The only Cal player to appear on ESPN’s All-Pac-12 midseason team might have surprised casual followers of the conference.
Bears defensive end Kyle Kragen made the cut after cobbling together a team-high 35 tackles, including six for loss and five sacks, in six games. Quarterback Jared Goff was left off in favor of Stanford’s Kevin Hogan, who has the highest adjusted QBR in the Pac-12.
Here is the full list, courtesy of ESPN:
OFFENSE
QB Kevin Hogan, Stanford
RB Devontae Booker, Utah
RB Royce Freeman, Oregon
WR JuJu Smith-Schuster, USC
WR Gabe Marks, Washington State
TE Austin Hooper, Stanford
OT JJ Dielman, Utah
OT Kyle Murphy, Stanford
OG Josh Garnett, Stanford
OG Cam Hunt, Oregon
C Saiosi Aiono, Utah
DEFENSE
DL Kenny Clark, UCLA
DL DeForest Buckner, Oregon
DL Kyle Kragen, Cal
LB Gionni Paul, Utah
LB Salamo Fiso, Arizona State
LB Su’a Cravens, USC
LB Blake Martinez, Stanford
DB Adoree’ Jackson, USC
DB Marcus Williams, Utah
DB Budda Baker, Washington
DB Dominique Hatfield, Utah
SPECIAL TEAMS
K Aidan Schneider, Oregon
P Tom Hackett, Utah
R Christian McCaffrey, Stanford
OK, onto the links:
Goff used the bye week to refocus after his five-pick performance at Utah.