Cal Transfer Qb Devin Brown Commits To An Fcs School

Cal transportation backmost Devin Brown, who mislaid competitions to beryllium a starting backmost each of nan past 3 season, has committed to Weber State, an FCS school, according to aggregate reports.

Brown was a highly rated precocious schoolhouse quarterback, and astir observers expected Brown to beryllium Cal’s starting backmost successful 2025 aft spending nan 3 erstwhile seasons astatine Ohio State. He represented Cal astatine ACC media days successful July 2025.

But he mislaid a title for nan starting spot to freshman Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele successful preseason autumn camp, and Sagapolutele performed good each play and ne'er mislaid nan starting spot.

Brown played successful 9 games for nan Golden Bears this past play arsenic Sagapolutele’s backup and completed 4-for-7 passes for 48 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception.

With 1 twelvemonth of assemblage eligibility remaining and Sagapolutele entrenched arsenic Cal’s starting quarterback, Brown opted to move connected to different school, this clip to Weber State, an FCS schoolhouse that went 4-8 this past season.

Brown is from Gilbert, Arizona, and was a four-star enlistee coming retired of Corner Canyon High School successful Draper, Utah. He had offers from Notre Dame, Texas, Mississippi, USC, BYU, Michigan State and North Carolina State among others earlier signing pinch Ohio State.

He played 2 games arsenic a existent freshman successful 2022 erstwhile C.J. Stroud was nan Buckeyes’ starting quarterback.

Brown competed pinch Kyle McCord for nan starting occupation successful 2023, and he and McCord shared nan occupation for six games earlier McCord was named nan starter.

McCord entered nan transportation portal earlier nan Buckeyes’ vessel crippled that season, and Brown sewage his first commencement successful nan Cotton Bowl.  But he was injured early successful that crippled and could not continue.

Brown competed pinch Kansas State transportation Will Howard for nan Ohio State starting occupation successful 2024, but Howard won nan occupation and led nan Buckeyes to a nationalist championship.

Brown transferred to Cal aft nan 2024 season, and was seen arsenic nan starring campaigner to triumph nan starting occupation for Cal during nan outpouring and nan early portion of autumn camp. But coaches were impressed pinch Sagapolutele’s talent and made him nan starter successful nan opener successful his first assemblage game.

Brown remained his backup passim nan season.

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