Lu-Magia Hearns III

HISTORY — From College Profile

Cal Career (2021 – Present)

– Has played in 17 games with 12 starts over the last two seasons since his arrival at Cal in 2021

– Has contributed 43 tackles, 1.0 tackle for loss (-3 yards), one interception, 14 pass breakups, 15 passes defended and one fumble recovery

Sophomore (2022)

– Played in each of the first six games with five starts including each of the first four contests but did not play in the final six contests due to injury

– Recorded 15 tackles, his lone career 1.0 tackle for loss (-4 yards) and four pass breakups

– UC Davis (W, 34-13) – 3 tackles

– UNLV (W, 20-14) – 3 tackles, 2 pass breakups

– at Notre Dame (L, 17-24) – 4 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss (-1 yard)

– Arizona (W, 49-31) – 2 tackles, 1 pass breakup

– at Washington State (L, 9-28) – 1 tackle, 0.5 tackles for loss (-2 yards), 1 pass breakup

– at Colorado (L, 13-20, OT) – 2 tackles

– Washington (L, 21-28) – did not play

– Oregon (L, 24-42) – did not play

– at USC (L, 35-41) – did not play

– at Oregon State (L, 10-38) – did not play

– Stanford (W, 27-20) – did not play

– UCLA (L, 28-35) – did not play

– All-Pac-12 Preseason Third Team (Athlon)

– All-Pac-12 Way Too Early Second Team (Jack Follman, SportsPac12)

Freshman (2021)

– Earned honorable mention All-Pac-12 honors, as well as honorable mention recognition for the Pac-12 Freshman Defensive Player of the Year presented by Nextiva, both from the league's coaches

– Also picked up Cal's Bob Simmons Award given annually to the Golden Bears' Most Valuable Freshman

– Played in 11 of 12 games with eight starts that were the most among four Cal true freshmen with at least one start

– Registered career highs of 28 tackles, one interception, one fumble recovery, and career and team highs of 10 pass breakups that ranked tied for second in the Pac-12 and 11 passes defended that were third, while his 1.00 passes defended per game were also third in the conference

– Changed his number from No. 14 to No. 15 after the team's first game of the campaign

– Nevada - participated

– at TCU - participated

– Sacramento State - 3 tackles, 2 pass breakups ... first career start and stats other than participation

– at Washington - 3 tackles

– at Washington - 3 tackles

– Washington State - 6 tackles, 2 pass breakups ... career-high tackles

– Colorado - 1 tackle

– Oregon State - 4 tackles

– at Arizona - 5 tackles

– at Stanford - 3 tackles, 1 interception, 4 pass breakups ... first Cal player to win Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors since its' 2019 inception ... interception came on Stanford's first drive and second offensive play ... lone career interception .... career-high pass breakups

– at UCLA - 1 tackle

– USC - 2 tackles, 1 fumble recovery, 2 pass breakups

De La Salle HS (Class Of 2021)

– Recruited to Cal as a defensive back but played in 20 games as a wide receiver and posted 43 receptions for 719 yards and five touchdown grabs during his 2018 sophomore and 2019 junior season for a pair of teams that each won North Coast Section Division I and East Bay League titles before falling in the state championshjp game to Mater Dei and St. John Bosco in back-to-back seasons

– Had his 2020 senior campaign postponed/cancelled due to COVID-19

– Played in 12 games and contributed 29 receptions for 439 yards and two touchdowns as a 2019 junior for a team that finished 12-2 overall, and ranked No. 3 in the state of California and No. 13 nationally according to MaxPreps

– Had 14 receptions for 280 yards and three touchdown catches to go along with two rushes for 46 yards over eight contests as a sophomore for a squad that finished 12-1 overall, and ranked No. 3 in the state of California and No. 4 nationally according to MaxPreps

– Wore No. 32 as a sophomore and No. 21 in his junior campaign

– Member of the Black Student Union

– Speaks Spanish

PERSONAL

– Born August 13, 2003

– Son of Lu-Magia Hearns and Sheena Glover

– Sister, Kamry Hearns, is a graduate of UC Irvine

– Major is undeclared