2017 Football Roster
Roster
Christian Boettcher
- Position:
- Offensive Line
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 290
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Scottsdale, Ariz.
- High School:
- Desert Mountain HS
2017: Earned first-team recognition on the Pac-12 All-Academic teams … Named Academic All-District by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) … Despite another year of eligibility remaining, has elected to end his playing career after this season to pursue a law degree following his spring graduation as a biochemistry major … Started all 12 games at left guard for Pac-12’s top rushing offense, which ranked third nationally with 324.4 yards per game during the regular season … Arizona allowed fewest sacks of any Pac-12 team in regular season … Wildcats rushed for at least 152 yards in all 12 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) … Named the team’s Hard Edge Player of the Week for the week of the California game (Oct. 21).
2016: Played in 11 games and made seven starts, including five at left guard and two at right guard … Named Second Team Pac-12 All-Academic … A former walk-on, he earned a scholarship in May following the spring semester … First career start came against Hawai’i (Sept. 17) … A steady contributor to the offensive line that helped UA lead the Pac-12 with 235.0 rushing yards per game … UA run game produced a dozen 115-yard or better performances and seven times surpassed 200 yards.
2015: Saw first playing time as a Wildcat against NAU (9/3) … Member of travel squad much of season.
2014: Redshirted his true freshman year.
High School: Football and wrestling letterman for Desert Mountain High School … All-city and second-team all-district center as a junior … Team’s Academic Player of the Year … All-city wrestler.
Personal: Son of Derek and Gloria Boettcher … Majoring in biochemistry.
