Bears Pick Up UTSA Soph RB Brandon High

The Bears began their running back room rebuild after the departure of the majority of their RB room, adding UTSA soph running back Brandon High‍ through the portal.

The 5-10/215 Texas native had a productive redshirt frosh season, rushing for 495 yards and 8 TDs in 93 carries (5.3 ypc) as a redshirt frosh in 2024.

High will be reunited with RB coach Julian Griffin at Cal after his move from UTSA.

“With Coach Griffin, what I like most is how real he is,” High noted. “And I think Cal is the best fit because of the opportunities and all the legends that have attended the school before me.”

As a prep player at Conroe Grand Oaks High School, High was injured after rushing for 262 yards and 2 TDs in his season opener as a senior and rushed for 1,085 yards and 15 TDs as a junior, being named All-District and a prestigious UnderArmour All-American. He chose UTSA over Colorado, SMU, TCU and more.

High will take his official visit to Cal this weekend. Stay tuned for more on his commitment.