Derrick Frost

Derrick Frost

Frost with the Packers in November 2008
No. --     Free Agent
Punter
Personal information
Date of birth: November 25, 1980 (1980-11-25) (age 30)
Place of birth: St. Louis, Missouri
Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Weight: 210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
College: Northern Iowa
Undrafted in 2003
Debuted in 2004 for the Cleveland Browns
Career history
Philadelphia Eagles (2003)* Baltimore Ravens (2003)* Cleveland Browns (2003–2004) Washington Redskins (2005–2007) Green Bay Packers (2008) California Redwoods (2009) *Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
None
Career NFL statistics as of 2008
Punts	365
Punt yards	15,042
Punting average	41.2
Stats at NFL.com

Derrick E. Frost (born November 25, 1980 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American football punter who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2003. He played college football at Northern Iowa.

Frost has been a member of the Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins, Green Bay Packers, and California Redwoods.

Early years

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

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

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

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

Frost was signed by the California Redwoods of the United Football League on September 2, 2009.^[2] He was released on October 25, 2009.

References

1. ^ "McCarthy says Packers to cut inconsistent P Frost". http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/wire/chi-ap-fbn-packers-punterpu,0,2162071.story. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "UFL's California Redwoods Announces 11 New Players Including QB Shane Boyd". UFL-football.com. 2009-09-02. http://www.ufl-football.com/press/2009/09/02/ufl_s_california_redwoods_announces_11_new_players_including_qb_shane_boyd. 

External links

• United Football League bio

Preceded by Jon Ryan

Green Bay Packers punters 2008

Succeeded by Jeremy Kapinos

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Name	Frost, Derrick
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Date of birth	November 25, 1980
Place of birth	St. Louis, Missouri
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