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Chris Hook for Arizona Athletics

99 Dereck Boles

  • Position Defensive Tackle
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 306
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Kingston, Jamaica
  • High School Lakeland HS

Biography

2017: Anchored the interior of the defensive front, playing in all 13 games with 12 starts at nose guard … Recorded 42 tackles, including 30 solo stops, from his inside position. Included were 1.5 tackles for loss and a pair of pass breakups … Collected three solo stops against Purdue in Foster Farms Bowl (Dec. 27) … Did not start but registered a tackle while battling injury at Arizona State (Nov. 25) … Combined for three tackles in road contest at Oregon (Nov. 18) … Set a season high with seven solo tackles and a tackle for loss in final home victory over Oregon State (Nov. 11) … Collected four solo stops in road contest at USC (Nov. 4) … Broke up a pass and combined for a pair of tackles in upset of No. 15 Washington State (Oct. 28) … Chipped in one tackle in double-overtime road win at California (Oct. 21) … Record five solo tackles in home win over UCLA (Oct. 14) … Combined for five stops, including a half-tackle for loss, in road win at Colorado (Oct. 7) … Picked up a pair of tackles in conference opener against Utah (Sept. 22) … Tallied a pair of tackles in road win at UTEP (Sept. 15) … Collected four tackles against Houston (Sept. 9) … Made Arizona debut with solo tackles in victory over NAU (Sept. 2).

Before Arizona: Played the 2016 season at Coffeyville Community College…Played in 11 games for the Red Ravens, totaling 66 tackles, five sacks and one forced fumble…Had a season-best 2 ½ sacks against Fort Scott in October…Prior to Coffeyville, spent two seasons at Boise State University…Redshirted the 2014 season…Played in 13 games for the Broncos in 2015…Had 11 tackles and four tackles-for-loss, playing for current Arizona Defensive Coordinator Marcel Yates…Played high school at Lakeland High School (Fla.)…Team Most Valuable Player in 2013…First-Team All-District as a senior in 2013…Second-Team All-State 7A in Florida  as a defensive lineman…Four-year letterwinner…Rated as a three-star recruit by ESPN.com.
 
Personal: Son of Tony Boles and Denise Gabay…Has three brothers and four sisters…Brother, Travonte, played defensive tackle at Western Michigan…Majoring in general studies.

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Historical Player Information

  • 99

    2017Redshirt Junior

    Defensive Line
    6'2" 296 lbs
    99
  • 99

    2018Redshirt Senior

    Defensive Tackle
    6'2" 306 lbs
    99
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