For the second time this offseason, Cal has brought in a transfer from a Power Five program.
Monday night, Cal announced that the football program had added three more players to its roster. Included in that was offensive lineman Valentino Daltoso, who comes to Berkeley as a transfer from Oregon.
As Daltoso was a non-recruited walk-on with the Ducks, and is coming to the Golden Bears on a full scholarship, he’ll be eligible to play immediately at Cal in 2017 even as it’s an intra-conference transfer. Counting this season, he’ll have four years of eligibility.
Steve Greatwood served as an Oregon assistant from 2000-2016. The last 12 years, he was the Ducks’ offensive line coach before he was part of the December coaching purge in Eugene; in January, he was hired as Cal’s line coach.
Last month, Cal confirmed that Brandon McIlwain had transferred into the football program. As a graduate transfer from South Carolina, the quarterback will be eligible to play for Cal in 2017.