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FOX Sports: Arizona’s Freddie Tagaloa named a top-20 college football ‘freak’

Jul 27, 2016, 12:55 PM

Arizona quarterback Jerrard Randall (8) celebrates with teammate Freddie Tagaloa after throwing a t...

Arizona quarterback Jerrard Randall (8) celebrates with teammate Freddie Tagaloa after throwing a touchdown pass against Washington State during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

(AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

For college football players trying to make it to the NFL, it isn’t always about how well they performed in games. Sometimes, a player’s work ethic and potential can be the reasons why a guy gets drafted.

For that reason, University of Arizona’s Freddie Tagaloa looks to be in good shape for the future.

In a recent ranking of the top-20 college football “freaks” by FOX Sports’ Bruce Feldman, UA offensive lineman Tagaloa, and the work he puts in, made the list tied at the 20th spot.

Tagaloa, the huge Cal transfer, has great length at 6-8, 320, but also set records at Arizona for his 475-pound bench and doing 38 reps at 225 pounds. “He’s a bad man,” said Arizona great Scooby Wright. “He also has that first one in/last one out mentality.”

After starting seven games for the University of California in 2013 and redshirting in Tucson for the 2014 season, Tagaloa was on the Outland Trophy preseason watch list.

Tagaloa wasn’t able to finish the season last year after he was knocked out with a knee injury after starting eight games for the Wildcats in 2015.

Tagaloa will look to rehab any lingering issues from his knee injury to be ready for the 2016 season opener when the Wildcats take on the Brigham Young University Cougars at University of Phoenix Stadium on Sept. 3.

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