Gus Frerotte

Gustave Joseph Frerotte

Position: QB
Height: 6-3 Weight: 237 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: July 31, 1971 in Kittanning, PA
College: Tulsa (school history)
Drafted by the Washington Redskins in the 7th round (197th overall) of the 1994 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 56 (1182nd overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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News -- June 2013

6/9 FootballPerspective.com: What can we learn from Game Scripts splits?: When I ask a question in the title of a post, I usually have an answer. But not this time. From 2000 to 2012, 163 different quarterbacks...

5/1 FootballPerspective.com: Where Does Tim Tebow Rank in the Pantheon of Great Quarterbacks: With the Jets releasing Tim Tebow, it appears that his NFL career may be over. If that’s the case, it’s time to reflect...

4/16 FootballPerspective.com: Do NFL teams properly value age when drafting quarterbacks?: For the most part, age is rarely discussed when talking about college quarterbacks. Outside of the Brandon Weedens and Chris Weinkes...

3/22 FootballPerspective.com: Playing with the most coaches on one team: During the season, Mike Tanier noted that Shane Lechler has played for eight different coaches while being a member of the Raiders....
3/3 FootballPerspective.com: Jimmy Smith is one of the best wide receivers in NFL history: Jacksonville’s Jimmy Smith was first eligible for the Hall of Fame in 2011. He was cut early in the process, failing to...

2/13 FootballPerspective.com: Happy Valentine’s Day to The Quarterback in Your Life: There have been 35 quarterbacks in NFL history to throw for at least 30,000 yards. Given enough time, you could probably guess...

1/22 FootballPerspective.com: The Manning Index (and The Brady Effect): Eight years ago — almost to the day — our old PFR colleague Doug Drinen wrote a Sabernomics post about “The...
1/4 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Career passing stats in wins and losses: Last weekend, I looked at career rushing stats in wins and losses; today I will do the same but for quarterbacks. I looked at...

11/23 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: A different starting quarterback in three straight games: Ben Roethlisberger started the first nine games of the season, but things are getting ugly quickly in Pittsburgh. After suffering...

10/18 FootballPerspective.com: When should the Jaguars give up on Blaine Gabbert?: One of the most difficult decisions an organization has to make is when to admit its mistakes. The Jaguars drafted Blaine Gabbert...
10/4 FootballPerspective.com: Quarter-by-Quarter Team Win Probability Added: A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about a method of calculating a team’s win probability at the end of any given quarter, given...

9/25 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of September 25, 2002: If I were a Bengals fan—which no one in their right mind would be—I’d want to know why Drew Bledsoe is in Buffalo, rather...
9/25 FootballPerspective.com: Mike Tomlin makes aggressive, unconventional call, converts, no one cares: If you weren’t watching the Steelers-Raiders game, you probably didn’t hear about Mike Tomlin’s gutsy call late...
9/24 FootballPerspective.com: Interceptions per Incompletion (or POPIP): I leave the baseball analysis to my brothers at baseball-reference.com, but I know enough to be dangerous. There’s a stat...

7/12 FootballPerspective.com: Brandon Lloyd and Josh McDaniels together again: Once Josh McDaniels went to New England, it was a fait accompli that free agent wide receiver Brandon Lloyd would soon become...