Tommie Frazier

Football Player

Tommie Frazier was born in Bradenton, Florida, United States on July 16th, 1974 and is the Football Player. At the age of 49, Tommie Frazier biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
July 16, 1974
Nationality
United States
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Bradenton, Florida, United States
Age
49 years old
Zodiac Sign
Cancer
Networth
$500 Thousand
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American Football Player
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Tommie Frazier Life

Tommie James Frazier Jr. (born July 16, 1974) is an American former college and professional football player who was a quarterback for the University of Nebraska. In 1994 and 1995, Frazier led his team to successive national championships, making him one of five quarterbacks to do so since the 1950s: Oklahoma's Steve Davis, Nebraska's Jerry Tagge, and USC's Matt Leinart are among the others; Alabama's AJ McCarron is the other.

Frazier is the only one of the five national championships with zero losses or ties.

He was named Most Valuable Player of three straight national championship games, the only player to achieve that feat.

The 1995 Nebraska football team is considered to have been one of the most dominant in American college football, and the 2006 ESPN.com poll named it the highest college football team of all time. Frazier was selected by Sports Illustrated in 1999 as a back-up quarterback in their "NCAA Football All-Centure Team." He was one of six Nebraska Cornhuskers on this 85 man roster, as well as Johnny Rodgers, Rich Glover, Dave Rimington, Dean Steinkuhler, and Aaron Taylor.

Frazier was ranked number 33 on their Top 100 Greatest College Football Players of All Time in 2004.

Frazier was elected to the college football hall of fame in 2013. Frazier was not drafted by the NFL due to a blood clot in his left leg, a side effect of Crohn's disease.

Personal life

Frazier grew up in Palmetto, Florida, and attended Manatee High School. In his last two seasons, he was an option quarterback at Manatee High School and passed for 2,600 yards and 30 touchdowns. Frazier married Andrea (Stephens) Frazier, a native of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The couple's son, Tommie James Frazier III, and Ava, a daughter.

Frazier is a member of the Iota Phi Theta fraternity. He hosts the newly launched Tommie Frazier's X's and O's (on TouchdownTommie.com) and The Husker Express Radio Show with Tommie Frazier, which airs on ESPN 590 AM in Omaha, Nebraska.

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Tommie Frazier Career

Collegiate playing career

Frazier was a student at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and was a member of the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team. Head coach Tom Osborne modified his recruiting policy in the early 1990s and began to recruit faster players at both ends of bowl games, often in bowl matchups against the University of Miami Hurricanes and the Florida State Seminoles. Osborne is said to have shed tears over learning of Frazier's decision to refuse a Nebraska scholarship. Frazier, who has been named No. 1 on the charts, has been named as the No. 1 in the world. Nebraska defeated Nebraska to four consecutive New Year's Day bowl games, with analyst Tom Lemming leading the nation's third college recruits.

Tommie Frazier, an 18-year-old true freshman, joined the Nebraska football team in 1992, at 6-1 and 190 pounds, and started as a backup to senior Mike Grant. Nebraska had a 4-1 record under Grant, but a late 29-14 loss to the second-ranked Washington Huskies set up Frazier's chance to take over as the starting quarterback. He did so at Missouri on October 24, a 34-24 victory in Nebraska. Frazier's name was given national prominence after two games, both of which were blowout victories on ESPN in evening time slots. He coached the team on Halloween to a 52-7 victory over a strong Colorado squad that had a 9-1-1 record and was led by quarterback Kordell Stewart. Frazier threw sparingly, scoring 4 of 12 passes for 55 yards and two touchdowns, but rushed 16 times for 86 of Nebraska's 373 rushing yards. In a 49-7 victory over Kansas the following week, Frazier's arm was on display the following week. Long touchdown passes of 36 and 46 yards were made by play-action fakes, and Frazier finished the game with 6 of 11 passes completed for 161 yards and three touchdowns.

Nebraska finished the season with a 9-3 record, and Frazier made seven starts at quarterback John Frazier. On January 1, 1993, he was a member of the United States College of Football, quarterback Charlie Ward, wide receiver Tamarick Vanover, and linebacker Marvin Jones. With a 41-yard touchdown pass to Corey Dixon and a red zone touchdown pass to Gerald Armstrong, Florida State took the lead early 20-0. The Seminoles won the game by 27-14.

Frazier appeared in nine games during the 1992 regular season and had a total of 727 yards and just one interception. He rushed for 399 yards and scored 17 touchdowns, rushing and passing. On November 14, he ran 52 yards against Iowa State.

Frazier aided the Cornhuskers in their win over UCLA on September 18 in what seemed to be a pivotal win of the season. In a 14-13 win over the Bruins, who had the Pac-10's best pass defense, he had 13-of-19 passes for 145 yards and an 11-yard touchdown pass. During the regular season in 1993, Nebraska was able to set a new record. Frazier ran for over 1,000 yards in the regular and post-season, but the official number is lower due to poor yardage from sacks. He rushed for nine touchdowns, had a longest run of 58 yards, and finished 77 of 162 passes for 12 touchdowns, four interceptions, and 1,159 yards in 11 games. Corey Dixon, a wingback, threws a 60-yard touchdown against the Colorado Buffaloes on October 30 in his longest pass game of the season.

A match between Nebraska and Florida State was played in the FedEx Orange Bowl game on January 1, 1994. Frazier, a sophomore, was pitted against Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward for the second time. Ward's last-minute run resulted in a Seminoles field goal that denied the Cornhuskers from winning the national championship. With 0:01 left on the game clock, Frazier's 29-yard split put Nebraska up for a game-winning 45-yard field goal attempt, but Nebraska was defeated 18-16. Despite the loss, finishing 13 of 24 passes for 206 yards and a 34-yard touchdown, and running 14 times for 77 yards with a 32-yard run, Frazier was named Most Valuable Player of the national championship game. The Cornhuskers ended the season on an 11-1 record.

In the first half of the 1994 season, Frazier was considered a Heisman Trophy candidate, but he skipped the second half due to a blood clot in his leg. In a 31-0 victory over Nebraska, he gave an explosive show against West Virginia on August 28, where he completed 8 of 16 passes for 130 yards and ran 12 times for 130 yards. He played in his right calf for the first time in the regular season on September 24, when he began having problems due to blood clotting. Nebraska defeated Pacific 70-21, but Frazier played sparingly and attempted only two passes with one 26-yard completion.

Brook Berringer, a veteran of the NFL, led the team back to the FedEx Orange Bowl with a 12-0 record, where the Cornhuskers met the third-ranked Miami Hurricanes in a national championship game. Frazier started the game, but Berringer was forced to replace him after a deep, end zone throw on Nebraska's first drive resulted in a turnover. In the third quarter, the Hurricanes regained vigor and led by 17-7. With seven minutes remaining in the game and the team trailing 17-9, Osborne put Frazier back in the lineup. Nebraska won by 24–17 after Frazier led two touchdown drives. The Miami defenders were tired, and Frazier's play of the option play allowed fullback Cory Schlesinger to score on 15 and 14 yard runs. The Cornhuskers won their first national championship since 1971 and the first time coach Osborne's career was recorded. Despite a three-month layoff, Frazier was named MVP for three touchdowns and seven times for 31 yards, including a 25-yard option keeper.

Frazier returned to health in 1995 and led the Cornhuskers in another undefeated campaign. He had a strong arm but not a particularly accurate one, but his senior year saw him pass 56.4 percent of his passes and had a 156.1 efficiency rating, as well as 17 touchdowns. In a 44-21 victory over Colorado on October 28, the best passing effort of the season so far, he had 14 completions in 23 attempts against a 10-2 Colorado Buffaloes team. In that game, he threw for 241 yards and two points, as well as a 52-yard touchdown to wingback Clester Johnson. Frazier was voted in Heisman Trophy this season, but he will finish the season as the runner-up to Ohio State's Eddie George in Heisman voting.

Lawrence Phillips, Ahman Green, Clinton Children, Damon Benning, Joel Makovicka, and Jay Sims were matched by the 1995 roster to form a backfield with a record breaking 7.0 yards per rushing attempt. The Cornhuskers had 399.8 passing yards and 52.4 points per game. Frazier completed 92 of 163 passes for 1,362 yards and four interceptions, rushed 97 times for 604 yards and 14 touchdowns, and was never fired in the regular season. On August 31, Regie Baul's longest pass play against Oklahoma State was 76 yards to split end.

Nebraska retired with an 11-0 record in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl on January 2, 1996, being matched with the 12-0 Florida Gators. Frazier received his third national championship game MVP award after the Cornhuskers defeated Florida's "Fun 'n' Gun" offense by a score of 62-24. He rushed 16 times for 199 yards and completed 6 of 14 passes for 105 yards, with a 16-yard TD pass to Phillips. Frazier played the ball, turned upfield, and made seven tackles on a career-high 75-yard touchdown run that was deemed by Sports Illustrated as one of college football's best plays on what seemed to be a common short-yardage option sweep to the right sideline in the closing seconds of the 3rd quarter.

Frazier has firmly secured his position in Nebraska's football history after assisting the Cornhuskers in winning national and conference championships, as well as going 45-4 with 5,476 total yards and 79 touchdowns. According to Sport Magazine, he was voted one of the best college football players of the century after his jersey number was cut in 1996.

Following Nebraska's 62-24 demolition of the Florida Gators, Sports Illustrated's Tim Layden, who covered Frazier in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, discussed his leadership and toughness. "Frozier screamed seven tackles and dragged two Florida defenders several yards before screaming and rolling down the sideline alone on that memorable 75-yard touchdown run," Layden explained. "Now after playing superbly in both Nebraska's 18-16 Orange Bowl loss to Florida State in 1994 and the Cornhuskers' 24-17 national championship victory over Miami last season, it's Tommie Fraizer."

In addition,, Frazier had a kind, delicate, and humble presence to it, which spectators were able to see late that night as CBS' reporter Michele Tafoya handed him the microphone during the postgame celebration following the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. Frazier said, "I had a fantastic career at Nebraska," Frazier said as the Floridian would open up with gratitude, giving back to the Cornhusker fan base. "There is no safer way to end it; I want to thank all the fans for your help, and I want to thank all my teammates, but most importantly, because without him, I wouldn't have been able to accomplish anything."

Tommie Frazier was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame on May 7, 2013. Frazier became eligible in 2006, but the committee took 7 years to honor him.

Professional playing career

Frazier received the MVP award for his 34–18 victory in the East-West Shrine Game, which was nationally broadcast on ESPN on January 13, 1996. Frazier's success, according to West Coach Terry Donahue, had no doubt that his name had lifted his profile in the NFL draft. "I think he came here with all kinds of doubts...this game really helped him and somebody is going to invest in him." I'm really into him. I said the guy was the most dangerous player in college football when I did the Fiesta Bowl, and I mean it more now. This guy's temperament is threatening. He's a natural performer." Frazier completed 11 of 20 passes for 163 yards, rushed six times for 33 yards, and scored on a five-yard touchdown and then threw a 52-yard touchdown pass to Kevin Jordan with 5:57 seconds remaining.

Frazier's talent for the many NFL scouts in attendance at the East Shrine Game was on display, but he had more trouble with blood clots before the NFL Scouting Combine. Frazier's speed was recorded as 4.50 seconds when he first started high school, according to recruiting consultant Forrest Davis' book, and his test findings in Nebraska were similar. Nonetheless, Frazier's appearance at the NFL Scouting Combine in February 1996 had been described as "pedestrian" by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on February 12, 1996. Frazier was unlisted in the NFL Draft due mostly to health issues, but he was given a bid from the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. On July 15, 1996, he signed a deal with the Alouettes, and he served as the third-string quarterback behind starter Tracy Ham and top reserve Jim Kemp. Frazier played in only one game on August 30, 1996, a 17–6 loss to the Ottawa Rough Riders, in which he came off the bench in the 4th quarter and finished 6 of 17 passes for 55 yards.

Frazier's brief professional football career came to an end when he was admitted with pneumonia to Montreal General Hospital on September 4, 1996. He was given blood thinners because of his clote history, but spat blood. Frazier needed two weeks to recover, and the footballer who was released on September 17 has been banned from football after being released on September 17.

Coaching career

Frazier served as an assistant football coach at Baylor University and as an assistant director of athletic development at Nebraska. Frazier joined Baylor as a graduate assistant and spent 1999 with the quarterbacks. He was promoted to a full-time job and coached Baylor's running backs from 2000 to 2002. Since going 3–9 in 2002, the Steele failed to improve on Baylor's losing record, and the coaching staff was let go. Frazier was an assistant coach for the Bears and Baylor went 9–36.

Frazier, the 32nd head football coach at Doane College in Crete, Nebraska, in 2005, spent two seasons as the 32nd head football coach.

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