Charlie Frye

Charlie Frye is a quarterback for the Oakland Raiders of the NFL http://www.raiders.com/team/roster.html Frye was drafted in the third round of the 2005 Draft by the Cleveland Browns from Akron. http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/7243/career;_ylt=AnP6Kes_EY1fhFVFVMosfUb.uLYF In a college career that saw Frye break 54 football records, Frye threw for a total of 11,049 yards, 32 touchdowns, and had a college career QB rating of 138.5. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/F/FryeCh00.htm He topped off his successful college career with being named the MVP of the Senior Bowl. http://www.seniorbowl.com/gamescores.asp After the Cleveland Browns picked him 67th overall in 2005, Frye made his first start in week 13 against the Jacksonville Jaguars of his rookie year. He finished that season 2-3 and was named the Browns starter for the 2006 season.

Frye's first year as a starter was a tough one. Cleveland went 4-12, http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2006/ averaging only 14.9 points per game to rank 30th out of 32 teams in total offense. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/cle/2006.htm

Frye couldn't be blamed entirely for the poor season, but ended up in a quarterback duel with Derek Anderson and Brady Quinn to see who would start the 2007 season. He seemed to win the position, being named the starter of the season opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers, but after struggling in the first half of the game, he was replaced with Anderson and was traded the next week.

On September 11 2007, Frye was traded to the Seattle Seahawks for a sixth round draft pick. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3014233 For the remainder of the 2007 and the entire 2008 season, Frye was the third string for the Seahawks behind Matt Hasselbeck and Seneca Wallace. Frye started only one game in his tenure with the Seahawks, versus the Green Bay Packers. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200810120sea.htm After the 2008 season finished, Frye signed with the Raiders. http://raiderbeat.com/?p=2625 Frye started the 2009 season as the silver and black's third string QB, behind Jamarcus Russell and Bruce Gardkowski, but moved up to become starter when Russell struggled and Gradkowski was injured. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4748408 Frye played in the final three games of the season, completing 53 of 87 pass attempts for 581 yards. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/rai/2009.htm

Oakland must like what they get with Charlie Frye, as they signed him to $1.226 million for the 2010 season. http://gridironfans.com/forums/latest-nfl-headlines/125500-raiders-re-sign-qb-charlie-frye-one.html Raiders head coach Tom Cable says the starting job is up for grabs. "Let the job be competed for-that's where we're at," he said. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2010/02/tom-cable-sheds-little-light-on-raiders-qb-situation-nnamdi-asomugha-rumors/1 Chances are, though, Frye will find himself as the 2nd or 3rd string QB for the Raiders 2010 season. http://rototimes.com/nfl/player.php?tqid=5723

After an almost full season of being the Raiders 3rd string quarterback, Frye moved up the depth chart with Jamarcus Russell struggling horribly and Bruce Gradkowski tearing both MCLs in a game agaisnt the Washington Redskins. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4739675 Because of these events, Frye was named starter for their week 15 game against the Denver Broncos. Frye had a pretty non-descript game versus their hated divisional rivals (9-17, 68 yds.) http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200912200den.htm before being knocked out of the game by Broncos linebacker Andra Davis. http://rototimes.com/nfl/player/5723/notes/2009 Frye did come back to start week 16 against the team that drafted him, the Cleveland Browns, and while he did toss for 333 yards, he also threw three interceptions in a 23-9 loss. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200912270cle.htm For the season finale against the Baltimore Ravens, Frye was having a much better game (18-25, 180 yards, 1 touchdown) http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/201001030rai.htm before he was knocked out of the game in the third quarter with ankle and back injuries. http://rototimes.com/nfl/player/5723/notes/2010

Frye was in a Seahawks uniform at the time as their third string QB. Frye only started one game all season. In that game, against the Green Bay Packers, Frye went 12-23 for 83 yards and two touchdowns. The Seahawks still lost, though, 27-17. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200810120sea.htm