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) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school: | Clayton (MO) High | ||||||||
| College: | Northern Iowa | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2003 | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
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Frost was also a member of the Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins, Green Bay Packers, and California Redwoods.
Early life
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
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
Philadelphia Eagles
On May 2, 2003, he was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted rookie free agent. He was waived on May 13, 2003.[1]
Baltimore Ravens
Frost signed with the Baltimore Ravens on May 27, 2003. He was waived by the Ravens on August 30, 2003.[1]
Cleveland Browns
Frost was signed to the practice squad of the Cleveland Browns on December 9, 2003. He was promoted to the active roster on December 12, 2003. He played in all 16 games for the Browns during the 2004 season. Frost re-signed with the Browns on March 28, 2005. He was waived on August 29, 2005.[1]
Washington Redskins
Frost signed with the Washington Redskins on September 26, 2005.[1] In the 2006 season he 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
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.[2]
California Redwoods
Frost was signed by the California Redwoods of the United Football League on September 2, 2009.[3] He was released on October 25, 2009.
NFL career statistics
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Regular season
| 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
| 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
Frost is president of Profusion Financial and is a member of the board of directors of the NFLPA.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d "Derrick Frost". Pro-Football-Reference. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ "McCarthy says Packers to cut inconsistent P Frost". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012.
- ^ "UFL's California Redwoods Announces 11 New Players Including QB Shane Boyd". UFL-football.com. September 2, 2009. Archived from the original on December 10, 2009.
- ^ http://www.linkedin.com/pub/derrick-e-frost/22/78a/201