Biography
Pronunciation
knee-CO ruh-me-HEE-o
Remigio's Cal Career Game Highs
Receptions: 9 (vs. Stanford, 2019)
Receiving Yards: 157 (vs. Stanford, 2019)
Receiving TDs: 1 (seven times, last at TCU, 2021)
Long Reception: 43 (at Ole Miss, 2019)
Rushes: 2 (at TCU, 2021)
Rushing Yards: 27 (at Stanford, 2021)
Long Rush: 27 (at Stanford, 2021)
Punt Returns: 4 (twice, last vs. Oregon, 2020)
Punt Return Yards: 50 (vs. Idaho State, 2018)
Long Punt Return: 46 (vs. Idaho State, 2018)
Kick Returns: 4 (at UCLA, 2021)
Kick Return Yards: 150 (at UCLA, 2021)
Long Kick Return: 99TD (vs. Sacramento State, 2021)
Kick Return TDs: 1 (vs. Sacramento State, 2021)
All-Purpose Yards: 180 (at Stanford, 2019)
Total TDs: 1 (eight times, last vs. Sacramento State, 2021)
Points: 6 (eight times, last vs. Sacramento State, 2021)
Tackles: 1 (five times, last at UCLA, 2021)
After Cal
• Entered the transfer portal on Dec., 9, 2021, and announced on Jan. 2, 2022, that he would be transferring to Fresno State to play as a fifth-year senior in 2022
Cal Career (2018-21)
• Played in 36 career games with 16 starts and finished with four-year totals of 1871 all-purpose yards and eight touchdowns including 97 receptions for 903 yards with seven touchdown grabs, 20 kick returns for 549 yards, 39 punt returns for 344 yards and one touchdown, 14 rushes for 75 yards rushing, and five tackles
• Had career highs of 859 all-purpose yards, 494 kick return yards, seven rushes and 57 yards on the ground, as well as a career-high-tying 38 receptions as a 2021 senior
• Recorded career highs of 12 games played, eight starts, 513 yards receiving, three touchdown grabs and 138 punt return yards, as well as a career-high-tying 38 receptions as a 2019 sophomore
• Had a career-high 15 punt returns as a 2018 freshman
• Registered a career-high-tying two tackles as a 2020 junior and 2021 senior, and has five in his career
• Changed his uniform to the No. 4 prior to 2019 spring football after wearing No. 25 during his first season at Cal as a true freshman in 2018
Senior (2021)
• Earned Cal's Joe Roth Award for courage, sportsmanship and attitude
• Season captain
• Third-team All-Pac-12 as a kick returner (PFF)
• Played in 11 games with four starts and a career-high-tying 38 receptions for 238 yards and two touchdowns
• Ranked second in the Pac-12 and 12th nationally in kickoff return average (29.7 ypr, 17-494)
• Ranked fifth in the Pac-12 and 30th nationally with a combined 564 kickoff and punt returns
• One of only three Pac-12 players to return a kickoff for a touchdown in 2021 that ranked him tied for 12 th nationally for kickoff return touchdowns with his 99-yarder against Sacramento State the first of his career
• Led the team with a career-high 859 all-purpose yards, adding 10 punt returns for 70 yards and seven rushes for 57
• Nevada - 7 receptions, 22 yards, 1 TD, 6 long; 3 KR, 54 yards (career highs); 2 PR, 29 yards touchdown; team-high 101 all-purpose yards
• at TCU - 3 receptions, 16 yards, 1 TD, 7 long; 2 rushes, 18 yards, 13 long; 1 KR, 15 yards; 49 all-purpose yards ... season-long rush
• Sacramento State - 1 reception, 18 yards, 18 long; 2 KR, game-high 122 yards, 1 TD, 99 long ... career-long 99-yard TD return; game-high 140 all-purpose yards
• at Washington - 4 receptions, 33 yards, 14 long; 1 rush, 0 yards; 2 PR, 21 yards; 1 KR, 19 yards, 19 long; 73 all-purpose yards
• Washington State - 3 receptions, 11 yards, 6 long; 1 rush, 11 yards, 11 long; 1 KR, 22 yards, 22 long; 44 all-purpose yards
• at Oregon - 0-of-1, 0 yards; 4 receptions, 21 yards, 10 long; 1 PR, 0 yards, 0 long; 2 KR, 40 yards, 26 long; 61 all-purpose yards
• Colorado - 4 receptions, 27 yards, 12 long; 1 rush, 2 yards, 2 long; 3 PR, 22 yards, 17 long, 2 KR, 53 yards, 34 long; 104 all-purpose yards
• Oregon State - 2 receptions, 12 yards, 8 long; 1 rush, 2 yards; 12 all-purpose yards
• at Stanford - 4 receptions, 8 yards, 5 long; 1 rush, 27 yards, 27 long; 1 PR, 0 yards, 0 long ... career-long 27-yard rush ... career-high 27 yards rushing
• at UCLA - 2 receptions, 27 yards, 26 long; 4 KR, 150 yards, 67 long; 177 all-purpose yards ... career-high kickoff returns and kickoff return yardage ... had two of the three longest kick returns in his career with a 67 and a 58-yarder that were the second and third-longest of his career
• USC - 4 receptions, 38 yards, 17 long; 1 PR, 2 yards 2 long; 1 KR, 19 yards, 19 long
• All-Pac-12 Third-Team Preseason (Phil Steele) … selected as a punt returner
• Paul Hornung Award Preseason Watch List
Junior (2020)
• Played in all four games with two starts and contributed 10 receptions for 90 yards and a team-high-tying two touchdown grabs, three rushes for 11 yards, three kick returns for 55 yards and seven punt returns for 33 yards to total 189 all-purpose yards, as well as a career-high-tying two tackles
• Had season highs of six receptions and 81 yards receiving including what ended up as the game-winning touchdown on a season-long 28-yard reception from Chase Garbers with 5:14 remaining in the third quarter for the final score of a 21-17 win over Oregon and earned a spot on the Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll for his performance
• Totaled a season-high and team-high 128 all-purpose yards against Oregon by adding one rush for a season-high and season-long seven yards and a career-high-tying four punt returns for a season-high 40 yards
• Had two catches for two yards including a three-yard game-tying touchdown reception that was his first score of the season at Stanford, while also adding one rush for one yard and one kick return for 22 yards as well as one punt return that was credited as a 12-yard loss when he fumbled the ball trying to make catch the punt
• Had one rush for three yards, two kick returns for 33 yards, two punt returns for five yards and one tackle at Oregon State
• Had two receptions for seven yards and one tackle at UCLA
• Named second-team preseason All-Pac-12 as a return specialist by Jon Wilner of the Bay Area News Group, as well as a third-team preseason All-Pac-12 pick as a punt returner and fourth-teamers at wide receiver by Athlon Sports
Sophomore (2019)
• One of only two players to pick up two team awards as the winner of the Berkeley Breakfast Club Award as Cal's Outstanding Player in the Big Game and a Stub Allison Award winner for his commitment to strength and conditioning
• Played in a career-high 12 games including a career-high eight starts
• Paced the team with a career-high-tying 38 receptions and a career-high 513 yards receiving while adding the first three touchdown catches of his career that were second on the club and the most of any wide receivers
• Also had team highs with 12 punt returns and a career-high 138 punt return yards, while adding four rushes for seven yards rushing for a total of 649 all-purpose yards to rank second on the squad
• Led the team in receptions four times and receiving yards on three occasions
• Second on the team in explosive plays of 15 or more yards from the line of scrimmage with 13 all on receptions including five that went for 30 or more yards to lead all Cal receivers for catches of both 15 or more and 30 or more yards
• Erupted for career highs of nine receptions and 157 yards receiving in the Big Game win at Stanford that snapped a nine-game losing streak against the Cardinal with his catches a team season high and his yards receiving the most by a Cal player in the Big Game since Geoff McArthur in a 2003 win over the Cardinal and the first 150-yard receiving game by a Cal player since 2017 to earn Cal's Co-Offensive Player of the Week honors along with Chase Garbers
• Added one rush for eight yards and one punt return for 15 yards at Stanford to total a career-high 180 all-purpose yards
• Registered five catches for 58 yards, one rush for a loss of three yards and one punt return for three yards at UCLA when he served as a game captain
• Had a team-high four receptions for 51 yards and a season-high-tying three punt returns for 24 yards against Oregon State while also adding one tackle
• Had a team-high four receptions for 46 yards in the season-opener against UC Davis, while adding three punt returns for 42 yards including one for a season-long 28 yards
• Had four catches for 36 yards and one score that was Cal's final touchdown of the year vs. Illinois in the Redbox Bowl while adding two punt returns for 19 yards
• Had three catches for 72 yards including a career-long 43-yarder on an acrobatic grab at Ole Miss
• Had three receptions for 17 yards at Arizona State
• Had two receptions for 53 yards and picked up his first career touchdown reception on a 36-yarder against North Texas, while adding one punt return for 32 yards that was the longest of the season by a Cal player and one rush for three yards
• Had two receptions for 12 yards and one punt return for three yards at Oregon
• Had two receptions for 11 yards against USC after having missed the previous contest against Washington State due to injury
• Played but did not record any stats other than participation at Washington and Utah
• Used only at punt returner at Utah due to injury
• Jonathan and Judy Hoff Scholar-Athlete of the Week
• Had game highs of six receptions and 38 yards receiving while adding one rush for seven yards in the spring game
Freshman (2018)
• Played in nine games including each of the last eight with two starts and contributed 11 receptions for 62 yards, while leading the team with a career-high 15 punt returns for 103 punt return yards
• Added one rush for a loss of one yard to total 164 all-purpose yards
• Registered season highs of five receptions and 21 yards receiving in the second start of his career in the final game of the campaign against TCU in the Cheez-It Bowl
• Also had a pair of receptions for 18 yards including a season-long 12-yarder in his first career start at Washington State
• Had single catches on four different occasions in contests vs. Stanford (9 yards), vs. UCLA (8 yards), at USC (5 yards) and vs. Idaho State (1 yard)
• Contributed a career-high-tying four punt returns for a career-high 50 punt return yards in his collegiate debut against Idaho State including a career-long 46-yard punt return that he returned to the Bengals' four-yard line and was Cal's longest punt return since Keenan Allen had a 69-yarder for a touchdown against Southern Utah in 2012
• Also had punt returns at USC (3-15), vs. UCLA (2-26), vs. Stanford (2-11), at Oregon State (2-(-1)), vs. Colorado (1-2) and vs. TCU (1-0)
• Totaled a season-high 51 all-purpose yards against Idaho State with 50 punt return yards and a single receiving yard
• One of six players on the 2018 roster who prepped at Mater Dei High School along with Chase Forrest, Malik McMorris, Justin Norbeck, Addison Ooms and Matt Rockett
Mater Dei HS (Class Of 2018)
• A two-time All-Trinity League pick who finished his career with 111 receptions, 1695 yards receiving and 19 touchdown catches, while adding 483 kick return yards and 46 punt return yards to finish with 2224 all-purpose yards
• Senior team finished the 2017 campaign as the No. 1 ranked squad in the nation and the state according to MaxPreps while also checking in at No. 1 in MaxPreps' Xcellent Top 25 ranking while winning its third mythical national championship and second California State high school championship with a victory over De La Salle in the state finals, its first CIF Southern Section crown since 1999 and a Trinity League title, while finishing 15-0 for the first time in school history
• Earned first-team All-Trinity League honors as a senior when he contributed 45 receptions for 711 yards with 10 touchdown catches while adding 166 kick return and 48 punt return yards for a total of 925 all-purpose yards, as well as two fumble recoveries
• Nominated to play in the Blue-Grey All-American Bowl and Polynesian All-American Bowl following his senior campaign
• Registered career highs of 46 receptions and 758 yards receiving with seven touchdown catches as a 2016 junior when he was a first-team All-Trinity League selection for the first of two consecutive campaigns, while also picking up two tackles for a team that was 13-1 overall and reached the Division I CIF Southern Section finals before finishing the campaign as MaxPreps’ No. 2 team in California and No. 3 in the nation
• Added 20 receptions for 226 yards receiving and two touchdown catches along with five tackles as a 2015 sophomore for a team that finished 10-3 overall, reached the semifinals of the Pac 5 Division Southern Section playoffs and was ranked No. 5 in California and No. 17 nationally by MaxPreps at the end of the campaign
• Had single-game career highs of 152 yards receiving and three touchdown catches among six total receptions at La Mirada while his seven grabs vs. Bishop Amat both as a senior were career bests
• Named a Super 25 Top Star by USA Today as a senior after making six catches for 113 yards receiving and two touchdowns in a season-opening victory over Bishop Gorman that snapped the Gaels’ 55-game winning streak
• Wore No. 4 as senior after previously suiting up in No. 25 during his sophomore and junior campaigns
• High school teammate of 2020 Cal redshirt freshman placekicker Nick Lopez
Recruiting Notes And Ratings (As Of December 20, 2017)
Stars: 247Sports (4), 247Sports Composite (4), Rivals (4), ESPN (3)
National Overall Player Ratings: 247Sports (250), 247Sports Composite (346)
National Wide Receiver Ratings: 247Sports (43), Rivals (56), 247Sports Composite (60), ESPN (97)
Regional Overall Player Ratings: ESPN (74)
California Overall Player Ratings: 247Sports (39), Rivals (41), 247Sports Composite (43), ESPN (50)
Ratings/Scout Grades: 247Sports (91), 247Sports Composite (0.8938), ESPN (79), Rivals (5.8)
• Participated at The Opening’s Regional in Los Angeles in both 2016 and 2017 as well as in Oakland in 2017
• Named Co-Offensive MVP of the Blue-Grey Regional Combine in May of 2014
• One of four members of Cal's 2018 recruiting class that were key members of state championship teams with Johnny Adams Jr., Chris Fatilua and Miles Owens the others
Other
• Born November 4, 1999
• Son of Mark and Jennifer Remigio
• Earned East Bay All-American honors as an eighth-grader
• Graduated from Cal in December of 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in legal studies
Last Updated
January 6, 2022
