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Frank Edgar Cornish IV (September 24, 1967 – August 22, 2008) was an American professional football offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Diego Chargers, Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Vikings, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Philadelphia Eagles. He was selected by the Chargers in the sixth round of the 1990 NFL draft. He played college football for the UCLA Bruins.
Cornish attended Chicago's Mount Carmel High School where he played at a middle linebacker as a freshman. The next year, he was moved to the defensive tackle. As a junior, he began to play as a two-way tackle, and was named a starter on the offensive line.
He accepted a football scholarship from the University of California, Los Angeles. As a redshirt freshman he became a starter at guard for the last four games of the 1986 season, after Jim Alexander fractured his hand.
As a sophomore, he was named the starting center. He was a three-year starter (35 games) at center and was voted the team's offensive MVP in 1989.
Cornish was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the sixth round (143rd overall) of the 1990 NFL draft. He started all 16 games at center as a rookie. In 1991, he suffered a sprained ankle in minicamp, that allowed Courtney Hall to pass him on the depth chart and he was relegated to a backup role, seeing action mostly as the team's long snapper.
On April 2, 1992, the Dallas Cowboys signed him as a Plan B free agent, reuniting with his college quarterback Troy Aikman. While starter Mark Stepnoski was involved in a contract holdout during training camp, he started throughout the preseason and for the first 2 regular season contests, becoming the first African-American center to make the team in franchise history. He also replaced an injured Stepnoski late in the third quarter of the third game against the Phoenix Cardinals. In Super Bowl XXVII, Cornish and his father became the first father-son combination to have appeared in a Super Bowl (his father played in Super Bowl VI).
In 1993, Stepnoski suffered a knee injury in the 13th game of the season against the Minnesota Vikings that required surgery. Cornish replaced him in three games, until he was passed on the depth chart by John Gesek for the Playoffs and Super Bowl XXVIII.
On July 11, 1994, he was signed to a one-year contract by the Minnesota Vikings to replace Adam Schreiber. He was beaten by Jeff Christy and played sparingly as the long snapper in 7 games. He was released on November 10.
Frank Cornish
Frank Edgar Cornish IV (September 24, 1967 – August 22, 2008) was an American professional football offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Diego Chargers, Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Vikings, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Philadelphia Eagles. He was selected by the Chargers in the sixth round of the 1990 NFL draft. He played college football for the UCLA Bruins.
Cornish attended Chicago's Mount Carmel High School where he played at a middle linebacker as a freshman. The next year, he was moved to the defensive tackle. As a junior, he began to play as a two-way tackle, and was named a starter on the offensive line.
He accepted a football scholarship from the University of California, Los Angeles. As a redshirt freshman he became a starter at guard for the last four games of the 1986 season, after Jim Alexander fractured his hand.
As a sophomore, he was named the starting center. He was a three-year starter (35 games) at center and was voted the team's offensive MVP in 1989.
Cornish was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the sixth round (143rd overall) of the 1990 NFL draft. He started all 16 games at center as a rookie. In 1991, he suffered a sprained ankle in minicamp, that allowed Courtney Hall to pass him on the depth chart and he was relegated to a backup role, seeing action mostly as the team's long snapper.
On April 2, 1992, the Dallas Cowboys signed him as a Plan B free agent, reuniting with his college quarterback Troy Aikman. While starter Mark Stepnoski was involved in a contract holdout during training camp, he started throughout the preseason and for the first 2 regular season contests, becoming the first African-American center to make the team in franchise history. He also replaced an injured Stepnoski late in the third quarter of the third game against the Phoenix Cardinals. In Super Bowl XXVII, Cornish and his father became the first father-son combination to have appeared in a Super Bowl (his father played in Super Bowl VI).
In 1993, Stepnoski suffered a knee injury in the 13th game of the season against the Minnesota Vikings that required surgery. Cornish replaced him in three games, until he was passed on the depth chart by John Gesek for the Playoffs and Super Bowl XXVIII.
On July 11, 1994, he was signed to a one-year contract by the Minnesota Vikings to replace Adam Schreiber. He was beaten by Jeff Christy and played sparingly as the long snapper in 7 games. He was released on November 10.