Player Career

Cameron Friel Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

Cameron Friel story

Cameron Friel built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a quarterback from Kahului, HI wearing No. 7, spending time with UNLV. The clearest part of Cameron Friel's career was his passing role: 2,036 passing yards, 9 touchdown passes, and 283 attempts across 22 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with UNLV. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. With 22 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UNLV.

The arc is straightforward: Cameron Friel moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    UNLV

    2021-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20212022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonUNLV1,53451.715.3
2022 Regular SeasonUNLV29659.411.8-1,238
2023 Regular SeasonUNLV1103.1-295
2024 Regular SeasonUNLV9264.63.591
2025 Regular SeasonUNLV2939.25.9-63

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs San José State

Week 8 · L 20-27 · Conference game

Loss with 245 yards of offense and 61.6 efficiency.

245

Total Offense

75.7 takeover

245 total offense with 61.6 efficiency.

#2

@ UTSA

Week 5 · L 17-24

279

Total Offense

71.7 takeover

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

279 total offense with 53.8 efficiency.

#3

@ Nevada

Week 9 · L 20-51 · Conference game

255

Total Offense

65.2 takeover

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

255 total offense with 48.5 efficiency.

#4

vs Utah Tech

Week 2 · W 72-14

37

Total Offense

63.8 takeover

Win with 37 yards of offense and 80.8 efficiency.

37 total offense with 80.8 efficiency.

#5

@ San José State

Week 6 · L 7-40 · Conference game

129

Total Offense

60.4 takeover

Loss with 129 yards of offense and 56.5 efficiency.

129 total offense with 56.5 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · UNLV

1,534 primary output · 51.7 efficiency · 15.3 usage

63.8

#2

2022 Regular Season · UNLV

42.3

296 primary · 59.4 efficiency · 11.8 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · UNLV

34

92 primary · 64.6 efficiency · 3.5 usage

Milestones

2

250+ passing yards

0

300+ total offense

0

3+ TD games

5

Above avg efficiency