Fred Cook

Frederick Harrison Cook III (born April 15, 1952) played defensive end for the Baltimore Colts from 1974 through 1980. Cook attended Southern Mississippi, where he was among the first African-Americans to play for the football program. He set school records with 68 tackles and 18 sacks as a sophomore, then recorded 19 sacks and 122 tackles in his junior season. A third-team All-American, he appeared in both the Senior Bowl and Blue-Gray games before being selected by Baltimore in the second round of the 1974 draft.