THIRD AND DATA

Week 9 · 2026

California at NC State

Sat 10/31/2026 12:00 PMCarter-Finley StadiumConference

62°Mostly Cloudy13 mph NE · 48% humidityMeasured at kickoff, by an official weather station

California

10

3–6

NC State

31

4–4

Attendance

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not yet reported

Each room is drawn against the one it plays: the away offensive line beside the home defensive front, and back again. Quarterbacks, kickers and punters have no opposing room and face their own. Players are ordered exactly as they are on a team's roster tab — by position, then by who has played this season, then production, then recruiting stars, then seasons on a roster — so an offensive line, for which no production is published, runs on stars and then experience. A player who has appeared this season shows that season's totals; everyone else shows career totals through 2026, marked career, at every school he has played for. Long snappers and returners are not drawn.

CALQuarterbacksNo blue chips6
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB3Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele6'3"·2252yr
    1,751 Pass yds11 TD6 Int67.4 Cmp%-72 Rush yds
  • 33-star recruitQB11Jackson Brousseau ← Colorado State6'4"·2254yr
    701 Pass yds3 TD0 Int62.5 Cmp%13 Rush yds
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB14Dominic Ingrassia6'4"·2152yr
    35 Rush yds
  • 33-star recruitQB2EJ Caminong6'2"·2203yr
    career 57 Pass yds0 TD0 Int31.6 Cmp%18 Rush yds
  • 33-star recruitQB17Alonzo Esparza6'0"·1902yr
  • 33-star recruitQB18Nainoa Lopes6'3"·1851yr
NCSUQuarterbacks2 blue chips5
  • 44-star recruitQB11CJ Bailey6'6"·2183yr
    1,955 Pass yds13 TD4 Int63.9 Cmp%178 Rush yds
  • 33-star recruitQB10Will Wilson6'1"·2272yr
    35 Pass yds2 TD0 Int75.0 Cmp%179 Rush yds
  • 44-star recruitQB12Tad Hudson ← Coastal Carolina6'3"·2274yr
    career 1,426 Pass yds8 TD7 Int55.7 Cmp%30 Rush yds
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedQB15Hudson Wilharm6'5"·1983yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB16Parker Thompson6'2"·1881yr
CALOffensive line3 blue chips20
NCSUDefensive line1 blue chip12
  • 33-star recruitDE92Chase Bond6'4"·2523yr
    12 Tackles1.5 TFL1.5 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDE13Joseph Adedire6'3"·2545yr
    9 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDE95JJ Ferguson Jr.6'3"·2601yr
  • 44-star recruitDL55Katron Evans ← Marshall6'3"·3356yr
    13 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL90Josiah Victor6'2"·3162yr
    12 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL99AJ Prim6'2"·3002yr
    8 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL47Adrian Farrow6'3"·2762yr
    7 Tackles2.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDT88Isaiah Shirley6'3"·2944yr
    16 Tackles2.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDT34Colby Cronk6'3"·2872yr
    4 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDT80Damaad Lewis6'3"·2671yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDT57Steven Stokes III6'4"·3243yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDT98Fabian Kimbrough6'3"·2901yr
CALDefensive line2 blue chips15
  • 44-star recruitDL96Derek Wilkins6'5"·3106yr
    26 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDL44Jericho Johnson ← Oregon6'4"·3453yr
    21 Tackles3.5 TFL1.5 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL56Legend Journey6'2"·2753yr
    11 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL97Michael-Anthony Okwura6'3"·3103yr
    11 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL99Ashun Shepphard ← Mississippi State6'3"·2903yr
    10 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL98Nate Burrell6'2"·2855yr
    6 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL51Jayden Williams ← North Texas6'2"·3153yr
    4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL92LeBron Williams6'2"·2852yr
    4 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL93R.J. Stephens6'1"·2854yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL59Nemyah Telona6'1"·3101yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL94Stanley Saole-McKenzie6'2"·3506yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL91Dabe Nwude6'2"·2601yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL55BJ Canady6'5"·2803yr
    career 6 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL43Lucky Schirmer6'2"·2901yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL61Frank Fanua Jr.6'3"·2201yr
NCSUOffensive line4 blue chips21
CALBacks & tight ends2 blue chips16
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB24Adam Mohammed ← Washington6'0"·2203yr
    82 Car363 Rush yds3 TD4.4 Rush avg
    18 Rec176 Rec yds9.8 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB20Ashten Emory ← UTEP5'11"·2103yr
    77 Car238 Rush yds4 TD3.1 Rush avg
    16 Rec90 Rec yds5.6 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB25Anthony League6'0"·2152yr
    13 Car53 Rush yds0 TD4.1 Rush avg
    15 Rec81 Rec yds5.4 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB21Carson Perry-Smith5'11"·1953yr
    10 Car34 Rush yds0 TD3.4 Rush avg
    4 Rec65 Rec yds16.3 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB1Carter Vargas ← UC Davis5'11"·2053yr
    4 Car14 Rush yds0 TD3.5 Rush avg
    2 Rec6 Rec yds3.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB33Dean-Taylor Chapman5'9"·1854yr
    career 1 Car5 Rush yds0 TD5.0 Rush avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB23Jayden Parker5'10"·1803yr
    career 1 Car3 Rush yds0 TD3.0 Rush avg
  • 33-star recruitRB13Victor Santino5'11"·2001yr
  • 44-star recruitTE22Taimane Purcell6'4"·2451yr
    19 Rec241 Rec yds1 TD12.7 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE85Mason Mini6'4"·2453yr
    22 Rec226 Rec yds2 TD10.3 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE0Dorian Thomas ← New Mexico6'4"·2554yr
    2 Rec14 Rec yds0 TD7.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitTE8Rico Walker ← Purdue6'4"·2504yr
    career 13 Rec127 Rec yds0 TD9.8 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE44John Tofi Jr.6'5"·2402yr
  • 22-star recruitTE90Jack Olyphant6'4"·2403yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE39Michael Cooley6'7"·2304yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE88Sosaia Noa6'3"·2251yr
NCSULinebackers2 blue chips24
  • 44-star recruitLB0Popo Aguirre ← Miami6'1"·2354yr
    77 Tackles4.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB5Harvey Dyson III6'2"·2575yr
    19 Tackles3.5 TFL1.5 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB33Ziggy Moore6'2"·2321yr
    17 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB58Elijah Satchell6'3"·2421yr
    17 Tackles5.0 TFL4.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB35LaCorian Hodge6'2"·2162yr
    14 Tackles0.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB42Ke'Von Carter6'3"·2452yr
    9 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB44Jordan Moreta6'1"·2301yr
    7 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB8Da'Kaari Nelson ← Penn State6'3"·2414yr
    7 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB31Bailey Benson6'0"·2142yr
    6 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB30Zane Williams5'11"·2273yr
    4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB15AJ Richardson6'1"·2354yr
    4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB53Josh Warren Jr.6'2"·2371yr
    4 Tackles2.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB25Sterling Dixon6'2"·2313yr
    3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB38Logan Foust6'0"·2023yr
    3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB37Lawrence Brown Jr.6'3"·2241yr
  • 33-star recruitLB32Caleb Gordon5'11"·2261yr
  • 33-star recruitLB43Koby Sarkodie6'3"·2201yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB19Cole Wilson6'0"·2104yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB33Nathan Huffman5'11"·1842yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB48Hunter Jackson6'1"·2262yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB46Ryan Klimp6'0"·2152yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB47Jackson Mastor6'0"·2142yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB52David Collins6'2"·2331yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB45Isaac Peters6'1"·2471yr
CALLinebackers4 blue chips16
  • 33-star recruitLB9AJ Tuitele ← USC6'2"·2202yr
    49 Tackles4.5 TFL3.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB3Kamar Mothudi ← Oregon6'3"·2453yr
    37 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB32Tristan Jernigan ← Texas A&M6'0"·2303yr
    31 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB19Odera Okaka6'4"·2302yr
    22 Tackles2.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB33JD McKinley6'2"·2501yr
    21 Tackles3.0 TFL3.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB0Solomon Williams ← Texas A&M6'2"·2453yr
    17 Tackles3.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB21Aaron Hampton6'1"·2353yr
    13 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB15Joshua Pierce ← North Texas6'4"·2653yr
    8 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB10Jayden Wayne6'5"·2554yr
    7 Tackles1.5 TFL1.5 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB4Justin Beadles ← Louisville6'5"·2757yr
    7 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB45Beckham Barney6'1"·2252yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB36Jude McLellan6'3"·2403yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB18Serigne Tounkara6'3"·2454yr
    career 6 Tackles1.5 TFL1.5 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB6Emmanuel Okoye ← Tennessee6'5"·2454yr
    career 1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 22-star recruitLB57BJ Jones6'2"·2304yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB41Jaxon Pyatt6'2"·2301yr
NCSUBacks & tight ends2 blue chips16
  • 33-star recruitRB1Jayden Scott5'10"·2203yr
    62 Car358 Rush yds4 TD5.8 Rush avg
    3 Rec21 Rec yds7.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB7Davion Gause ← North Carolina5'11"·2173yr
    87 Car352 Rush yds2 TD4.0 Rush avg
    21 Rec202 Rec yds9.6 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB24Dylan McCoy5'8"·2101yr
    10 Car88 Rush yds1 TD8.8 Rush avg
  • 44-star recruitRB14Jonathan Paylor5'9"·1873yr
    2 Car52 Rush yds0 TD26.0 Rush avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB25Darius Johnson5'10"·2114yr
    12 Car36 Rush yds1 TD3.0 Rush avg
    2 Rec12 Rec yds6.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB20Deandre Desinor5'10"·1862yr
    4 Car17 Rush yds0 TD4.3 Rush avg
    8 Rec135 Rec yds16.9 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB34Noah Moss6'0"·2051yr
    1 Car13 Rush yds0 TD13.0 Rush avg
  • 33-star recruitRB26Isiah Jones5'8"·1953yr
    3 Car12 Rush yds0 TD4.0 Rush avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB29RJ Boyd5'10"·2171yr
  • 33-star recruitTE19Preston Douglas6'3"·2372yr
    26 Rec304 Rec yds1 TD11.7 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE86Hunter Provience ← Montana State6'5"·2614yr
    9 Rec79 Rec yds2 TD8.8 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitTE4Vander Ploog ← Oregon6'6"·2532yr
    2 Rec25 Rec yds0 TD12.5 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE45Tex Vaughn6'2"·2351yr
    2 Rec9 Rec yds0 TD4.5 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE87Ian Flynt6'4"·2763yr
  • 33-star recruitTE44Gus Ritchey6'2"·2382yr
  • 33-star recruitTE84Stephen Brown6'6"·2031yr
CALReceivers3 blue chips13
  • 33-star recruitWR7Chase Hendricks ← Ohio6'0"·1954yr
    61 Rec565 Rec yds4 TD9.3 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR9Ian Strong ← Rutgers6'4"·2154yr
    35 Rec478 Rec yds1 TD13.7 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR6Kyion Grayes6'0"·1905yr
    12 Rec138 Rec yds1 TD11.5 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR10Cooper Perry ← Oregon6'1"·2002yr
    8 Rec111 Rec yds1 TD13.9 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR4Jordan King6'2"·2155yr
    11 Rec108 Rec yds1 TD9.8 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR81Tyree Sams5'8"·1801yr
    17 Rec82 Rec yds0 TD4.8 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR15Mark Hamper6'2"·2054yr
    5 Rec60 Rec yds0 TD12.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR19Trevor Rogers6'3"·1953yr
    3 Rec16 Rec yds0 TD5.3 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR5QuaRon Adams5'7"·1655yr
    1 Rec-2 Rec yds0 TD-2.0 Rec avg
  • 22-star recruitWR82Cole Boscia6'3"·2155yr
    career 7 Rec85 Rec yds1 TD12.1 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR87Meyer Swinney6'3"·2052yr
  • 33-star recruitWR16Kai Meza6'1"·1901yr
  • 33-star recruitWR80EJ Morgan6'0"·1601yr
NCSUDefensive backs5 blue chips24
CALDefensive backs6 blue chips20
NCSUReceivers6 blue chips19
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR8Keenan Jackson6'3"·1943yr
    30 Rec456 Rec yds6 TD15.2 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR2Joshisa Trader ← Miami6'1"·1883yr
    16 Rec221 Rec yds0 TD13.8 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR0Victor Snow ← Buffalo5'8"·1785yr
    19 Rec175 Rec yds0 TD9.2 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR82Chance Robinson ← Miami6'2"·2093yr
    12 Rec168 Rec yds2 TD14.0 Rec avg
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedWR13Tyran Warren ← Alcorn State6'3"·1854yr
    8 Rec119 Rec yds1 TD14.9 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR5Davion Dozier ← App State6'3"·2034yr
    4 Rec35 Rec yds0 TD8.8 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR6Ashton Locklear6'1"·1855yr
    3 Rec20 Rec yds1 TD6.7 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR83Amiri Acker6'2"·2041yr
    1 Rec14 Rec yds0 TD14.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR12Teddy Hoffmann6'1"·1742yr
    career 25 Rec349 Rec yds3 TD14.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR80Ethan Dowdy6'2"·1922yr
    career 3 Rec25 Rec yds0 TD8.3 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR21Je'rel Bolder6'0"·2082yr
  • 44-star recruitWR85Tyreek Copper6'1"·1971yr
  • 33-star recruitWR89Jai Richburg6'2"·2071yr
  • 33-star recruitWR22Aiden Smalls5'11"·1901yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR37Addison Carlson5'11"·1903yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR36Cameron Cornthwaite5'9"·1802yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR28Sam Dodd6'2"·1972yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR35Jason Schutt5'7"·1621yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR39Landon Thompson6'2"·1851yr
CALKickersNo blue chips3
  • 33-star recruitPK33Towns McGough ← Auburn6'0"·2003yr
    8 FG11 FGA41 Long38 Pts
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedPK91Chase Meyer5'10"·1855yr
    2 FG4 FGA37 Long11 Pts
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK37Erik Peters6'1"·1952yr
NCSUKickersNo blue chips3
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK94Kanoah Vinesett6'1"·2035yr
    8 FG9 FGA46 Long55 Pts
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK91Nick Konieczynski5'11"·2213yr
    career 1 FG3 FGA29 Long6 Pts
    1 Punts45.0 Avg0 In 20
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK98Drew Lovelace6'2"·1751yr
CALPuntersNo blue chips2
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedP29Angus Davies ← Tulsa6'1"·2104yr
    45 Punts41.5 Avg11 In 20
  • —No recruiting profile foundP27Jacob Johnson6'4"·2501yr
NCSUPuntersNo blue chips2
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedP96Jackson Waller ← SMU6'2"·2023yr
    32 Punts42.8 Avg12 In 20
  • 33-star recruitP97Cristian Harthan6'5"·1902yr

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NC State 1–0 vs California

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California 0–1 vs Dave Doeren

  • 2024 · wk 8NC State 24 @ California 23

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