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Three-Star Tight End Jacob Houseworth Commits to Cal

Houseworth also played running back in high school, and will arrive at Cal in the class of 2025

Jake Curtis

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Jacob "Jake" Houseworth, a three-star tight end from Fortuna, California, announced on social media on Sunday evening that he has committed to Cal football for the class of 2025.

The 6-foot-4, 225-pound Houseworth attends Fortuna Union High School and chose Cal over scholarship offers from Oregon State, Washington State, Fresno State and San Diego State, among others.

Houseworth was also a running back and an outside linebacker in 2023, but he is expected to be a tight end at Cal.

Cal tight ends coach Mike Saffell was the primary recruiter for Houseworth, who is the Bears' 12th commitment in the class of 2025.

Houseworth was among the players who visited Cal this weekend. Cal offered him a scholarship in March.

The 247 Sports website ranks Houseworth as the nation's 74th-best tight end recruit in the class,

He had 13 receptions for 60 yards in nine games in 2023 as a junior, but he also had 778 rushing yards on 93 carries for an averaged of 8.4 yards per attempt as a running back.

Tight ends are critical to the attack that Cal offensive coordinator Mike Bloesch runs, which is why Cal already has commitments from two tight ends for the class of 2025.

Here are some 2023 highlights of Houseworth as a receiver, a running back and as an outside linebacker. He is obviously a physical player who can break tackles.

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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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