranking in the 2014 recruiting class
• Among the top players overall in California according to 247Sports (No. 73), ESPN (No. 124), 247Sports Composite (No. 132) and 247Sports (No. 177)
• Received a grade of 0.8217 from 247Sports Composite, while 247Sports had him at 77, ESPN at 74 and Rivals at 5.5
• Entered his senior season ranked as the No. 2 center in the West according to Scout and the No. 4 player on the Southern California Rivals guard/center watch list, while he was Scout’s No. 3 center in March 2013 prior to his senior campaign
Other
• Full name is Michael Joseph Trani
• Born January 31, 1996
• Parents are John and Rose Trani
• Intended major is interdisciplinary studies
Last Updated
August 3, 2016
