Bears Pull in Top 4 Star OT Tommy Tofi

Offensive line coach Famika Anae and the Cal staff pulled off their biggest recruiting win in years with the commitment of 6-7/330 Archbishop Riordan offensive tackle Tommy Tofi‍ today following his official visit to Cal over the weekend.

“Some of the things that stuck out to me were the change in environment, coaching staff, and the expectations and plans they have for me,” Tofi said after his commitment. “My relationship has grown with Coach Anae and also Coach Vic. I have a better feel of what’s expected of me and my role on the team.

“My brother being here, the coaching staff, I’ll be close to home so my family can come to games, the education, and the brotherhood, everything. I already feel like I’m home with the current players and coaching staff.”

Rated the #97 recruit in the nation by 247, the high 4 star OT was just what the doctor ordered for a Cal program in the process of radically reshaping their offense, particularly in the trenches, which has received a nearly complete makeover after the arrival of Anae from New Mexico in the offseason.

The brother of 2025 Cal commit John Tofi Jr‍, Tofi Jr’s younger but bigger brother has been anything but a stranger to Cal with John’s commitment to the Bears last September and multiple family visits to campus during that recruiting process and since then, including Cal’s Elite Junior Day this year.

“It’s really great hearing the news of my brother committing to Cal!” his brother John said today. “Me and my brother have always played sports together, starting from basketball at 8 or 9 years to playing at the next level in football so the feeling of happiness in the family knowing that we will both be playing on the field together, especially across the bridge where our family and any nearby family could come and watch us play every Saturday is amazing! Our family is definitely excited and we are ready to work!”

Though he was being hotly pursued by a who’s who in college football, with offers from Ohio State, Tennessee, Miami, Oregon, Washington, USC, Stanford and more, the pump has been primed for Tofi to join his brother at Cal since the last visit.

“My visit was great,” Tofi said at the time. “I got to spend more time hanging out with all the coaches and staff which is always a great time.

“Some things that stood out the most to me was Coach Anae’s style of coaching. He’s very disciplined and has high expectations of the line and them executing their job.

“What I’m looking for in a program is a coach that can develop me and prepare me for the next level.

“I saw a lot of talent on Saturday but Jaron (Sagapolutele) really stood out to me. The O-line looked a lot better, too. I saw a lot more action with the new coaches, a new culture and identity within the team. It’s a big difference from this team compared to the team from last year offensively.”

Tofi is the type of offensive lineman the Bears have been coveting with his elite combination of size, strength and the type of agility that’s sought after in OTs at any level. He will join prior 2026 offensive line commits Artem Korchagin‍ and Elisha Faamatuainu‍ who committed after Junior Day and this weekend’s official visits respectively.

Badly in need of a makeover on the line, the Bears brought in young offensive line coaching prodigy Famika Anae after the newest Bears OL coach was a veritable miracle worker at New Mexico, completing rebuilding a Lobos OL who had lost all but two offensive linemen who barely played in 2024 to the #2 unit in rushing yards per game at 253 ypg and the #1 unit in sacks allowed with just five on the season and none surrendered by the OL itself. He did it with a collection of unheralded portal transfers who bonded throughout the season to become an elite unit before his departure to Cal following the season.

Tofi’s commitment to Cal brings the total to four this weekend, joining prior commits OL Elisha Faamatuainu‍, RB Victor Santino‍ and De La Salle DL Nemyah Telona‍ and is the tenth commitment of the 2026 class so far for the Bears.

Tofi is the fourth 4 star commit of the Bears’ 2026 class so far, joining Santino, Camron Brooks‍ and Jayden Crowder‍.

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