Kyle Prater, 2011
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Receiver, Northwestern (from USC), 2010–⁠14

Kyle Prater

Lettered 2011 at USC (school media guide)

Number
No. 21
Height
6′5″
Hometown
Maywood, IL
Born
Jun 21, 1992, in Hillside, Illinois

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Kyle Prater played receiver at USC (2010–⁠11) and Northwestern (2012–⁠14).

Career highs

10catches, career highat Notre Dame, 201487receiving yards, career highvs. Northern Illinois, 2014

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2011USC166.006
2012Northwestern10545.4013
2013Northwestern9596.6018
2014Northwestern5153510.5229
Career716549.2229

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2010USC21WR
2011USC21WR
2012Northwestern21WR
2013Northwestern21WR
2014Northwestern21WR6′5″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Northwestern90.46––4.2–
2014Northwestern690.6976th (n=496)0.5247.68%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2014 Northwestern 11 games, 51 catches, 535 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 30vs.CaliforniaL 24–⁠3121508
Sep 6vs.Northern IllinoisL 15–⁠23787122
Sep 20vs.Western IllinoisW 24–⁠7115015
Sep 27atPenn StateW 29–⁠621307
Oct 4vs.WisconsinW 20–⁠14555020
Oct 11atMinnesotaL 17–⁠24658019
Oct 18vs.NebraskaL 17–⁠3832109
Nov 1atIowaL 7–⁠48322012
Nov 8vs.MichiganL 9–⁠10886019
Nov 15atNotre DameW 43–⁠401081129
Nov 22atPurdueW 38–⁠14482026
2013 Northwestern 6 games, 9 catches, 59 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 7vs.SyracuseW 48–⁠2732208
Sep 14vs.Western MichiganW 38–⁠171202
Sep 21vs.MaineW 35–⁠21118018
Oct 12atWisconsinL 6–⁠3521007
Oct 19vs.MinnesotaL 17–⁠201707
Nov 23vs.Michigan StateL 6–⁠301000
2012 Northwestern 6 games, 10 catches, 54 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 1atSyracuseW 42–⁠4121107
Sep 8vs.VanderbiltW 23–⁠13324013
Oct 6atPenn StateL 28–⁠391202
Oct 20vs.NebraskaL 28–⁠291404
Oct 27vs.IowaW 28–⁠171606
Jan 1 ✦vs.Mississippi StateW 34–⁠202705
2011 USC 2 games, 1 catch, 6 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Oct 29vs.StanfordL 48–⁠561606
Nov 19atOregonW 38–⁠35––––

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2015
Height6′5⅛″
Weight228 lb
Arm length33¼″
Hand size10⅜″
40-yard dash4.58 s
Vertical jump31″
Broad jump10′1″
Bench press20 reps
3-cone drill7.07 s
20-yard shuttle4.24 s

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

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