| Chris Frey Jr. | |
| Image Upright: | 0.9 |
| Birth Date: | 23 June 1995 |
| Number: | 23,44 |
| College: | Michigan State (2014–2017) |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lbs: | 203 |
| Playing Team1: | Carolina Panthers |
| Playing Years2: | – |
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| Cfl: | chris-frey/164334/ |
Chris Frey Jr. (born June 23, 1995) is a professional American football linebacker. He has been a member of the Carolina Panthers, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, and New Orleans Breakers.
Frey played college football for the Michigan State Spartans from 2014 to 2017.[1] He played in 52 games where he had 193 tackles, 13.5 tackles for a loss, seven sacks, and five fumble recoveries.[1] [2]
| Michigan State Spartans | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | GP | Tackles | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
| Solo | Ast | Tol | Loss | Sk | Fr | Yds | TD | FF | |||||||
| 2014 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2015 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2016 | 12 | 40 | 56 | 96 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 2017 | 13 | 25 | 30 | 55 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Career | 48 | 85 | 108 | 193 | 13.5 | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
Frey signed with the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent on April 29, 2018.[3] However, he was released with the final cuts following training camp on September 1, 2018.[2]
Frey signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on January 24, 2019.[4] He made the team's active roster following training camp and played in his first career professional game on June 13, 2019, against the Saskatchewan Roughriders.[2] He played in five regular season games where he had three defensive tackles, two special teams tackles, and one sack.[2]
Frey did not play in 2020 due to the cancellation of the 2020 CFL season and signed a contract extension with the Tiger-Cats on January 5, 2021.[5] He played in four regular season games in 2021 where he had two defensive tackles and three special teams tackles.[2] Frey played in two Grey Cup with the Tiger-Cats in 2019, and in 2021. He became a free agent upon the expiry of his contract on February 8, 2022.[6]
Frey signed with the New Orleans Breakers of the United States Football League on May 10, 2022.[7] He was released on June 8.[8]