33 Facts About Gus Frerotte

Gustave Joseph Frerotte is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League.

Gus Frerotte was selected by the Washington Redskins in the seventh round of the 1994 NFL draft.

Gus Frerotte played for the Detroit Lions, Denver Broncos, Cincinnati Bengals, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, and St Louis Rams.

Gus Frerotte attended Ford City High School in Ford City, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh.

Gus Frerotte played with Denny Harriger on the school's baseball team in 1987 and helped lead the team to a Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association state championship in 1987.

Gus Frerotte was later named to the Ford City Hall of Fame.

Gus Frerotte is the cousin of Mitch Gus Frerotte, an offensive lineman who played for the Buffalo Bills during the 1990s.

Gus Frerotte finished his college career as the school's second-ranked all-time passer at the time, behind Rubley.

Gus Frerotte's 2,871 passing yards as a senior were the most by a Tulsa quarterback in 28 years.

Gus Frerotte was selected in the seventh round of the 1994 NFL draft with the 197th overall pick by the Washington Redskins; earlier in the same draft, the Redskins had selected Heath Shuler with their first-round pick.

Gus Frerotte was not even the backup quarterback in the first game of the 1994 season, which saw John Friesz have most of the snaps besides Shuler.

Gus Frerotte started the next three games before being inactive the rest of the year.

Shuler was nabbed as the starter for the 1995 season but Gus Frerotte would take over not long after, starting 11 games.

Gus Frerotte ranked 3rd in the league in average yards per pass completion.

Gus Frerotte had led the league in that category the season before, his first as a steady starter, finishing that year with 199 completions in 396 attempts for 2,751 yards with 13 touchdowns and 13 interceptions.

Gus Frerotte started the opening game of the 1998 season and went 8-of-12 for 93 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions while suffering a sore shoulder before being benched by Turner for Trent Green.

Gus Frerotte then started against the Vikings and went 10-of-26 for 117 yards with an interception before being benched again for Green.

Gus Frerotte finished in the NFL Top 10 for Highest Average Yards per Pass Attempt at 6.88 and Passing Yards per Game at 235.2.

Gus Frerotte established a then career high 375 yards, completing 24 of 39 passes again with two touchdowns and no interceptions in a losing effort vs Arizona on November 14,1999.

Gus Frerotte remained the Broncos' backup until the 2001 NFL season was over.

Gus Frerotte finished 4th in the league in Average Yards Per Pass Completion and 10th in Average Yards Per Pass Attempt.

Gus Frerotte was far more efficient in wins over New Orleans on December 3,2000 and in the regular season finale vs San Francisco on December 23,2000.

At one stretch Denver scored at least 38 points in three consecutive games with Gus Frerotte starting at quarterback.

In 2003 and 2004, Gus Frerotte backed up Daunte Culpepper for the Minnesota Vikings, and served as the team's holder on field goals.

Gus Frerotte won both games as a temporary starter for the team in 2003.

Gus Frerotte then joined the St Louis Rams as back-up to Marc Bulger.

Gus Frerotte was Tarvaris Jackson's backup for the first two games of the year.

On November 30,2008, Gus Frerotte tied the NFL record for the longest pass from scrimmage by throwing a 99-yard touchdown pass to Bernard Berrian against the Chicago Bears.

Gus Frerotte had expressed interest in being the starting quarterback for the Vikings for the 2009 NFL season, but was released on February 27,2009, after the team traded for quarterback Sage Rosenfels.

On January 19,2011, Gus Frerotte announced he would be taking over as head coach at John Burroughs School in the St Louis, Missouri, area.

Gus Frerotte's teams were runners up in the state championship game in 2011 and 2012.

In 2017, Gus Frerotte joined Coraopolis, Pennsylvania-based startup RC21X as the Vice President of Brain Health Initiatives.

Gus Frerotte developed a cloud-based tool to monitor brain performance.