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Wisconsin Transfer WR Mark Hamper Commits to Cal

Hamper played his redshirt freshman season at Idaho in 2024 and had nearly 1,000 receiving yards
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Idaho receiver Mark Hamper is tackled during a game against Oregon
Idaho receiver Mark Hamper is tackled during a game against Oregon | Ben Lonergan/The Register-Guard / USA TODAY NETWORK

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Wisconsin wide receiver Mark Hamper, who spent just four months at Wisconsin after transferring from Idaho, has committed to Cal, according to multiple reports, including Pete Nakos and Hayes Fawcett of On3 Sports.

The 6-foot-2, 210-pound Hamper reportedly chose Cal over New Mexico and Arizona State.

As a redshirt freshman at Idaho in 2024, Hamper had 49 receptions for 961 receiving yards and six touchdowns. He was named an FCS freshman All-American. He had three catches for 57 yards in the season-opener against Oregon. His best game came against Weber State when he had eight catches for 187 yards and three touchdowns.

On December 20, 2024, he transferred to Wisconsin, but after spring practice at Wisconsin, he re-entered the transfer portal.

Even though his only game action came at the FCS level, Hamper was considered one of the top available wide receivers in the portal this spring until he committed to Cal.

Hamper is the second wide receiver Cal has added through the transfer portal this spring, joining South Dakota transfer Quaron Adams. Both played for FCS teams this past season. Cal added UNLV transfer wide receiver Jacob de Jesus and Arkansas transfer wide receiver Dazmin James through the transfer portal back in January.

Cal wide receivers Tobias Merriweather and Jonathan Brady entered the transfer portal this spring, and Bears wideouts Mikey Matthews and Nyziah Hunter entered the portal soon after the 2024 season.

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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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