Former Cal standout linebacker Jackson Sirmon has never made an opening-day NFL roster, and he wasn't expected to do so this season either. Until Saturday.
The transfer portal era in college athletics seems like it’s been with us forever. Likewise, most fans can recall less turbulent times when transfers happened, they simply didn’t look like a stampede to the 1849 California Gold Rush.
The New Orleans Saints are signing LB Jackson Sirmon to a contract, according to Nick Underhill. He’s the son of Saints LB coach Peter Sirmon. Aaron Wilson
Cal opens its 2025 season with a road game against Oregon State on Saturday night. With all the changes on the Cal roster and its coaching staff as well as having a true freshman (Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele) as its starting quarterback, it’s difficult to predict how the Golden Bears will perform this season or in this game against the Beavers.
A few trades have rearranged the NFL's backup quarterback ranks, but the dust has mostly settled. From a mix of recent first-round disappointments, aging vets, and young project types, here is how the league's QB2 ranks look for the 2026 season.
Earlier this week, the New Orleans Saints hired Peter Sirmon as their new linebacker coach. He'll take the place of Mike Hodges, who departed this offseason for the same position with the Cincinnati Bengals. This was a somewhat surprising hire for the Saints.
Saints head coach Kellen Moore is set to make another addition to his first coaching staff in New Orleans. Pete Thamel of ESPN.com reports that the Saints will hire Peter Sirmon as their linebackers coach.
Peter Sirmon, who has been Cal's defensive coordinator the pas six seasons, is leaving the Golden Bears to become linebackers coach with the New Orleans Saints, according to Pete Thamel of ESPN.
Proving that nothing lasts forever, Peter Sirmon has left the California Bears football coaching staff and good friend Justin Wilcox to become the linebackers coach for the New Orleans Saints and their new leader Kellen Moore, multiple news outlets reported.
NFL stars can't play forever, and retirement is coming sooner than later for some of the league's top players. These 25 players could call it quits following the 2026 season.
The Cal Golden Bears will be searching for a new defensive coordinator after learning Peter Sirmon would be leaving the ACC program to join the New Orleans Saints as their linebackers coach.
Cal announced on Friday the promotions of two coaches on the defensive side of the ball, and one was particularly interesting. Terrence Bown, already the Bears' co-defensive backs coach, added the title of defensive passing game coordinator.
Preseason football training camps often result in the unexpected emergence of a player or two, and for Cal the progress made by outside linebacker Ryan McCulloch has taken coaches by surprise.