“But down toward the goal line, Kodi is your guy.”īoth players say it was a coincidence they attend the colleges of their fathers although it seemed destined to happen. “Bryce is faster and a little more savvy,” Brian Treggs said in comparing the friends. It’s the same position Dad played at Cal, where he led Bears in receiving for three years. His dad groomed him to be a receiver from age 5. Treggs, on the other hand, leads Cal with 76 catches for 713 yards in 11 games. He has 14 receptions for 162 yards in 10 games in Stanford’s run-first system. Last month, Whitfield made a spectacular one-handed catch between two UCLA defenders for his first collegiate touchdown. Kodi Whitfield is more physical than his 5-11, 180-pound friend at Cal. “I made sure Kodi can do the physical things on the field, like blocking.” “You know I can’t catch the ball,” he said. In high school, the players also trained with former USC stars Keyshawn Johnson and Brian Kelly on a 7-on-7 all-star team.īob Whitfield, who played mostly for the Atlanta Falcons while his son grew up in Los Angeles, credits the efforts of others. “We were unstoppable.”īoth father and son worked with Whitfield to help him develop his hands and timing.
“I was on the left, he was on the right,” Bryce said. Within a year he and Bryce were the Colts’ primary receivers. Brian Treggs converted Kodi into a tight end when he was 12. When the son struggled to stay within the Pop Warner weight limit, the Treggs had Kodi take saunas before weigh-ins, run on a treadmill and watch his calorie intake.Īs Whitfield grew into what now is his 6-2, 196-pound frame, he asked to switch to receiver. Back then, Kodi was built like big Bob, who played at 6-foot-5, 318 pounds. Like his dad, Kodi Whitfield started out as a lineman, playing for the Carson Colts Pop Warner team. Kodi didn’t have a choice,” said his dad, an All-America lineman at Stanford who played 15 years in the NFL.
“If Stanford was giving Kodi a scholarship, he was going there. When Treggs arrived in Berkeley before his friend, he told a recruiter, “OK, it is a package deal with me and Kodi.”īut just like high school, the receivers chose different schools that fit their academic aspirations as much as football pursuits.
“If one of us played against each other, it’d get a little more personal.”Īfter outstanding high school careers, the receivers took recruiting trips together to Cal, Northwestern, Notre Dame and UCLA. “Luckily, we both play receiver,” Whitfield said.
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