| Derrick Frost | |
| Number: | 8, 4, 6 |
| Position: | Punter |
| Birth Date: | 25 November 1980 |
| Birth Place: | St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 3 |
| Weight Lbs: | 210 |
| High School: | Clayton (MO) High |
| College: | Northern Iowa |
| Undraftedyear: | 2003 |
| Pastteams: | |
| Statlabel1: | Punts |
| Statvalue1: | 365 |
| Statlabel2: | Punt yards |
| Statvalue2: | 15,042 |
| Statlabel3: | Punting average |
| Statvalue3: | 41.2 |
| Pfr: | FrosDe20 |
Derrick E. Frost (born November 25, 1980) is a former American football punter. He was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2003. He played college football at Northern Iowa.
Frost was also a member of the Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins, Green Bay Packers, and California Redwoods.
Frost attended Clayton High School in Clayton, Missouri, and as a student was a letterman in football and baseball. In football, he was an All-Conference selection as a quarterback, linebacker, punter, and kicker.
Frost attended the University of Northern Iowa and was a good student and a letterman in football and baseball. In football, during his college career, Frost punted 104 times for 4388 yards (42.19 yards per punt avg.).
On May 2, 2003, he was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted rookie free agent. He was waived on May 13, 2003.[1]
Frost signed with the Baltimore Ravens on May 27, 2003. He was waived by the Ravens on August 30, 2003.[1]
Frost was signed to the practice squad of the Cleveland Browns on December 9, 2003. He was promoted to the active roster on December 12, 2003. He played in all 16 games for the Browns during the 2004 season. Frost re-signed with the Browns on March 28, 2005. He was waived on August 29, 2005.[1]
Frost signed with the Washington Redskins on September 26, 2005.[1] In the 2006 season he had success with nine 40+ punts. Also he had a couple of 50 plus punts for the Redskins of late after Week 12 in the league.
During the 2007 preseason game against the Tennessee Titans, Frost raced out after a punt to level the Titan's punt returner causing a forced fumble.
In 2008, he battled rookie Durant Brooks for the punting job. He was cut on August 30 during final cuts;
Two days after being released by the Redskins, Frost was signed by the Green Bay Packers, who previously cut Jon Ryan. Frost was released by the Packers on December 1, 2008. Head coach Mike McCarthy stated that Frost performed well in practices, but did not do well during the games.[2]
Frost was signed by the California Redwoods of the United Football League on September 2, 2009.[3] He was released on October 25, 2009.
| Year | Team | Punting | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punts | ||||||||||||
| CLE | 16 | 85 | 3,404 | 3,011 | 54 | 40.0 | 35.4 | 0 | 24 | 4 | ||
| WAS | 14 | 76 | 3,074 | 2,791 | 55 | 40.4 | 36.7 | 0 | 23 | 6 | ||
| WAS | 16 | 81 | 3,471 | 3,012 | 60 | 42.9 | 36.7 | 1 | 27 | 7 | ||
| WAS | 16 | 75 | 3,072 | 2,730 | 64 | 41.0 | 36.4 | 0 | 23 | 7 | ||
| GNB | 12 | 48 | 2,021 | 1,732 | 65 | 42.1 | 36.1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | ||
| Career | 74 | 365 | 15,042 | 13,276 | 65 | 41.2 | 36.3 | 1 | 105 | 29 | ||
| Year | Team | Punting | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punts | ||||||||||||
| WAS | 2 | 14 | 567 | 511 | 51 | 40.5 | 36.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| WAS | 1 | 8 | 348 | 264 | 53 | 43.5 | 33.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career | 3 | 22 | 915 | 775 | 53 | 41.6 | 35.2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Frost is president of Profusion Financial and is a member of the board of directors of the NFLPA.[4]