2015 Football Roster
Mose Frazier
- Position:
- WR
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 190
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Memphis, Tenn.
- HS:
- Whitehaven HS
- Prev School:
- Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Career: Graduated from the University of Memphis with a Bachelor’s of Business degree in Management … Received the team's Isaac Bruce Offensive Player of the Year Award in 2015 in the team's year-end banquet ... On the field has caught 135 passes for 1,599 yards and eight touchdowns in three seasons at Memphis… Originally walked on to the Memphis program after transferring from Arkansas-Pine Bluff and was a practice player Memphis head coach Justin Fuente’s first season at Memphis in 2012 ...His 1,599 career receiving yards ranks ninth in Memphis history ... His eight-catch, 110-yard receiving night in win at Temple to get the Tigers’ bowl eligible in 2014 earned American Athletic Conference Honor Roll recognition … Named to the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Football Team in both 2013 and 2014 ... Earned Tiger 3.0 Club list recognition for five semesters during his career – Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014 and Spring 2016 semesters ... Named to the Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll for the 2012-13 academic year.
2015 (Senior): Led Memphis with 70 catches for 797 yards in his senior campaign, adding four touchdowns ... His 797 receiving yards in his senior season almost doubled his output from his sophomore and junior seasons and ranked fifth in Memphis single-season history ... Also had 17 rushes for 129 yards and two touchdowns in his senior campaign, including a 60-yard rush for a touchdown in the third quarter in the road win at Kansas that pushed Memphis ahead 31-13 ... Also returned four punts for 28 yards, including a long return of 18 yards ... Caught 10 passes in the win at Tulsa, his first career double-digit catch game, finishing with 128 yards receiving, his second 100 yard receiving game and a career-best ... Opened the season with six catches for 89 yards and two touchdowns against Missouri State, his first career game with multiple TD catches ... Added four catches for 77 yards and added a season-best rushing performance with three rushes for 64 yards, including a career-long 60 yard rush for a touchdown ... In a road win at Bowling Green, had seven catches for 66 yards ... Held to two catches in the Tigers' next two games, but had eight catches for 83 yards and a touchdown in the win over #12 ranked Ole Miss ... Had his first career double-digit catch game with 10 catches for 128 yards in a road win at Tulsa ... His 45 catch catch at Tulsa was a season long and tied a career long from his junior year ... Had seven cathces for 75 yards in win over Tulane ... Had six catches for 61 yards in Memphis' first-ever game against Navy ... Had eight catches for 35 yards in the game at Temple and two catches for 56 yards and one touchdown in limited time against SMU in his final appearance in Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium .. Also returned two punts for 21 yards against SMU ... Had four catches for 47 yards against Auburn in the Birmingham Bowl .. Was named the team's recipient of the Isaac Bruce Offensive Player of the Year award at the year-end banquet ... Also spent his senior season working at the nearby Audubon Park Golf Course in the pro shop (Story Here).
2014 (Junior): Memphis’ leading receiver in terms of catches in 2014 with 47 for 506 yards … Caught three touchdown passes during the season … Had at least one catch in all 13 games … Started seven games during the season … Caught four passes for 55 yards including first touchdown reception of the season in 63-0 win over Austin Peay … Had an 18-yard catch on the Tigers’ first offensive series of the season … Capped Memphis’ first offensive series of the second half with a 17-yard touchdown reception from Paxton Lynch … Second start of the season came in the Tigers’ 41-14 road win at Cincinnati to open American Athletic Conference play … Had a 33-yard run to set up a Jake Elliott field goal to give the Tigers a 17-7, first-quarter lead … Also had a 16-yard pass reception in the game … Had eight receptions for 110 yards, both career highs, in the Tigers’ 16-13 win at Temple … Victory was the Tigers’ sixth of the season, making the program bowl eligible for the first time since 2008 … Trailing 10-3 in the second quarter, caught a 42-yard pass from Lynch to set up a game-tying touchdown run before halftime … With the score tied at 13-13 with less than three minutes to play, began the game-winning drive from the Memphis 20 with a 16-yard reception sparking a scoring drive that resulted in a 31-yard Elliott field goal as time expired in Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field … Caught five passes for 59 yards in road win at Tulane … Caught a 38-yard touchdown pass to give the Tigers a 17-0 lead against the Green Wave … Notched back-to-back games with touchdown catches, hooking up with Lynch for a 42-yard touchdown play to give Memphis a 21-10, second-quarter lead in the USF game … Three receptions for 82 yards against the Bulls … Helped the Tigers earn the program’s first conference title since 1971 with a performance against UConn which included five catches for 16 yards and a 12-yard run which was part of a third-quarter touchdown drive that put the Tigers out in front, 20-3 … In the Miami Beach Bowl victory against BYU helped put the Tigers out in front early, 14-7, with receptions of four and 16 yards on one first-quarter scoring series … All four pass receptions (31 yards) as well as a one-yard run were part of scoring drives as the Tigers scored 55 points, the most in a bowl game by a Memphis team.
2013 (Sophomore): After practicing the previous season with the Tigers as a transfer from Arkansas-Pine Bluff saw his first playing time as a sophomore in 2013 ... Played in all 12 games, starting three ... Finished the year with 18 receptions for 296 yards and one touchdown ... Led the Tigers with a 16.4 yards per catch average ... Averaged 24.7 receiving yards per game which ranked fourth on the squad for the year ... First career reception went for a 32-yard gain in the Tigers' season opener against Duke ... Had five, multi-reception games during the year including four straight contests starting with the Arkansas State game ... Caught two passes for 35 yards including a 28-yarder against A-State ... Caught two passes for 50 yards including a season-long, 43-yarder in the Tigers' American Athletic Conference opener against UCF ... On the road at Houston caught a season-best five passes for 81 yards ... Also had a 16-yard run against UH in a game played at BBVA Compass Stadium ... Had a 23-yard reception to help set up the Tigers' third field goal against the Cougars while a 29-yard catch early in the third quarter got the Tigers out of the shadows of their own end zone and led to another field goal which gave Memphis a 12-10 lead ... Caught four passes for 46 yards against SMU including an eight-yard touchdown catch on the game's final play ... Had two receptions for 31 yards against UT Martin.
2012 (Redshirt Freshman): Sat out while meeting transfer rules.
2011 (Freshman - Arkansas-Pine Bluff): Transferred to the University of Memphis after originally attending Arkansas-Pine Bluff in 2011.
Whitehaven High School: Four-year letter winner at wide receiver for head coach Rodney Saulsberry ... Named All-District 16-AAA as a senior ... Member of back-to-back District 16-AAA championship teams as both a junior and senior ... Was a team captain senior year ... Also lettered three years playing both shooting guard and point guard for Whitehaven's basketball team.
Personal: Son of LaSheba Usher and Mose M. Frazier, Sr. ... Born Aug. 30, 1993 in Memphis, Tenn. ... Graduated in May, 2014 with a Bachelor's of Business degree in Management.
