Recruiting Update: OT Ragland and Walk-On WR Hagan

A bit to get to on the recruiting front this morning.

Cal picked up a commitment from Offensive Tackle Charles Ragland. Ragland has escaped most recruiting charts having only played high school football for two years, and offensive tackle for one. Subsequently, Mullen High School senior was unranked on many recruiting sites going into the weekend.

After committing to Cal however, Ragland has garnered a 3 star rating on Scout.com and 2 stars on Rivals.

Don’t be too deceived by the ratings system however, given most people haven’t had a chance to see much game tape of the tackle. Ragland checks in at a massive 6’7, 285 lbs, and hopes to put on another 20 to 25 pounds in the next year.

Yikes.

Cal continues to put together a nice offensive line class, headlined by 4-star recruit Charles Siddoway and 3-star Brian Schwenke joining Ragland. I’ve long been a believer that a victory begins in the trenches, so it’s good to see Cal stockpiling some solid talent at the offensive line.

[Edit: I also somehow forgot to mention Mark Brazinski (#2 rated All-American center in the nation) as one of the other great offensive line recruits that Ragland would be joining.]

The Bears also received a commitment from WR Spencer Hagan. The Sacramento native has agreed to walk on at Cal, passing on scholarship offers from Portland State and Montana State.


Hagan is a 2-star recruit according to Scout, and features good size at 6’4, 190 lbs. With Cal only have one or two wide receiver slots available, Cal had to be a bit more selective in giving up a scholarship spot, but Hagan’s productivity and talent at the high school level gives a lot of hope that both he and Cal will benefit from the decision.