MyCole Pruitt in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Southern Illinois, 2011–⁠14

MyCole Pruitt

Born
Mar 24, 1992, in South Bend, Indiana

Wikipedia readers: about 475 a month over the past year

MyCole Pruitt played receiver at Southern Illinois (2011–⁠14). The Minnesota Vikings took Pruitt in round 5, No. 143 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
136
Receiving yards, 2014 (Southern Illinois, 6–⁠6)
Drafted
No. 143
Round 5, 2015 NFL Draft (Minnesota Vikings)

Career highs

10catches, career highat Purdue, 2014136receiving yards, career highat Purdue, 2014

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2011*Southern Illinois2147.008
2012*Southern Illinois66611.0025
2013Southern Illinois58316.6166
2014Southern Illinois1013613.6046
Career2329913.0166

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Southern Illinois (FCS)41.02––4.1–
2014Southern Illinois (FCS)120.81––9.7–

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 Southern Illinois 1 game, 10 catches, 136 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 20atPurdueL 13–⁠3510136046

No box score in the source for Aug 29 vs. Taylor; Sep 6 at Eastern Illinois; Sep 13 vs. Southeast Missouri State; Sep 27 vs. Western Illinois; Oct 4 vs. South Dakota; Oct 11 at North Dakota State; Oct 18 at Youngstown State; Oct 25 vs. Indiana State; Nov 8 at Missouri State; Nov 15 vs. Northern Iowa; Nov 22 at Illinois State, so those games are not listed.

2013 Southern Illinois 1 game, 5 catches, 83 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 31atIllinoisL 34–⁠42583166

No box score in the source for Sep 7 vs. Eastern Illinois; Sep 14 vs. Charleston (WV); Sep 21 at Southeast Missouri State; Sep 28 vs. Youngstown State; Oct 5 at South Dakota State; Oct 12 at Northern Iowa; Oct 19 vs. North Dakota State; Nov 2 at Western Illinois; Nov 9 vs. Missouri State; Nov 16 vs. Illinois State; Nov 23 at Indiana State, so those games are not listed.

2012 Southern Illinois 1 game, 6 catches, 66 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 8atMiami (OH)L 14–⁠30666025

No box score in the source for Aug 30 at Eastern Illinois; Sep 15 vs. Southeast Missouri State; Sep 22 at Missouri State; Sep 29 vs. Indiana State; Oct 6 at Illinois State; Oct 13 vs. Northern Iowa; Oct 20 at Youngstown State; Oct 27 at North Dakota State; Nov 3 vs. South Dakota State; Nov 17 vs. Western Illinois, so those games are not listed.

2011 Southern Illinois 1 game, 2 catches, 14 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 10atOle MissL 24–⁠4221408

No box score in the source for Sep 3 at Southeast Missouri State; Sep 24 vs. Missouri State; Oct 1 at Western Illinois; Oct 8 vs. North Dakota State; Oct 15 vs. Youngstown State; Oct 22 at Northern Iowa; Oct 29 vs. Illinois State; Nov 5 at South Dakota State; Nov 12 vs. Eastern Illinois; Nov 19 at Indiana State, so those games are not listed.

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

Before the draft

Played in the 2015 East–West Shrine Game (West team, lost 3–⁠19).

DrillCombine 2015
Height6′2¼″
Weight251 lb
Arm length33½″
Hand size10¼″
40-yard dash4.58 s
10-yard split1.63 sW
Vertical jump38″
Broad jump9′10″
Bench press17 reps
3-cone drill7.25 s
20-yard shuttle4.37 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

9 seasons, 71 games with a stat; latest team: Pittsburgh Steelers.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2015Minnesota Vikings1110890
2016Chicago Bears22130
2018Tennessee Titans791021
2019Tennessee Titans96901
2020Tennessee Titans55492
2021Tennessee Titans10141453
2022Atlanta Falcons10161504
2023Atlanta Falcons1091101
2024Pittsburgh Steelers76401
NFL career717778813

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

Is this you, or do you know of something wrong or missing here? Suggest a correction. We check each one against a source before changing the page.