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Tommie Frazier

2-18-2009

Tommie James Frazier, Jr. (born on July 16, 1974, in Bradenton, Florida) is a former NCAA football quarterback for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. He is considered one of the greatest option quarterbacks in NCAA Division I-A history. Frazier led his team to back-to-back consensus national championships in 1994 and 1995, and he remains the only quarterback to have done so since the 1950s.

The 1995 Nebraska team is considered to have been one of the most dominant in the history of American college football. In a 2006 ESPN.com poll, the results of which aired on SportsCenter, the 1995 Nebraska team was voted the best college team of all time.

In 1999 Frazier was selected by Sports Illustrated as a back-up quarterback in their "NCAA Football All-Century Team." The starting quarterback was Sammy Baugh and the other back-ups were John Lujack, Roger Staubach and Doug Flutie. Frazier was one of six Nebraska Cornhuskers on this 85 man roster; the others being Johnny Rodgers, Rich Glover, Dave Rimington, Dean Steinkuhler and Aaron Taylor. In 1999 Frazier was selected to the Walter Camp Football Foundation All Century Team as a back-up quarterback. The starting quarterback was Roger Staubach and the other back-ups were John Lujack, Doug Flutie, Davey O'Brien and Peyton Manning. Frazier was one of six Nebraska Cornhuskers on that team; the others being Rodgers, Rimington, Steinkuhler, Will Shields and Taylor.

In 2004, CollegeFootballNews.com named Frazier the #33 player on their list of the Top 100 Greatest College Football Players of All-Time. Frazier was never drafted in the NFL due to a serious blood clot in his left leg, a side effect of Crohn’s disease.

School records
• Total offense, career (5,476 yards)
• Touchdown passes, career (43)
• Rushing touchdowns by a quarterback, career (36)
• Total offensive touchdowns, career (79)
• Rushing touchdowns by a quarterback, season (14)
• Rushing yards in a bowl game (199)*
• Total offense in a bowl game (304 yards)
• Longest touchdown run in a bowl game (75 yards)**
*NCAA record for rushing yards by a quarterback in a bowl
** Named ESPY college football play of the year.

Major awards
• Football Writers 1995 First Team All American
• Walter Camp 1995 First Team All American
• Associated Press 1995 First Team All American
• United Press International 1995 First Team All American
• AFCA 1995 First Team All American
• Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award 1995
• Sporting News Offensive Player of the Year 1995
• TD Club of Columbus Quarterback of the Year 1995
• Big Eight Offensive Player of the Year 1995
• 1996 Fiesta Bowl Most Valuable Player
• 1994 and 1995 Orange Bowl Most Valuable Player
• 1992 Big Eight Freshman of the Year
• Sport magazine Top 10 Players of the Century 

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