After a lackluster season for the Cal football team’s defense in 2014, there is perhaps nothing the team’s fans should be more excited about than a highly esteemed and talented incoming player on the defensive side of the football. That is exactly what the Bears will be getting with defensive lineman Russell Ude.
The four-star recruit is talented enough to make an impact on the Bears as early as this season. Cal could certainly use it after giving up 39.8 points per game in 2014 to rank 123rd in the country.
While not all of these problems pointed to the defensive line (the defensive backfield deserves its fair share of blame as well), an improvement there would help steady the whole defense.