 Frazier playing with Nebraska in 1993 | |
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| Position: | Quarterback |
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| Born: | July 16, 1974 Bradenton, Florida, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Manatee (Bradenton) |
| College: | Nebraska (1992–1995) |
| Undrafted: | 1996 |
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Tommie James Frazier Jr. (born July 16, 1974) is an American former college football player who was a quarterback for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. He earned consensus All-American honors in 1995.
Frazier led his team to consecutive national championships in 1994 and 1995, and is one of six quarterbacks to have done so since the 1950s: Oklahoma's Steve Davis, Nebraska's Jerry Tagge, USC's Matt Leinart, Alabama's A. J. McCarron and Georgia's Stetson Bennett being the others.[1] He was named Most Valuable Player of three consecutive national championship games, the only player ever to accomplish that feat. The 1995 Nebraska football team is considered to have been one of the most dominant in the history of American college football[2][3] and, in a 2006 ESPN.com poll, was voted the best college football team of all time.
Frazier was selected by Sports Illustrated in 1999 as a back-up quarterback in their "NCAA Football All-Century Team." He was one of six Nebraska Cornhuskers on this 85 man roster, along with Johnny Rodgers, Rich Glover, Dave Rimington, Dean Steinkuhler and Aaron Taylor. In 2013, Frazier was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame.
Frazier was not drafted by the NFL due to a blood clot in his left leg, a side effect of Crohn's disease.[4] He played professionally for one season with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He became a coach after his playing career.
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- ^ "Best college football teams of all time". ESPN.com. September 7, 2002. Archived from the original on July 14, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
- ^ "ESPN.com – Page2 – Readers: Best college football team". Archived from the original on January 23, 2007. Retrieved December 31, 2006.
- ^ York, Randy (August 15, 2008). "Mom Talked Frazier Out of Leaving Lincoln Early – Legendary Nebraska Quarterback Understands the Rigors of Two-a-Days". Huskers.com. Archived from the original on August 18, 2008.