BYU Highlights
Freeland played offensive line as a four-year starter at BYU (2019-22), appearing in 44 games with 41 starts. His accomplished career includes the following highlights:
- Third Team AP All-American (2022), Phil Steele All-Independent First Team (2021, 2022), College Football Network Independent Offensive Lineman of the Year & All-Independent First Team (2022), Pro Football Network All-Independent First Team Offense (2021).
- In 2022, one of only three BYU players to play in and start all 13 games
- One of six players to start all 13 games in 2021, helping lead BYU's offense to score 33 points per game, average 452 yards of total offense per game and achieve a 46% third-down conversion rate with 89% scoring efficiency (49 of 55) on red zone trips. The offense allowed just 15 sacks on the season.
- Started eight games in 2020, tallying two solo stops while helping the BYU offense rank No. 8 in the nation for the fewest sacks allowed (12 sacks in 12 games) and only allowing two pressures on 293 pass-blocking regular season snaps. The offense also ranked No. 4 in scoring (43.5) and No. 7 in total offense (522.2).
- As a true freshman in 2019, he started the final seven games of the season at right tackle. The offensive line unit was ranked No. 12 by Pro Football Focus.
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Personal
- Major: Communications
- Parents are Debbie and James
- Dad, James, played linebacker for BYU (1994-95)
- Mom, Debbie Dimond, was an honorable mention All-American BYU women's basketball player, where she played from 1991-95. She is the eighth-highest scorer in BYU women's basketball history
- Sister, Sierra, was a thrower with BYU women's track and field (2017-22)
- Has four sisters
Before BYU
- Prepped at Herriman High School under Dustin Pearce
- Principal's Honor Roll student
- UHSAA Spirit of Sport Award
- 2015 state champion
- Three-time team captain
- Two-time all-region
- Six-time all-state in track and field
- State champion in the shot put and javelin
- 2018 all-state basketball
- Two-time basketball team captain
- Holds the 6A javelin state record
- Also recruited by Utah, UCLA, USC, Washington and Vanderbilt
| Career | Tackles | Sacks | Interceptions | Misc | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | GP | SOLO | AST | TOT | TFL/YDS | NO | YDS | INT | YDS | TD | FF | FR | FRYDS | QBH | PBU |
| 2022 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS: | 44 | 3 | - | 3 | - / - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |