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Golden Nuggets: Reviewing the 2019 Cal Football Season

Talk about a student-athlete who exceeded his expectations this season. Who are you excited about most for next season?

Josh Yuen: With all due respect to Chase Garbers, Kuony Deng and Zeandae Johnson, my most improved player award goes to Christopher Brown Jr., the undisputed workhorse of the backfield. The expectation heading into the season was that he would get the first crack to fill Patrick Laird’s shoes, and boy did he excite during the front and back ends of the 2019 campaign. I was skeptical of his ability to succeed as a three-down back, he lacked an impressive resume in the receiving game and two “shiftier” tailbacks in DeShawn Collins and Marcel Dancy were waiting in the wings.