University of Arizona Athletics

Career: Played in 48 games including 43 starts from 2014-18 … Member of 2014 Pac-12 Championship squad and three bowl teams, including 2014 VIZIO Fiesta Bowl, 2015 Gildan New Mexico Bowl and 2017 Foster Farms Bowl … Helped Arizona lead the Pac-12 in rushing offense in each of final three seasons (2016-18).

2018: Played in and started nine games at left tackle for the Pac-12’s leading rushing attack … Selected as a game captain four times, including against Southern Utah (Sept. 15), Oregon State (Sept. 22), Utah (Oct. 12) and Arizona State (Nov. 24) … Helped Wildcats top the 200-yard rushing mark in five of the nine games he played, including a season-high 442 yards at Oregon State (Sept. 22) … Key presence in pass protection for UA, which allowed the third-fewest sacks in the conference (20) … Missed first two games of season as part of NCAA waiver that granted additional year of eligibility (two-for-one penalty from single contest of participation in 2014) … Made season debut in Week 3 against Southern Utah (Sept. 15) … Only missed one game due to injury at UCLA (Oct. 20).
 
2017: Started all 13 games at left tackle … Represented offense as a game captain for the Houston, California and Arizona State contests … Anchored left side of offensive line that led the Pac-12 for fewest sacks allowed in regular season … Wildcats led the conference and ranked third nationally with 309.3 yards per game … Offense rushed for at least 152 yards in all 12 regular games, including 10 performances with 200-plus yards, seven over 300 yards, four over 400 yards and a school-record 534 yards against Oregon State (Nov. 11).
 
2016: Anchored the offensive line by starting all 12 games at left tackle where he has made 20-consecutive starts dating to his sophomore year … A key cog up front that blocked for the Pac-12’s top rushing offense with 235.0 yards per game … Top performances included seven 200-yard rushing outputs and at least 115 yards in all 12 contests … Helped UA set school single-game rushing record with 511 yards in Territorial Cup (Nov. 25), a game in which the Wildcats had three 100-yard rushers for only the second time in school history.
 
2015: Played in all 13 games, starting nine contests at left tackle for an offensive line unit that paved the way for 494.9 yards per game, including 222.3 yards on the ground … Only games he did not start were the Nevada (9/12), NAU (9/19), UCLA (9/26) and Stanford (10/3) contests.
 
2014: Played in one game, at Utah, as a member of the offensive line and on special teams.
 
High School: Football and basketball letterman for Centennial High School … West Coast Bowl … All-conference, all-district, all-region and all-state honoree as a senior for a team that went 10-2.
 
Personal: Son of Akram and Rose Friekh … Father is an engineer and UA grad … Majoring in general studies.