LB: Desmond Bishop, California

[Merk]

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Official Stats (http://web1.ncaa.org/d1mfb/playerDetail.jsp?yr=2006&org=107&player=1J)

SR - MLB 6'-2" 245 lbs
Profile (http://calbears.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/bishop_desmond00.html)

The heart and voice of the Golden Bear defense ... an active and speedy backer who is also very physical ... tallied 18 games with seven or more tackles in his career, including seven double-figure tackle games.

2006 (regular season): A First Team All-Pac-10 selection and a third-team All-American by Rivals.com ... leads the Pac-10 with 114 tackles and 9.5 tackles per game (15th in the nation) ... also has a team-high 14 tackles for loss (fifth in the Pac-10) ... averaging 11.0 tackles per game over the last five games ... recorded 10 tackles in his final home game, a victory over Stanford ... tallied a game-high 13 tackles against USC ... led the Bears with eight tackles and a sack against Arizona ... snared an interception for his second straight game against UCLA while adding eight tackles and a pass break-up ... had a statement game against Washington with a career-high 16 tackles and the game-clinching interception on the goal-line in overtime ... tied for a team-high eight tackles against Washington State ... registered 10 tackles (eight solo) with an interception and a sack against Oregon ... tallied six tackles and a tackle for loss at Oregon State while also forcing a fumble on the Cal 12-yard line to halt OSU's first drive of the game ... recorded his first career sack, recovered a fumble and added nine tackles against Arizona State ... had six tackles (two for losses) and recovered a fumble against Portland State ... led the Bears with 13 tackles, one for a loss, against Minnesota.

2005: A second-team All-Pac-10 linebacker in his first season of Division I football ... finished No. 14 in the Pac-10 in total tackles and led the Bears with 89, including 62 solos ... led Cal in tackles seven times in 12 games ... ended the regular season with five tackles behind the line of scrimmage against Stanford ... best game came against top-ranked USC when he was credited with 12 solo tackles, the most by a Bear all season ... had 11 tackles against Illinois ... at Oregon, had nine stops, including two tackles behind the line of scrimmage ... recorded seven tackles, a tackle for loss and forced a fumble in the Bears' victory at Washington ... finished the season with eight tackles, a tackle for a loss and a pass break-up in the bowl victory over Brigham Young.

Community College: Ranked by SuperPrep as the fourth-best community college player in the United States ... teammate of quarterback Joe Ayoob at CCSF and was voted California's 2004 Junior College Defensive Player of the Year by the JC Athletic Bureau/California Community College Football Coaches Association ... first-team JC Gridwire All-American, averaging almost 12 tackles per game with 118 stops in 10 regular-season contests in 2004 ... virtually unstoppable in the state's championship game with a game-high 14 tackles (including eight solo stops), one sack and two tackles for loss against College of the Canyons ... the driving force behind a Ram defense that ranked seventh in points allowed (15.4 ppg) and ninth in yards yielded (249.7 ypg) in the state ... named the Northern California Conference Defensive Most Valuable Player ... also played on CCSF's undefeated (13-0) team that won the national championship in 2003. High School: A second-team, all-stater by Calhisports.com while at Fairfield High School ... played in the California North-South Shrine All-Star Game in 2002.

Personal: Mother is Sherri Harris ... father, Dennis Bishop, played football at Illinois and professionally in the United States Football League ... has an interest in pursuing a career in social welfare ... born July 24, 1984 ... interdisciplinary studies major.

Bishop's Career Defensive Stats, through 12/2/06 Year G-GS UT-AT-TT TFL Sacks FF/FR PBU Int
2005 12-12 62-27-89 6-11 0-0 1/0 2 0-0
2006 12-12 55-59-114 14-41 3-18 2/2 1 3-79
Career 24-24 117-86-203 20-52 3-18 3/2 3 3-79

[Mouldsie]

He likes to hit people, and he does it hard.

I really like what he brings to the table.

[admarc]

Won the Holiday Bowl Defensive MVP finishing with 12 tackles, 1 tackle for loss and a pass break up.

I came away very impressed by his play. He plays consistantly at an intimidating high intensity level. He closes quickly, is tough to block, hits like a mack truck and covers well sideline to sideline. He leveled the Texas A&M QB on a scramble up the middle that pretty much ended any more thought of doing that again for the rest of the game.

When he hits guys, they fall backwards...hard.

[treydawg]

I like his size, I definitely want to get bigger at MLB.