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 Frey with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2021 | |
| No. 23,44 | |
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| Position | Linebacker |
| Personal information | |
| Born | June 23, 1995 Upper Arlington, Ohio, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Listed weight | 203 lb (92 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Upper Arlington[1] |
| College | Michigan State (2014–2017) |
| Career history | |
| 2018 | Carolina Panthers* |
| 2019–2021 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| 2022 | New Orleans Breakers |
* Offseason or practice squad member only | |
| Awards and highlights | |
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| Stats at CFL.ca | |
Chris Frey Jr. (born June 23, 1995) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was also a member of the Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Breakers. He played college football for the Michigan State Spartans.
College career
[edit]Frey played college football for the Spartans at Michigan State University from 2014 to 2017.[2] He played in 52 games where he had 193 tackles, 13.5 tackles for a loss, seven sacks, and five fumble recoveries.[2][3]
College statistics
[edit]| Year | Team | GP | Tackles | Fumbles | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solo | Ast | Tol | Loss | Sk | Fr | Yds | TD | FF | |||
| 2014 | Michigan State | 10 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | Michigan State | 13 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Michigan State | 12 | 40 | 56 | 96 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | Michigan State | 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 | |
Professional career
[edit]Carolina Panthers
[edit]Frey signed with the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent on April 29, 2018.[4] However, he was released with the final cuts following training camp on September 1, 2018.[3]
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
[edit]Frey signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on January 24, 2019.[5] 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.[3] He played in five regular season games where he had three defensive tackles, two special teams tackles, and one sack.[3]
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.[6] He played in four regular season games in 2021 where he had two defensive tackles and three special teams tackles.[3] 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.[7]
New Orleans Breakers
[edit]Frey signed with the New Orleans Breakers of the United States Football League on May 10, 2022.[8] He was released on June 8.[9]
Personal life
[edit]Frey is now a Firefighter/Paramedic at the City of Whitehall Division of Fire, a suburb of Columbus, Ohio.
References
[edit]- ↑ "'Cats fall to Bears". Springfield News-Sun. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
- 1 2 "Chris Frey Jr". Michigan State Spartans. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Chris Frey Jr". Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
- ↑ "Chris Frey signs as undrafted free agent with Carolina Panthers". theonlycolors.com. April 29, 2018.
- ↑ "Tiger-Cats sign five players on defence". Hamilton Tiger-Cats. January 24, 2019.
- ↑ "Ticats extend two linebackers including Frey Jr". Canadian Football League. January 5, 2021.
- ↑ "Transactions – Football player trades and signings". Canadian Football League. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
- ↑ @USFLBreakers (May 10, 2022). "Roster Updates" (Tweet). Retrieved May 10, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ↑ @USFLBreakers (June 8, 2022). "Roster Updates" (Tweet). Retrieved June 12, 2022 – via Twitter.
External links
[edit]- 1995 births
- Living people
- American football linebackers
- Players of Canadian football from Ohio
- Canadian football linebackers
- Hamilton Tiger-Cats players
- Michigan State Spartans football players
- New Orleans Breakers (2022) players
- People from Upper Arlington, Ohio
- Players of American football from Franklin County, Ohio
- Upper Arlington High School alumni
- Carolina Panthers players