Cal Adds Graduate Transfer Spencer Lovell

BERKELEY – Travers Family Head Football Coach Justin Wilcox announced Thursday that offensive lineman Spencer Lovell has signed a financial aid agreement to join the Cal football program. Lovell, who will arrive at Cal in June, spent the last four seasons at Arizona State before entering the transfer portal following the Sun Devils' 2022 spring practices. Lovell will be a redshirt senior in his fifth season of collegiate football in 2022 for the Golden Bears but will have two campaigns of collegiate eligibility remaining including one for the COVID-19 blanket eligibility waiver granted by the NCAA to all student-athletes in 2020.

"Spencer is a talented football player with a significant amount of experience at the Pac-12 level, and he will have an opportunity to impact our program immediately," Wilcox said. "We are pleased that Spencer is joining our program and that we are continuing to improve our roster via the transfer portal."

Lovell is the second scholarship student-athlete to be added to the Cal football roster from the transfer portal since the end of the team's 2022 spring practices following the addition of fellow offensive lineman T.J. Session on Tuesday.

Below are notes on Lovell with an extended bio available by clicking on his name.
 
Spencer Lovell, OL, 6-6, 325, R-Sr., 5th Collegiate Season (Fort Collins, CO/Arizona State/Rocky Mountain HS)
Twitter: lovell_spencer
Instagram: _spencerlovell_
Pronunciation: LUH-vol
 
Arizona State (2018-21)
– Played in 27 of 30 possible games over the last three campaigns and a total of 28 including one during his 2018 true freshman season in which he redshirted
– Participated in 11 of 13 contests as a 2021 junior including his first three career starts during the second half of the campaign, all four games of his 2020 sophomore campaign shortened by COVID-19 and a career-high 12 of 13 contests as a 2019 redshirt freshman
– Helped the Sun Devils to a combined 25-18 overall mark in his four seasons with the program including an 8-5 overall record during both his 2019 redshirt freshman and 2021 junior campaigns, a 7-6 mark as a 2018 true freshman and a 2-2 record as a 2020 sophomore
– Played in three bowls and including a victory over Florida State at the 2019 Tony The Tiger Sun Bowl while making appearances at the 2018 Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl and the 2021 SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl
– Part of an offensive line unit that paved holes for a rushing offense that led the Pac-12 and ranked seventh nationally (264.2 ypg) as a 2020 sophomore that was paced by the country's leader in rushing yards per carry in Rachaad White (10.0 ypr) with the run game keying the Pac-12's top scoring offense (40.2 ppg, No. 12 NCAA) and total offense (458.5 ypg, No. 20 NCAA)
 
Arizona State Bio And Stats
thesundevils.com/sports/football/roster/spencer-lovell/11988
*Some Statistics May Be Unavailable, Not Listed Or Not Included
 
Rocky Mountain HS (Class Of 2018)
– Earned CHSAA/MaxPreps All-State honorable mention honors as a 2017 senior when he helped pave the way for a rushing attack that averaged 156.2 yards per game
– Helped his 2015 sophomore squad post a 6-4 overall record and reach the first round of the Colorado 5A state playoffs with the run game averaging 221.1 rushing yards per contest and scoring 36 touchdowns on the ground
– Played prep football and basketball with his twin brother, Noah Lovell
 
MaxPreps High School Bio And Stats
maxpreps.com/athlete/spencer-lovell/B6FSJXtTEeS00gAmVebEWg/default.htm
*Some Statistics May Be Unavailable, Not Listed Or Not Included
 
Recruiting Notes And Ratings (Class Of 2018)
Stars: 247Sports (3), 247Sports Composite (3), Rivals (2)
National Overall Player Rankings: 247Sports Composite (2007)
National Offensive Guard Rankings: 247Sports (77), 247Sports Composite (95)
Colorado Overall Player Rankings: 247Sports (8), 247Sports Composite (9)
Ratings/Scout Grades: 247Sports Composite (0.8104), 247Sports (81), Rivals (5.4)
 
Other
– Born June 29, 1999
– Son of Scooter and Kris Lovell
– A liberal studies major at Arizona State who earned his bachelor's degree from ASU in December of 2021