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Position: | Placekicker / 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 American football placekicker, and TV personality. He played in the NFL for the Washington Redskins and Oakland Raiders in 3 preseason games during the 2007 season but was cut on September 2 before the start of the regular season. While with Oakland, he connected on a 49-yard field goal versus the Arizona Cardinals and handled all punting and placekicking duties during the team's final preseason game against the Seattle Seahawks (avg. 49 yds on five punts).
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 30th season of the reality show Survivor. He was eliminated in seventh place.
He is currently a film and TV development executive working with actress Joey King.[1]