Cal's Ryan McCulloch, Isaiah Crosby Won't Play Against Boston College

Starting outside linebacker Ryan McCulloch and starting safety Isaiah Crosby will not play for Cal in the Bears' game at Boston College on Saturday afternoon. Cal kicker Abram Murray will also miss his second straight game this week.

All ACC teams are required to submit a player availability report two days before their scheduled football game, and players on the list are indicated as either Out (no chance of playing) or Questionable (50-50 chance of playing) or Probable (75% chance of playing).

McCulloch is one of Cal's top defensive players and he has 2.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks this season. Crosby, who injured his leg in the second half of last week's game, is third on the team in tackles with 24, and has broken up three passes. He will be missed as the Bears try to defend a Boston College offense that leads the nation in passing yards per game.

Dru Polidor Jr. is likely to take Crosby's place in the starting lineup while Chris Victor or Jayden Wayne is likely to take McCulloch's place

Murray is Cal's long-distance field-goal kicker, and he is 3-for-3 on field-goal attempts with a long of 49 yards. Chase Meyer will do all the place-kicking this week as he did a week ago. He is 3-for-4 on field goals and missed his only attempt last week, a 44-yarder.

The most significant absences for Boston College involve Jaedn Skeete, a starting wide receiver, and Amari Jackson, a starting cornerback, and Skeete has just five receptions this season but three of them were for touchdowns. Jackson has made three tackles this season and broken up one pass.

Boston College's starting left tackle Jude Bowry is listed as questionable.

Cal is 3-1 heading into its ACC opener this weekend, and Boston College is 1-2 overall and 0-1 in the conference. Boston College is a 6.5-point favorite.

CAL PLAYER AVAILABILITY

OUT

DB Isaiah Crosby

OLB Ryan McCulloch

K Abram Murray

DL Tyson Ford

DB Toby Weydemuller

ILB Beckham Barney

OL Jojo Genova

OL Sam Bjerke

OL Lamar Robinson

TE Ben Marshall

PROBABLE

WR Mark Hamper

BOSTON COLLEGE PLAYER AVAILABILITY

OUT

WR Jaedn Skeete

WR Johnathan Montague Jr.

LB Jaylen Blackwell

DB Syair Torrance

DB Amari Jackson

WR Will Graves III

TE Danny Edgehille

QUESTIONABLE

LB Deveon Crouch

DB Njita Sinkala

DB Ashton McShane

LB Palaie Faoa

OL Jude Bowry

PROBABLE

DB Marcus Upton

DL E'Lla Boykin

OL Michael Crounse

DT Owen Stoudmire

DE Jayden Fry

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