TCU News: 21 former Frogs in the NFL

Football

TCU has 21 former players on NFL rosters | 247 Sports

The Frogs have had 129 players make an NFL camp under Gary Patterson.

Of the 21 players that are on NFL rosters, 14 are on active rosters while 7 are on the practice squad. Receiver Josh Doctson, a former first-round pick has opted out this season due to COVID-19. Niang also opted out for the Chiefs.

Despite last week’s postponement, TCU and SMU are aiming to reschedule the Iron Skillet’s 100th anniversary | Dallas Morning News

We get a little insight into TCU’s strategies for preventing COVID from Patterson’s comments in this piece.

Patterson said they have tried to keep practice as normal as possible just with added precautions such as sanitizing every 10 minutes.

“I have probably said sanitize a thousand times more than I ever have in my whole life,” Patterson said. The team also has to be temperature checked before entering the building and each player and staff member gets tested three times a week.

Around Campus

TCU creates new office to handle Title IX complaints, modifies reporting process | TCU 360

TCU’s new Office of Institutional Equity will be focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The new director of the OIE is Sharon Fernandes Gooding. Gooding was promoted to this position after serving as TCU’s coordinator of diversity and inclusion in the ODI since August 2019, according to her LinkedIn page.

The new Title IX coordinator is Andrea Vircks. She will enforce policies against discrimination on campus, as required under Title IX.