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Washington Transfer Long-Snapper Caleb Johnston Commits to Cal

Johnston handled the snapping for field goals but not for punts with the Huskies

Jake Curtis

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Long snapper is not a position that gets much attention, but every college football team needs one. Cal lost its long snapper of the past two seasons when David Bird entered the trnsfer portal and committed to Alabama.

But Cal has apparently replaced Bird as Washington transfer long snapper Caleb Johnston announced on Wednesday that he has committed to Cal.

In 2024, Johnston played in nine games for the Huskies. He saw his first game action against Eastern Michigan in the second game when he handled snaps for several extra-points. Beginning with the fourth game of the sesson Johnston was the long-snapper for all extra points and field goals for the remaining regular-season games. He did not do the snapping in the Huskies' bowl game as he had entered the transfer portal.

Johnston did not do the long-snapping on punts for Washington. That job was handled by Cameron Warchuck. It's unclear whether Johnston will be Cal's long-snapper for punts, but the presumption is that he will.

Johnston is from Ripon, California, and was a sophomore at Washington this past season.

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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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