Derrick E. Frost (born November 25, 1980) is a former American football punter. He was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2003. He played college football at Northern Iowa.
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| Position: | Punter | ||||||
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| Born: | November 25, 1980 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||
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| High school: | Clayton (MO) High | ||||||
| College: | Northern Iowa | ||||||
| Undrafted: | 2003 | ||||||
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||
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| Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | |||||||
Frost has been a member of the Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins, Green Bay Packers, and California Redwoods.
Early years edit
Frost attended Clayton High School in Clayton, Missouri, and as a student was a letterman in football and baseball. In football, he was an All-Conference selection as a quarterback, linebacker, punter, and kicker.
College career edit
Frost attended the University of Northern Iowa and was a good student and a letterman in football and baseball. In football, during his college career, Frost punted 104 times for 4388 yards (42.19 yards per punt avg.).
Professional career edit
In 2003, he was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted rookie free agent, but eventually wound up being signed by the Cleveland Browns. He completed two seasons at Cleveland before moving to the Washington Redskins.
Washington Redskins edit
In the 2006 season Frost has had success with nine 40+ punts. Also he had a couple of 50 plus punts for the Redskins of late after Week 12 in the league.
During the 2007 preseason game against the Tennessee Titans, Frost raced out after a punt to level the Titan's punt returner causing a forced fumble.
In 2008, he battled rookie Durant Brooks for the punting job. He was cut on August 30 during final cuts;
Green Bay Packers edit
Two days after being released by the Redskins, Frost was signed by the Green Bay Packers, who previously cut Jon Ryan. Frost was released by the Packers on December 1, 2008. Head coach Mike McCarthy stated that Frost performed well in practices, but did not do well during the games.[1]
California Redwoods edit
Frost was signed by the California Redwoods of the United Football League on September 2, 2009.[2] He was released on October 25, 2009.
NFL career statistics edit
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Regular season edit
| Year | Team | Punting | |||||||||
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| GP | Punts | Yds | Net Yds | Lng | Avg | Net Avg | Blk | Ins20 | TB | ||
| 2004 | CLE | 16 | 85 | 3,404 | 3,011 | 54 | 40.0 | 35.4 | 0 | 24 | 4 |
| 2005 | WAS | 14 | 76 | 3,074 | 2,791 | 55 | 40.4 | 36.7 | 0 | 23 | 6 |
| 2006 | WAS | 16 | 81 | 3,471 | 3,012 | 60 | 42.9 | 36.7 | 1 | 27 | 7 |
| 2007 | WAS | 16 | 75 | 3,072 | 2,730 | 64 | 41.0 | 36.4 | 0 | 23 | 7 |
| 2008 | GNB | 12 | 48 | 2,021 | 1,732 | 65 | 42.1 | 36.1 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| Career | 74 | 365 | 15,042 | 13,276 | 65 | 41.2 | 36.3 | 1 | 105 | 29 | |
Playoffs edit
| Year | Team | Punting | |||||||||
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| GP | Punts | Yds | Net Yds | Lng | Avg | Net Avg | Blk | Ins20 | TB | ||
| 2005 | WAS | 2 | 14 | 567 | 511 | 51 | 40.5 | 36.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2007 | WAS | 1 | 8 | 348 | 264 | 53 | 43.5 | 33.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Career | 3 | 22 | 915 | 775 | 53 | 41.6 | 35.2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Post Football edit
Frost is president of Profusion Financial and is a member of the board of directors of the NFLPA.[3]
References edit
- ^ "McCarthy says Packers to cut inconsistent P Frost". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22.
- ^ "UFL's California Redwoods Announces 11 New Players Including QB Shane Boyd". UFL-football.com. 2009-09-02. Archived from the original on 2009-12-10.
- ^ http://www.linkedin.com/pub/derrick-e-frost/22/78a/201