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Charlotte Transfer Kicker Kyle Cunanan Commits to Cal

Freshman Derek Morris has done most of Cal's place-kickng this season

Jake Curtis

Cal kicker Derek Morris
Cal kicker Derek Morris / Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images
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Charlotte transfer place-kicker Kyle Cunanan announced on social media on Sunday that he has commted to Cal for next season.

Cunanan, a sophomore, shared the placekicking chores with Stephen Rusnak this past season wth Charlotte, and neither one of them missed a feld goal attempt all season. Cunanan was the 49ers kcker for the first two games, and was 2-for-2 on field goals, although neither was longer than 31 yards.

In the third game, he was then replaced by Rusnak, who was 11-for-11 with a long of 54 yards over the next nine games.

Cunanan then returned as the kicker in the final game against UAB and made all three of his field-goal attempts, although none was longer than 31 yards.

Boh Cunanan and Rusnak entered the transfer portal after he season.

Cunanan was 5-for-5 on feld goal atempts with a long of 31 yards in 2024, and he was 9-for-15 with a long of 49 yards as a freshman in 2023.

Freshman Derek Morris ended up doing most of the place-kickng for Cal this season. He was 10-for-13 on field-goal atempts ths season with a long of 46 yards. But he mssed his final two field goals of the season -- a 48-yard attempt against Syracuse and a 38-yard attempt against SMU. He also mssed a 28-yard field goal with 1:34 left against North Carolina State that would have given Cal the lead.

Redshirt senior Ryan Coe began he season as Cal's place-kicker, but he struggled early in the season and was used only on long field-goal attempts late in the season. He wound up 13-for-21 on feld-goal tries, but he made two 54-yard field goals against Wake Forest and a 53-yarder against SMU. He will be out of college eligibiliy after Wednesday's LA Bowl.

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Jake Curtis
JAKE CURTIS

Jake Curtis worked in the San Francisco Chronicle sports department for 27 years, covering virtually every sport, including numerous Final Fours, several college football national championship games, an NBA Finals, world championship boxing matches and a World Cup. He was a Cal beat writer for many of those years, and won awards for his feature stories.

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