Hardly a day goes by when Afolabi Laguda doesn’t answer to George Frazier.
Laguda and Frazier are both seniors and captains for the Colorado football team.
They are also roommates and have been for more than two years.
“Every day I come out on this field, and I know every day George hits this field … we empty the tank,” Laguda said. “By that I mean, I don’t want to go home and talk to George about, ‘Hey man, I wish I would have did this on this play.’ In the classroom, he pushes me academically and I push him.
“George is a leader. He is an alpha male and people look up to an alpha male.”
A 6-foot-2, 280-pound senior with a booming voice and commanding presence, Frazier leads on and off the field and is one of the players the defending Pac-12 South champion Buffaloes will depend on most this season, which opens Sept. 1 against Colorado State.
A two-year captain, Frazier is a starter at tight end, a role player on the defensive line and a key member of the special teams units. In the locker room, he’s earned as much respect as anybody.
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