Cal football was an early adopter of Catapult back in 2012, tracking its training with GPS devices from the leading provider of wearables for elite athletics. In a few years, perhaps, the Bears might find a similar advantage from technology developed by one of their own.
Redshirt junior safety Evan Rambo, who returned to the field this fall after missing most of the past two seasons because of an ACL tear, and two former classmates are now pursuing an idea for a new wearable that came from a course they took last spring. That class, called the Sports Tech Collider Sprint, paired student-athletes with STEM majors to pursue innovation in the athletic realm.