Michael Hurst Jr.
California Golden Bears
71
Average

Michael Hurst Jr.

California Golden BearsAverage
FSDefenseAverageTRANSFER · Northern Arizona
Projected Starter

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Michael Hurst Jr. is the projected starter at FS for California Golden Bears.

Redshirt senior · #16 · 6'0", 200 lbs

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Depth at FS · California Golden Bears

  1. 11671Michael Hurst Jr.Starter
  2. 21471Aiden Manutai
  3. 31757Jordan Sanford

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Servite, ranked #2,202 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 4 tackles, 0 INT, 1 PBU. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 71 overall (Average tier).

Recruit3★ · #2,202 NatlTeam Share1%
Los Angeles, CA
Jersey
#16
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'0"
Weight
200 lbs
Transfer
Northern Arizona

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—401

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8100
National Rank
#2202
High School
Servite
Hometown
Anaheim, CA

Why this rating?

On a 78-rated defense; 32th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.60 for competition level) put them -7 vs unit starters → 71.

Team defense (SP+)
78
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 32% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 47% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.60)
Depth-chart adjustment
-7 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10WVTTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 25-20

Oct 3LUNLVTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 39-31

Sep 26LCLEMTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 24-10

Sep 19WWAGTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 49-7

Sep 12WSYRTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 21-18

Sep 6LUCLATKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 45-24

Michael Hurst Jr.'s 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

4 tkl · 1 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement20%
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