Football: Harbor’s Koziarn gets accepted into Princeton

Cameron Koziarn played one year of football at Newport Harbor High. The season impressed Princeton University, as Newport Harbor Coach Jeff Brinkley said the defensive lineman has been accepted into the Ivy League school.

The 6-foot-4, 235-pound Koziarn finished with 31 tackles, three tackles for loss, and a team best nine hurries.

“I wish we had him for four years,” said Brinkley, who led the Sailors to a second-place finish in the robust Sunset League and the CIF Southern Section Pac-5 Division playoffs this fall. “He walked up to me in the summer and said he wanted to try out for football. I first thought he was a water polo player because he was a rangy guy.

“He’s been working really hard in the weight room and I see him getting up to 275 [pounds] in college.”

Brinkley said senior Ryan Iverson has been another tireless worker in the weight room. Brinkley said Colorado State and Kansas are interested in Iverson as a long snapper.

Brinkley added senior Dillan Freiberg, who shared the Sunset League Kicker of the Year award, suffered a hairline fracture during the boys’ soccer season and is out for the season. Brinkley said Arizona State and Colorado are interested in Freiberg as a possible walk-on player. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo has also shown interest in Freiberg, who made 11 of 12 field goals.