After a year in which he only played eight special teams snaps, free agent safety Kavon Frazier is retiring from the NFL in order to pursue his interests in business. The announcement was posted to his Twitter account this evening. 
Frazier’s retirement comes after only six years in the league. A three-year starter at Central Michigan, Frazier was picked by the Cowboys in the sixth round of the 2016 NFL Draft. He made an immediate impact as a rookie on special teams. He continued to be a core special teamer later into his time in Dallas, but started to earn some snaps as a backup safety, as well. When starter Xavier Woods was injured to start the 2018 season, Frazier earned the first two starts of his career. Overall with the Cowboys, Frazier totaled 67 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss, a sack, a quarterback hit, a forced fumble, and a pass defensed.
Frazier’s final year in Dallas saw him placed on injured reserve after four games with a pectoral injury. When Dallas didn’t re-sign him, Frazier signed with the Dolphins. He appeared in 15 games for Miami, primarily on special teams. He signed with the Bengals in the following offseason but was released before the season began. In December of last year, Frazier signed to the Raiders’ practice squad, playing his eight snaps in a Week 16 game against the Broncos. He signed a reserve/future contract with Las Vegas, but was released just under two months later.
In his announcement, Frazier expresses his desires to excel as an entrepreneur. He cites how he started a business called Built 4 It Athletics when he was recovering from his pectoral injury and acquired another business called APEC this past January. He has an interest in “starting an investment firm called Athlete Investment Academy,” which he plans to use “to change the stigma around athletes and their financial issues.”
Frazier is surely retiring from football at a young age, but the 27-year-old has many plans post-football for his family and career. He is driving to make sure that, when it’s all said and done, he won’t be identified solely by his time in the NFL. Good luck to him on all his future endeavors.
