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Cal Gets First Football Commitment for 2022 -- DT Damonic Williams

Big lineman from Mission Hills has yet to play his junior season

Jake Curtis

Cal Gets First Football Commitment for 2022 -- DT Damonic Williams
Cal Gets First Football Commitment for 2022 -- DT Damonic Williams /

Damonic Williams, a nose guard from Bishop Alemany High School and Mission Hills, Calif., became Cal's first commitment for the class of 2022 when he announced on Twitter Wednesday that he has committed to Cal.

His simple statement was: Proud to be a Bear:

Cal has a need for a nose guard in its 3-4 defense, and the 6-foot-1, 300-pound Williams might be the answer.  Cal did not have true nose guard this past season because of injuries and opt-outs. Brett Johnson played the position as a freshman in 2019 and did so again for much of the 2020 season, but he feels more comfortable at the defensive end spot in the Bears' three-man front.

Williams is rated No. 33 prospect at his position by rivals.com, and he also reportedly had offers from Penn State, Michigan State, USC, Washington, Arizona State and many others.

The 247Sports website ranked Williams as the nation's No. 34 defensive tackle recruit and the 423rd-ranked recruit in the class of 2022 overall.

Williams was a teammate of Myles Williams, who is part of Cal's 2021 recruiting class.

Defensive line coach Andrew Browning was the chief recruiter for Williams.

Williams has not played his junior season yet as a result of California's decision to postpone the 2020 season.

As a result, Cal was operating off tape from Williams' sophomore season.

Williams provided some mid-season highlights from his 2019 season via twitter.

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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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