Cal standout cornerback Camryn Bynum is opting back in for the 2020 season, he announced Monday.
Bynum, a fifth-year senior, announced Sept. 6 that he would skip his final season of eligibility and begin preparing for the NFL draft. The Pac-12 had postponed its fall season, but it reinstated the season Sept. 24.
"I ended up declaring [originally] when the season was pushed into the springtime and I wouldn't be able to both play in a season and prepare for an NFL combine, Senior Bowl and those things," Bynum said. "But now that the season was pushed up to November and December, I didn't see any reason not to play. I'll still have time to train for the Senior Bowl and the NFL combine on the back end. The best thing for my development right now is to get the reps and be able to actually play football."
Bynum has started all 38 games at cornerback the past three seasons, recording 169 tackles, six tackles for loss, five interceptions and 27 pass breakups in his career. Last season, he posted career highs in tackles (63) and tackles for loss (3), while adding nine pass breakups and earning second-team All-Pac-12 honors.
He suffered a knee injury during spring practice in March and underwent surgery shortly before Cal shut down activities because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Bynum appears at No. 10 on Todd McShay's cornerback rankings for the 2021 NFL draft.