Scott Frost

NFLretired


position=Defensive back
number=47
birthdate=birth date and age|1975|1|4
Wood River, Nebraska
debutyear=1998
finalyear=2003
draftyear=1998
draftround=3
draftpick=66
college=Nebraska
teams=
* New York Jets (1998-2000)
* Cleveland Browns (2001)
* Green Bay Packers (2001-2002)
* Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2003)
stat1label=Tackles
stat1value=77
stat2label=Sacks
stat2value=1
stat3label=Interceptions
stat3value=1
nfl=FRO688464

Scott Andrew Frost (born January 4, 1975) is an American football coach. He played collegiately for Nebraska as a quarterback. He played 6 years in the National Football League as a defensive back with the New York Jets, Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

College career

Scott Frost started his college career at Stanford University. He attended Stanford for two years before transferring to Nebraska.

Frost started for Nebraska in the 1996 and 1997 seasons, going 11-2 and 13-0 respectively. He was the starting quarterback for the final National Championship team for legendary coach Tom Osborne. He was also involved in a much publisized incident involving the Nebraska's star running back Lawrence Phillips, in which Kate McEwen, a player on the U of N women's basketball team, and Phillip's girlfriend, had been in Frost's room when Phillips broke in and badly beat McEwen. Frost utlimately intervened and prevented Phillips from doing her even more harm. Phillips was later charged with domestic abuse.

In the 1997 season, during a regular season game against Missouri he threw a pass that was kicked by Shevin Wiggins and caught by Matt Davison for a touchdown, in a play that became known as the Flea Kicker. The touchdown sent the game in to overtime, and Frost sealed Nebraska's victory with a rushing touchdown. He led the Nebraska team that beat Peyton Manning's Tennessee Volunteers in the 1998 Orange Bowl.

Scott holds the school record with 155 attempted passes with no interceptions.

Coaching

After playing 6 seasons in the NFL, in 2006 Scott accepted an offer by his alma mater's rival, Kansas State, to be a graduate assistant coach. In 2007, he joined the University of Northern Iowa coaching staff as the linebackers coach.

References

* http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&KEY=&ATCLID=2476&SPID=22&SPSID=7
* http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2006/03/26/huskerextra/doc44260d0e1baa8712917873.txt
* http://www.huskernews.com/97misfr.htm
* http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/1997/weekly/971229/walkorange.html