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Frostee Rucker

Height:
6' 3"
Weight:
280 lbs
Age:
29
Born:
Sep 14, 1983
Birth Place:
Tustin, CA
Experience:
8 years
College:
USC
Tckl FF FR Sck Int
2012 Regular Season
48 1 0 4.0 0

Arizona Cardinals

Rucker has agreed to a one-year contract with the Arizona Cardinals.

Rucker started all 16 games with the Cleveland Browns last season, with four sacks, a forced fumble and a pass defensed. His 48 tackles were third-most on the team. Rucker joined the Browns last season after six years with the Cincinnati Bengals. He was a third-round draft pick of the Bengals out of Southern California in 2006.

The Browns have released Frostee Rucker after one season. A top free-agent signing by Cleveland last year, the defensive end is the first casualty of the team switching from a 4-3 to multi-front defensive scheme under first-year coach Rob Chudzinski. Rucker was due to make $2.5 million next season.

Rucker made $6 million last season, when he started all 16 games and finished with 48 tackles and four sacks. Last week, Chudzinski and new defensive coordinator Ray Horton, who spent the past two seasons with Arizona, said the Browns hope to have an aggressive defense next season. Apparently, the 6-foot-3, 280-pound Rucker did not fit into their plans.

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