Prep/Personal: Tight end and defensive end for head coach Alan Thorson at Morris Community High School ... made 15 receptions for 283 yards and four touchdowns as a senior ... added 56 tackles, 33 solo, seven sacks, three interceptions (one touchdown), one fumble recovery, one forced fumble and one blocked field goal ... a 2012 Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Class 5A All-State selection ... named the 2012 Herald-News Defensive Player of the Year and the 2012 Northern Illinois Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year ... two-time all-conference honoree ... team went 12-2 and advanced to the state championship game ... as a junior, recorded 18 catches for 262 yards and five TDs ... posted 34 tackles, two sacks, three fumble recoveries and two forced fumbles ... rated the No. 24 player in Illinois by 247Sports.com and the No. 26 tight end nationally by Scout.com ... three-year football, three-year basketball and two-year track and field letterwinner ... recognized on the 2011 and 2012 Class 5A All-State Academic team ... high honor roll student ... parents are Patrick and Sherry Friend ... David Patrick Friend was born on Jan. 15, 1995.
