Isi Sofele Class: Senior Hometown: Salt Lake City, UT High School: Cottonwood HS Height / Weight: 5-8 / 183 Position: TB Birthdate: 11/06/1990 Experience: 3L

PRONUNCIATION: (EE-see) (so-fell-AY)

CAL CAREER (Career Stats) Has played in all 38 games possible with 15 starts over his three seasons at Cal from 2009-11 ... became the team's regular starting tailback for the first time in 2011 after spending time as a third-stringer behind Jahvid Best and Shane Vereen during his 2009 true freshman season, and a second-stringer behind Vereen as a sophomore in 2010 ... has rushed for 1,742 yards and 11 touchdowns on the ground over 333 carries (5.2 ypr) to lead all active Cal players in each of the three total numbers categories, and behind only Keenan Allen in yards per rush ... has five 100-yard rushing games to rank one outside of Cal's all-time top-10 list ... also Cal's active career leader in total touchdowns (13) and points (78), while ranking second in both all-purpose yards (2,297) and kick return yards (468) behind Allen and Brendan Bigelow, respectively ... has his 468 kick return yards on 23 attempts (20.3 ypr) ... has added 14 catches for 87 yards and two scores ... also has 15 tackles, primarily on special teams where he saw significant action as a gunner during his freshman and sophomore seasons.

2012: A national honors and All-American candidate ... earned third-team Preseason All-Pac-12 honors from Phil Steele.

2011 (Game-By-Game Stats): An honorable mention All-Pac-12 selection by the coaches ... also earned spots on Yahoo! Sports' second-team All-Pac-12 squad and College Sports Madness' third team ... on the ESPN.com Pac-12 Blog's All-Underrated team ... captured a pair of team awards, being named the Most Valuable Back and also picking up the Ken Cotton Award as the Most Courageous Player for the Bears, both on the offensive side of the ball ... started all 13 games at tailback and rushed for 1,322 yards on 252 carries (5.2 ypr) to give Cal nine 1,000-yard rushers in 10 seasons from 2002-11, with his final rushing total the sixth-highest in school history and the highest since Jahvid Best rushed for 1,580 yards in 2008 ... scored a team-high 10 touchdowns (all on the ground) and was also second on the squad in scoring with 60 points ... had 1,381 all-purpose yards to rank second on the team behind Keenan Allen, adding six receptions for 33 yards and one kick return for 26 yards to his rushing yardage ... posted a per-game rushing average of 101.69 that ranked fifth in the Pac-12 and 22nd nationally, with the same 101.69 yards of total offense ranking 17th in the conference ... his per-game all-purpose yards average of 106.23 was 15th in the conference and tied for 83rd nationally, while his scoring average of 4.62 points per contest tied for 23rd in the conference ... had the first five 100-yard rushing games of his career, including in three of the team's final four regular-season games ... had at least 74 yards rushing in 11 of 13 games, reaching the mark in every contest other than against USC and vs. Texas in the Holiday Bowl ... had a career-high and a team season-high 190 rushing yards and a touchdown, as well as a career-long and team season-long 56-yard rush on 23 carries against Oregon State to earn honorable mention Running Back Performer of the Week honors from the College Football Performance Awards ... had 145 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries in the regular-season finale at Arizona State ... posted 138 yards and a touchdown on 23 carries vs. Washington State ... had 119 yards on 12 carries at Oregon ... posted 110 yards and a career-high-tying two touchdowns on 18 carries vs. Presbyterian ... narrowly missed the 100-yard rushing mark at Washington with 98 yards on 17 carries and at Stanford with 96 yards on 21 carries ... picked up 88 yards and a career-high-tying and team season-high-tying two rushing scores in the season opener vs. Fresno State ... had 84 yards both at Colorado on 20 carries and against Utah on a career-high and team season-high 26 carries with one touchdown, adding his lone kick return of the season for 26 yards against the Utes ... had 74 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries at UCLA ... had 52 yards and a touchdown on 20 carries in the Holiday Bowl vs. Texas ... limited to a season-low 44 yards on 12 carries vs. USC ... had a career-high-tying two receptions in three consecutive games at Washington (career-high 29 yards, career-long 22-yard reception), at Oregon (-2 yards) and vs. USC (6 yards) ... scored four rushing touchdowns in the first three games, with a career-high-tying and team season-high-tying two against both Fresno State and Presbyterian, but then went three games without a rushing score before picking up one each in four consecutive contests vs. Utah, at UCLA, vs. Washington and vs. Oregon State ... finshed the season with six rushing touchdowns in his last seven games, adding single scores at Arizona State and in the Holiday vs. Texas after the four-game streak was broken when he didn't score at Stanford ... had at least one run of double-digit yards in each of his 13 games ... ranked third on the club behind Zach Maynard and Allen with 14 "big plays" of 20 or more yards from the line of scrimmage ... selected No. 128 in Athlon's Fantasy Football Mock Draft and was listed as the publication's No. 132 Fantasy Football player prior to the season ... the No. 38 Fantasy Football running back nationally according to Lindy's ... called a "Game-Changer" by Sporting News and listed as a "Bulk Carrier" on a Fantasy Flash sidebar in Cal's team section of Athlon's season preview magazine.

2010 (Game-By-Game Stats): Played in all 12 games off the bench ... second on the club behind Vereen with 338 yards rushing on 69 carries for an average of 4.9 yards per rush ... added five receptions for 28 yards with two receiving touchdowns ... third on the club with 10 kick returns for 194 yards ... fifth on the team with 560 all-purpose yards (338 rush, 28 receive, 194 kick return) ... added six tackles ... had his most productive rushing game of the season vs. UCLA with 80 yards on 13 carries (both season highs) that also included a 24-yard run that was his longest of the campaign, while adding a kick return for 29 yards ... had 30 or more rushing yards five times, reaching the mark vs. UC Davis (9-52), at Washington State (7-48), vs. Arizona State (9-37) and at Arizona (3-30), in addition to UCLA ... caught single passes in five different games ... picked up his first career scoring catch on a one-yarder from Kevin Riley against Colorado ... his second touchdown reception came when he was credited with a 15-yard touchdown reception but not a catch when he received a pitch from Keenan Allen in the Cal backfield and took it in for a score after Allen had caught a pass from Brock Mansion ... totaled a season-high 124 all-purpose yards at USC, picking up the majority of the yardage on kick returns with 109 yards on five returns (both season highs), including one that was for a season-long 41 yards and the second-longest by a Cal player in 2010, while adding six rushes for 14 yards and one reception for one yard ... had single tackles in six different games, picking up one each in three consecutive contests on two occasions (vs. UC Davis, vs. Colorado, at Nevada; at USC, vs. Arizona State, at Washington State).

2009 (Game-By-Game Stats): Played in all 13 games with two starts coming when he was in for the first offensive play both in the regular-season finale at Washington and the Poinsettia Bowl vs. Utah ... was one of only three true freshmen along with kicker Vincenzo D'Amato and offensive lineman Brian Schwenke that played during the season ... contributed 12 rushes for 82 yards and one touchdown on the ground, three receptions for 26 receiving yards, and 12 kick returns for 248 yards and a 20.7 average after moving into the role as the team's primary kick returner for its final two contests against Washington (career-high-tying six kick returns, career-high 127 yards) and in the Poinsettia Bowl vs. Utah (career-high-tying six kick returns, 121 yards), tying Shane Vereen (6-127 vs. USC) for single-game team season highs in both kick returns and kick return yardage ... added a pair of yards rushing on two carries against the Huskies to give him a career-high 129 all-purpose yards ... had his most productive offensive game of the season against Eastern Washington when he rushed twice for a season-high 26 yards and scored his lone touchdown of the campaign on a 22-yard run that was also his longest rush of the season ... added two rushes for 16 yards, including a 17-yard scamper, and caught one ball for 10 yards vs. Washington State ... had a pair of carries for 13 yards at Oregon ... had both a rush for eight yards and his longest reception of the season at Stanford when he caught a pass for a 13-yard gain ... rushed once for eight yards in his collegiate debut in the season opener vs. Maryland ... also was one of the team's top special teams players with nine tackles ... had a career-high four of his tackles at UCLA, as well as one each vs. Maryland, at Arizona State, vs. Arizona, at Stanford and at Washington.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned a three-star ranking by Rivals and Scout ... a Prepstar and SuperPrep All-Region selection as a senior ... Rivals also rated him at No. 34 among all-purpose backs nationally and the No. 8 overall prospect in Utah ... checked in at No. 72 nationally for running backs on the Scout list ... gained 1,920 yards on the ground and rushed for 30 touchdowns to go along with 16 receptions for 256 receiving yards and four TDs his senior season to lead his squad to a 4A Region 6 title and a 13-1 final record ... earned first-team All-State and All-4A Region 6 honors for each of his final two campaigns ... ran for 1,436 yards and 18 scores as a junior to help his squad win a share of the conference crown and post a 10-2 overall record.

PERSONAL: Full name is Isileli Manoa Sofele ... born November 6, 1990 ... parents are HuiHui and Langi Sofele ... one of eight siblings ... major is undeclared but considering sociology.

CAREER STATISTICS

SOFELE'S CAREER GAME HIGHS
Rushes: 26 (vs. Utah, 2011)
Rushing Yards: 190 (vs. Oregon State, 2011)
Rushing TDs: 2 (twice, last vs. Presbyterian, 2011)
Long Rush: 56 (vs. Oregon State, 2011)
Receptions: 2 (three times, last vs. USC, 2011)
Receiving Yards: 29 (at Washington, 2011)
Receiving TDs: 1 (twice, last vs. Stanford, 2010)
Long Reception: 22 (at Washington, 2011)
Kick Returns: 6 (twice, last Poinsettia Bowl vs. Utah, 2009)
Kick Return Yards: 127 (at Washington, 2009)
Long Kick Return: 65 (at Washington, 2009)
All-Purpose Yards: 190 (vs. Oregon State, 2011)
Tackles: 4 (at UCLA, 2009)
Points: 12 (twice, last vs. Presbyterian, 2011)

LAST UPDATED: May 18, 2012