The California Golden Bears football program has reportedly granted permission for all schools to contact Echols. Presumably, this is for a transfer and would suggest that we will not restrict him from transferring to—or at least from having contact with—a Pac-12 rival. Echols is already self-reporting that he received an offer from the Montana State Bobcats.
For the 2017 season, Echols was a redshirt-freshman running back who earned one start, which came against the Washington Huskies. Even with an early season-ending injury to starter Tre Watson, the backfield was crowded behind redshirt-junior and breakout-star Patrick Laird and senior Vic Enwere.