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Cal OLB Curlee Thomas to Enter Transfer Portal

Curlee Thomas IV played in eight games this season for Cal and recorded two tackles, and he plans to enter the transfer portal
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Cal redshirt junior outside linebacker Curlee Thomas IV announced on social media on Monday that he will enter the transfer portal.

He played in eight games in 2024 with no starts. He recorded two tackles this season -- one against Oregon State and one against Minnesota.

Thomas redshirted his first season at Cal in 2022, then played in four games off the bench as a redshirt freshman in 2023, when he had three tackles and one pass breakup.

In 2023 in played in three games, but did not record any statistics.

The 6-foot-4, 260-pound Thomas will have one year of eligibility remaining a graduate transfer. He is from Forth Worth, Texas.

Cal (7-5) is scheduled to face Hawaii (8-4) in the Hawaii Bowl on December 24. The game will be played at Ching Athletics Complex, which is on the University of Hawaii campus and is the home field for the Rainbow Warriors football team.

Nick Rolovich will be the Bears' interim head coach for that game. Justin Wilcox was dismissed as Cal's head coach following the Bears' 31-10 loss to Stanford. Rolovich served as the Bears' interim head coach for their final regular-season game against SMU, which Cal won.

Rolovich reportedly will be Cal's quarterbacks coach next season under new Cal head coach Tosh Lupoi. The Bears offensive coordinator next season is expected to be Jordan Somerville, who currently is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers assistant quarterbacks coach.

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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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