Cal has had success with walk-ons
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00:00 Cal has had great success with walk-ons under Justin Wilcox. The two most notable ones, I guess, are Patrick Laird, a running back who had over 1,100 yards one season for Cal.
00:12 He had over 900 in another season and latched on in the NFL for a while. The other one is Ashton Davis, safety.
00:23 He was drafted in the NFL and was a starter for the Jets for a while and he's still on the Jets' active roster.
00:30 Doesn't play on defense quite as much but is a big-time special teams player.
00:36 And Cal's had a whole bunch, I remember, I think it was three or four years ago, in their final drive against USC to break USC's long winning streak against Cal.
00:46 I believe Cal had seven walk-ons on its offense that year, who arrived at Cal as walk-ons.
00:54 And they pounded the ball to get the critical first down that they needed to sew up that game, so that was kind of interesting.