Cal lands commitment from Nemyah Telona, De La Salle defensive tackle
The California Golden Bears are up to three commitments from this past weekend.
Cal has kept the momentum going on the 2026 recruiting front, this time with a local prospect. De La Salle defensive tackle Nemyah Telona has entered the fold with a commitment to the California Golden Bears.
Telona ranks as the 88th-best defensive lineman and 73rd-best California prospect by 247Sports Composite, holding offers from the Arizona programs, Auburn, Minnesota and Oregon. His Hudl highlights are available here.
Telona joins top running back Victor Santino and rising offensive tackle Elisha Faamatuainu as commitments for the Bears this offseason. It’s the second defensive line commit for the Bears, who landed a verbal from four-star defensive end Cam Brooks earlier this year.
The Bears now have nine prospects committed in the 2026 class, which situates them around the top 40 of all recruiting classes (33rd in Rivals, 35th in 247Sports, 41st in On3).
Welcome to Cal Nemyah! Go Bears!
The one thing that really jumps off his highlight reel is how good the competition is. He is clearly playing against elite players and doing well. But it's scary how good these guys are. DLS had him play a plain vanilla 2-technique with his nose on the guard. While there were some stunts and gap assignments in the highlights, he excelled at just playing man-up with responsibility for 2 gaps on an initial run defense before doing something more for a pass rush. So his success is not because of a scheme, but because he's doing his job and doing a great job at it.
It's great to win local top talent!