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Purple smoke billows around a costumed horned frog mascot photographed from behind, wearing a jersey reading SuperFrog and the number 1, one arm raised holding a smoke device.

SuperFrog works the conference home opener at Amon G. Carter Stadium in 2024, one of the 100 to 110 appearances the mascot makes each year. Photo by James Anger

More Than a Mascot: What It Takes to Suit Up as SuperFrog

Student identities stay secret until graduation, and the job runs year-round at 10 to 15 hours a week.

Compiled by Addison Thummel

Infographic showing TCU mascot SuperFrog standing in a purple football jersey, wearing the number 1. Facts around the figure state that the head weighs 7 pounds with about 2 inches of viewing space per eye, that SuperFrog got a new charismatic, athletic look in 1999, that 8 to 10 students serve each year with identities kept secret until graduation, that a stint begins with 30 to 50 hours of training followed by a year-round commitment of 10 to 15 hours per week, that students typically spend no more than an hour in the suit as temperatures can rise above 100 degrees, that suiting up takes 15 minutes or 7 in a rush, that the costume has five parts, that SuperFrog makes 100 to 110 appearances a year, that away games and other major events take SuperFrog on the road, that most students who suit up are between 5 feet 7 and 6 feet tall, and that SuperFrog traveled 4,000 miles to Dublin, Ireland, for a football game against the University of North Carolina.

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