Redshirt junior wide receiver Chad Hansen, perhaps the Cal football team’s biggest and brightest star, announced Wednesday that he has chosen to forego his senior year to enter the 2017 NFL Draft. After entering the season completely off the radar of NFL talent evaluators, the former walk-on is looking to leverage his big year into a spot in the pros.
“Competing in the NFL has always been among my highest goals and I believe the time to pursue this opportunity is now,” Hansen, who boasts a 6-foot-2, 205-pound frame, said in a statement announcing his decision. “This was an extremely difficult decision to make — my time at Cal has been amazing.