‘From protests to prayers’: New BYU linebacker Cade Uluave’s journey from Cal to Provo

BYU linebacker Cade Uluave catches a ball during spring camp in Provo, Feb. 27, 2026. | Aaron Cornia, BYU Photo Although he has only been on campus for about four months, when people around Provo ask new BYU linebacker Cade Uluave what it has been like to transfer from Cal-Berkeley to Brigham Young University, he has a rather simple answer.

“I don’t think you could get more polar opposite places,” he said last month as spring practice wrapped up in Provo. “It is crazy, but I love it. It is cool.

I went from protests to prayers. ” Not that Uluave, a senior with one season of eligibility remaining , is unhappy about anything during his time at Cal. The South Jordan, Utah, native said he learned a lot on and off the field, met a lot of great people, and grew as a person and a player.

Also, he’s majoring in psychology, and enough of his credits transferred from Cal to BYU that he will be able to graduate next winter before it is time to start vigorously training for the NFL draft. But first things first. Uluave, already one of the fastest players on the team despite being 6-foot-1 and 235 pounds, has one final college season in which to play.