Tyler Fredrickson
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Position: | Punter | ||||||||
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Born: | Santa Barbara, California | February 26, 1981||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Goleta (CA) Dos Pueblos | ||||||||
College: | California | ||||||||
Undrafted: | 2004 | ||||||||
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Tyler Fredrickson (born February 26, 1981) is a former
He signed a three-year deal (to have kept him in Los Angeles through the 2010 season) with the Los Angeles Avengers of the Arena Football League on April 24, midway through the 2008 season. He played in their final eight games.
In early 2015, he was a contestant on the
He is currently a film and TV development executive working with actress Joey King. [1]
Early life
Born to parents Mark Fredrickson and Mimi Lessett, Fredrickson attended
College career
At the University of California, Berkeley, Fredrickson was the Golden Bears’ starting punter for three seasons and doubled as the placekicker as a senior in 2003. Fredrickson punted 198 times for Cal, averaging 39.4 yards per boot. While handling the placekicking duties, he converted on attempts from 51 and 53 yards out, registering the third and fifth-longest field goals in Golden Bear history.
Professional career
NFL attempts
Fredrickson only played pre-season NFL games, never starting in a regular season pro-game.
Fredrickson signed a free agent contract with the
Los Angeles Avengers
Fredrickson signed with the Los Angeles Avengers of the Arena Football League on April 24, 2008, midway through the season. He played in their final eight games.[3]
Survivor
In 2014, Fredrickson competed on Survivor: Worlds Apart, the 30th season of American television show Survivor. It premiered on February 25, 2015. He placed seventh, lasted 32 out of 39 days, was the 12th person voted out, and became the fifth jury member.
Fredrickson began the game on the Masaya (White Collar) tribe and quickly formed an alliance with Joaquin Souberbielle and Carolyn Rivera. Upon the tribal switch, he was assigned to Escameca and would join up with Souberbielle and former Blue Collar tribe member Rodney Lavoie, Jr., in a new alliance, but would lose Souberbielle who would be voted out on a blindside.
Post-merge, Fredrickson would be part of a six-member alliance of himself, Rivera, Lavoie, Will Sims II, Dan Foley, and Sierra Thomas. This alliance would eliminate all the former No Collar tribe members (apart from Sims), and set their sights on eliminating the biggest threat in the game:
Post-football career
During his senior year at Cal, Fredrickson directed, edited, and starred in the documentary Countdown to Kickoff 2003, about the 2003 California Golden Bears football team.[4] In 2010, he received his second master's degree after graduating from the Peter Stark Producing Program at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.[citation needed] Prior to Survivor, he worked at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), a prominent entertainment and sports agency headquartered in Los Angeles.
References
- ^ Dalton Ross (October 7, 2020). "Survivor Quarantine Questionnaire: Tyler Fredrickson on that time Jeff Probst bowed down to a jury". www.ew.com. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
- ^ "Teams make roster cuts as training camp closes". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. March 5, 2006. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
- ^ Tim Peterson (May 4, 2008). "Avengers Back in the Hunt". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
- ^ Fredrickson, Tyler (2004). "Countdown to Kickoff 2003". YouTube. Tyler Fredrickson. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved March 19, 2016.[permanent dead link]