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Punter Bobby Engstler De-Commits from Florida, Commits to Cal

Engstler had committed to Florida as a walk-on, but says he received a scholarship offer from Cal

Jake Curtis

Punter Bobby Engstler De-Commits from Florida, Commits to Cal
Punter Bobby Engstler De-Commits from Florida, Commits to Cal /

Bobby Engstler, a punter from Tallahassee, Fla., has de-committed from Florida and committed to Cal.  Engstler made his announcement on social media on Tuesday.

Engstler would have been a walk-on at Florida, and he also attracted interest from Mississippi as a walk-on candidate.  But Engstler says on his twitter announcement that Cal offered him a full scholarship, and he joins the Bears' class of 2024.

He attends Lawton Chiles High School, which is in Leon County, Florida, just north of Tallahassee.

Lachlan Wilson was the Golden Bears' punter in 2023 as a redshirt junior, and Sheahan Jamieson was the Bears punter before that.

Sheahan was second in the Pac-12 and 14th nationally in 2022 when he averaged  45.1 yards per punt average. Both Wilson and Sheahan are from Australia.

But Engstler will travel across the country to attend Cal. 

Engstler also did place-kicking in high school, although Cal signed a transfer from North Carolina, Ryan Coe, to be its kicker next season.

Engstler attended the Kohl's Professional Camps, which provided an assessment of his skills.

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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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