Avinash Kunnath

3 weeks ago | writeforcalifornia.com | Avinash Kunnath

The California Golden Bears had a huge set of commitments this week, and now have a starting quarterback for the 2026 class. Meet Brady Palmer out of San Diego. The Cathedral Catholic signal-caller held numerous top offers, including Auburn, Michigan State, Ohio State, Kansas State, TCU, Utah, and Washington. Palmer ranks as the 51st-best quarterback and 73rd-best California prospect in the 2026 class, according to 247Sports Composite. His junior season allowed him to flex his dual threat talents.

1 month ago | writeforcalifornia.com | Avinash Kunnath

(Note: The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s alone, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Write for California staff)At this point, the NCAA is a dinosaur with regard to enforcing the wild west of college athletics. Unless you do something truly egregious, like pull a Connor Stallions, it is very difficult to get hit with NCAA violations. You’d have to be maliciously compliant and cooperate with the governing body of college athletics.

1 month ago | writeforcalifornia.com | Avinash Kunnath

One of Ron Rivera’s first acts as Cal general manager was to quell a donor revolt by leading a donation drive to raise a million dollars for the football team to support their ongoing transfer portal efforts. Cal fans and donors quickly shattered that goal last week, raising half a million and getting a matching half a million. He isn’t stopping at the initial goal.

2 months ago | writeforcalifornia.com | Avinash Kunnath

Cal continues their recovery from losing five running backs in one week to the transfer portal, including their top runners Jaydn Ott and Jaivian Thomas. They started the rebuild yesterday by grabbing UTSA running back Brandon High. They have their second running back from within the ACC, landing NC State runner Kendrick Raphael. Raphael was third on the Wolfpack last year in rushing with 425 yards on 78 carries (6.5 yards per attempt) and three touchdowns.

2 months ago | writeforcalifornia.com | Avinash Kunnath

It’s been a hard few weeks for Cal at running back. Star Jaydn Ott is off to Oklahoma. Potential starting back Jaivian Thomas transferred to UCLA. Kadarius Calloway, Byron Cardwell, Justin Williams-Thomas all entered the portal. Cal has started to stem the bleeding, as new running back coach Julian Griffin brought in one of his former players from UT San Antonio. Meet Brandon High! High led UTSA with eight rushing touchdowns in his freshman year, while also gaining 495 rushing yards.