{"id":691098,"date":"2026-06-08T05:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T05:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/691098\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T05:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T05:48:08","slug":"4-star-ath-demare-dezeurn-commits-to-cal-breaks-down-why-he-chose-the-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/691098\/","title":{"rendered":"4-star ATH Demare Dezeurn commits to Cal, breaks down why he chose the Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"

Westlake Village (Calif.) Westlake<\/a> wide out Demare Dezeurn<\/a> has committed to Cal <\/a>and broke down why he chose the Bears.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dezeurn officially visited Cal over the weekend and actually started his trip as an Oklahoma commit. On Saturday, news broke he was backing off his pledge and a day later, he announced he will play his college ball in Berkeley.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were a lot of reasons why I chose Cal,\u201d Dezeurn said. \u201cI love the coaching staff and what coach Tosh (Lupoi) is building.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can tell they\u2019re building something special there and that\u2019s exciting for me. Coach Tosh and the rest of the staff is going to turn things around and it\u2019s going to be fun to be part of that first class to make it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cal wide receiver coaches Ike Hilliard and Geoff McArthur played a big role in the decision as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very excited to play and get developed by those guys,\u201d Dezeurn said. \u201cIke Hilliard is an NFL guy, he played in the League and got where I want to go so I\u2019m excited to be coached by him.<\/p>\n

\u201cGeoff McArthur played at Cal and was an All-American. We have a great relationship and he was big for me. He\u2019s a great guy and a great coach, very technical so having those guys around, it\u2019s huge for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scheme wise, Dezeurn said he\u2019s excited about the offense and how he fits.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThey want me to be a playmaker, use my speed to make explosive plays,\u201d Dezeurn said. \u201cThey want to get the ball to me in space and also use me to stretch the field.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThey want to move me around but also develop my receiver skills and route running so I\u2019ll be able to do a little of everything. I know I can return kicks as well and there\u2019s a lot of early opportunity there so I couldn\u2019t pass that up.\u201d<\/p>\n

The academic opportunities at Cal were too much to pass up as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Cal, it really is the best of both worlds,\u201d Dezeurn said. \u201cIt\u2019s great academics and a football program that is going to win and help you get to the next level.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cLocation wasn\u2019t really a factor for me but that\u2019s an added bonus too. I\u2019m just excited about the opportunities. Cal really felt like home, I know a lot of the guys coming in and our recruiting class is building something great so I\u2019m excited.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Westlake Village (Calif.) Westlake wide out Demare Dezeurn has committed to Cal and broke down why he chose…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":691099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[4647,299900,349,99,299901],"class_list":["post-691098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-demare-dezeurn-27-westlake","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-westlake-warriors-westlake-village"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}