Sam Frasco guides Augustana’s offense to another score.
At first glance, Sam Frasco is not obvious. The Augustana University senior QB is only 5-11, 190, after all. But what he does on the football field has made fans sit up and take notice.
In five games this fall, Frasco had already amassed 836 yards on 85 rushing attempts. And that’s before his 1,104 passing yards. He led the NCAA DIII in total offense. In their recent game against Wheaton College, Frasco totaled 337 yards of offense despite losing 31-14 to the Thunder.
QB prospect Sam Frasco was kept on the run throughout the 2011 Class 7A playoff loss at Glenbard West.
“The numbers surprise me a little,” Frasco said. “But I give a lot of credit to my offensive line and my coaches for allowing me to do what I’ve done so far, which is get a chance to play. For me now, it’s just numbers. Winning or not, that’s what matters.”
Frasco has already been named the Collegiate Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Player of the Week twice this season. He won the award once in his sophomore year and once in his junior year.
Prospect’s Sam Frasco looks for space to run, which he found when Prospect came back to win 18-13 against Rolling Meadows.
“This last offseason was big for me because I had to learn a new offense with the new coaching staff,” Frasco said. “Because the truth is, we win regular season games in the offseason.”
This past offseason, Frasco gained 14 pounds. in the weight room and threw three to four times a week, which was beneficial for the Mount Prospect native and Prospect Knights alum.
Prospet’s Sam Frasco breaks a Hoffman Estates tackler in the first half of a Knights victory.
“There’s always room for improvement in my game, that’s what I’ve found,” Frasco said. “It’s the little things. The attention to detail. Those things that I’m constantly working on that help me get better.”
Frasco, who started playing football at age 4, spent his junior year at Prospect as a wide receiver and cornerback. It was his senior year that saw him play at the QB position. While other NCAA schools like Drake and Butler looked at him for his catching abilities, his dream was always to play quarterback at the next level. Only North Central, where Frasco’s father played football, and Augustana would see Frasco’s real potential at the QB position.
Sports will always be a part of Frasco’s life. Between soccer and football and being the third of four children in the family and the only boy, he wanted to play and watch sports as much as possible.
“I always watched sports with my dad, especially football,” Frasco said. “Football means so much to me. It taught me discipline and taught me to work on my time management skills.”
Frasco, a business finance major at Augustana who enjoys singing as a hobby and listening to the Dave Matthews Band, knows there will be a time when his football days are over. He just doesn’t know when. “I would never rule out wanting to play at the next level,” he said. “Never say never. I just know I never take football for granted.”
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