Stanford misplaced two quarterbacks to the switch portal and added a four-star recruit on the place Wednesday whereas Cal missed out on a high QB recruit on nationwide signing day.
Ashton Daniels, the Cardinal’s beginning quarterback this season, introduced Wednesday that he can be transferring away from The Farm, following backup Justin Lamson out the door.
As a junior, Daniels handed for 1,700 yards, 10 touchdowns and 12 interceptions whereas including 669 yards and three touchdowns as a rusher. He debuted as a freshman in 2022 in a restricted function in David Shaw’s final season and began nearly all of the final two seasons beneath coach Troy Taylor.
Daniels, a three-star recruit from Buford, Georgia, could possibly be heading nearer to dwelling for his subsequent cease.
Lamson, the Cardinal’s wildcat quarterback, introduced his plans to enter the portal earlier within the week after two seasons at Stanford, the place he transferred from Syracuse in 2023. Lamson can be a graduate switch finishing 24-of-47 makes an attempt this season for 804 yards, 4 touchdowns and 4 interceptions this season. He was used as a runner in short-yardage conditions, dashing 68 occasions for simply 94 yards, however scoring eight touchdowns.
A brand new face arriving to Palo Alto from Murietta, California is Bear Bachmeier, ranked as a top-30 quarterback and the brother of Cardinal huge receiver Tiger. (One other older brother, Hank, was Wake Forest’s quarterback this season.)
Bear Bachmeier starred at Murrieta Valley, amassing 86 whole touchdowns (30 dashing) in highschool as a twin risk. He should compete with former high recruit Elijah Brown, the probably starter subsequent season for the Cardinal after a disappointing 3-9 season.
The highest recruit in Stanford’s 19-player class is four-star huge receiver JonAnthony Corridor, out of New Jersey, ranked the No. 10 wideout within the nation by 247Sports.
Cal, which went 6-6 total and 2-6 in its first yr within the ACC, was dealt a critical blow on Wednesday. The Bears had hoped to land Prime 10 quarterback Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele from Hawaii after he had been dedicated to the Golden Bears since July. However Sagapolutele, Hawaii’s high participant, determined to signal with Oregon.
Sagapolutele is rated because the No. 8 quarterback, based on 247Sports. He completed with 10,653 profession passing yards, most in Hawaii state historical past and surpassing the mark held by Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel (9,848).
Dropping Sagapolutele to Oregon is especially painful for Cal since he was the one blue-chip prospect among the many Bears’ 14-player recruiting class.
Sagapolutele’s signing helped vault Oregon to the highest of the Large Ten recruiting rankings after beginning Wednesday behind Ohio State and Michigan within the Large Ten recruiting rankings and was poised to complete Wednesday on high.
In the meantime, San Jose State’s well-balanced recruiting class is ranked No. 6 among the many 12-team Mountain West Convention groups as every of the Spartans’ 12 newly signed gamers are 3-star prospects, based on 247Sports.
The highest-rated prospect becoming a member of Ken Niumatalolo’s program is huge receiver Jase Nix from San Marcos Excessive (Ca.), who completed his four-year profession with 212 catches for 3,304 yards (15.6 yards per catch) and 48 touchdowns. The 5-9, 165-pound Nix is rated the state’s 109th-best prospect and has been in contrast favorably to a different former San Marcos star receiver Kyle Phillips of the Philadelphia Eagles.
San Jose State additionally signed intriguing Marin Catholic tight finish Braiden Bachich-Dixon, a 6-4, 220-pound speedster who presents matchup issues for defenses. Bachich-Dixon is California’s 111th-rated prospect.
One other attention-grabbing add for the Spartans is dual-threat quarterback Tama Amisone of Hawaii’s Kapolei Excessive. Amisone, San Jose’s solely quarterback on this class, threw for nearly 1,500 yards, ran for greater than 750 yards whereas additionally gaining 72 yards receiving this yr.
