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| Scott Frost | |
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| Date of birth: | January 4 1975 |
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| Position(s): | Quarterback Defensive Back |
| Jersey #: | N/A |
| College: | Nebraska |
| NFL Draft: | 1998 / Round: 3/ Pick 66 |
| Team(s) as player | |
| 1998-2001 2001 2002 2003 | New York Jets Cleveland Browns Green Bay Packers Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
Scott Andrew Frost 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. In the 1997 season, during a regular season game against Missouri University of Missouri Tigers he threw a controversial pass that was kicked by Shevin Wiggins and caught by Matt Davison to send the game in to overtime. In overtime, he scored a running touchdown to seal the game. 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
Nebraska Cornhuskers Starting Quarterbacks |
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| Gill • Steve Taylor • Gdowski • Joseph • Frazier • Frost • Crouch • Lord • Dailey • Taylor • Keller • Ganz |

