California Golden Bears Athletics
2026 Football Roster
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Sep 19 (Sat)
12:30 PM
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Jersey Number 56
Tyson Ruffins
- Position:
- Offensive Line
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 310
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Experience:
- 4
- Hometown:
- Carson, CA
- Prev School:
- Nevada
- High School:
- Long Beach Poly
Accolades - Athletic
- Shriners Children's East-West Bowl 1000 (2026)
- Blocked for an offense that tallied 291 yards passing against the Bruins and paved the way for Adam Mohammed to rush for 120 yards.
- One of only two Cal offensive linemen, three offensive players and eight players overall to start all 13 games.
- Helped protect Sagapolutele who had the second-highest totals for completions, attempts, passing yards and passing touchdowns by a Cal freshman quarterback to only Jared Goff in 2013.
- Helped pave the way for running back Kendrick Raphael who finished the season with 943 rushing yards, 245 yards receiving and 1,188 all-purpose yards.
- Named Mountain West Freshman of the Week after his performance in the opener against SMU (Aug. 24).
- Appeared in 11 games, making nine starts at guard.
- Appeared in four games, utilizing his redshirt.
- Made two starts, at Utah State (Nov. 11) and at Colorado State (Nov. 18).
- Played at Long Beach Poly HS -- Class of 2023
- Three-star recruit as ranked by 247Sports and Rivals.
- Played on both offensive and defensive lines at Long Beach Poly during his varsity career.
- Participated in both the All-American Bowl and the Polynesian Bowl as part of prep showcases.
- Named to All-CIF Southern Section Division I Team on the offensive line as a senior (2022).
- Three-time All-Moore League selection.
- Selection to the Long Beach Press-Telegram Dream Team.
- Long Beach Poly went 10-1 overall and won the Moore league title at 7-0 in 2022.
- Helped lead the Jackrabbits to the CIF-SS Division IV title in 2021.
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