By Rob Calonge
One thing that Cal seems to do every year - recruit top talent at the quarterback position. While many were wondering if Jake Heaps would be the next to call Berkeley home, few had considered that there might be another quarterback ready to do so. Austin Hinder, 6'4" 182 lbs., gave Jeff Tedford and the Bears his verbal commitment on Monday. Hinder, from Steamboat Springs, Colorado, had visited unofficially last Thursday, competed in the Elite 11 QB Camp in Berkeley, camped at Stanford, and Nike Training Camp before choosing Cal as his college destination.
Hinder chose Cal over 14 other schools including: UCLA, Stanford, Notre Dame, Alabama, Nebraska, and Pittsburgh. He had recently narrowed his list of schools down to UCLA, Notre Dame, and Cal, but he realized that he didn't want to wait any longer. He told his hometown newspaper, "I just decided I wanted to get it over with. Once I did, it was the way to go for me. It just was the day. I said ‘what am I waiting for? I need to get this done.’" One reason Hinder had Cal in his sights could be due to family ties. His grandfather, Jim Hanifan, was an All-American receiver for the Bears, leading the nation in receiving in 1954. Hanifan was later an assistant with Cal before moving on to coach in the NFL and in 2006 was inducted into the Cal Bears Hall of Fame.
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