Kyle Prater (born June 21, 1992) is an
American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. Prater attended
Proviso West High School
Proviso West High School (PWHS) is a public high school located in Hillside, Illinois, United States. It is a part of Proviso Township High Schools District 209, and was opened in 1958. Its sister schools are Proviso East High School and P ...
in
Hillside, Illinois where he was a member of the football and basketball teams. Prater was a five-star football recruit and ranked as the No. 1 wide receiver in the 2010 recruiting class by
Rivals.com. Prater committed to play for the
University of Southern California in September 2009. After two seasons at
USC
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, he transferred to
Northwestern University. After going undrafted in the
2015 NFL Draft
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, he was signed as an undrafted free agent by the
New Orleans Saints.
High school career
Prater graduated early from Proviso West High School.
Rivals.com rated Prater as the #3 overall prospect in the class of 2010 and
Scout.com rated him as the #4 overall prospect. In his junior season he had 60 catches for 948 yards and 9 touchdowns and in his senior year he had 64 receptions for 1151 yards and 13 touchdowns, virtually single-handedly leading the Proviso West Panthers to their first ever post-season appearance and first ever IHSA playoff win. He played in the 2010
U.S. Army All-American Bowl
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in
San Antonio, Texas for his final high school game where he had 3 receptions for 32 yards.
College career
In September 2009, Prater committed to USC. He graduated early from high school and intended to be an early enrollee at USC for the spring term, but decided to wait on enrolling after he found out that
Pete Carroll was going to become the
Seattle Seahawks
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new
head coach. Prater decided to go through with his plans to enroll early at USC when
Lane Kiffin was named USC's new head coach. He red shirted his freshman year due to injury. On January 9, 2012 Prater announced that he planned to transfer from USC to an undetermined school. He stated that he wanted to be closer to home and his release specified that he could not transfer to any other Pac-12 schools or Notre Dame, thus making a school in the
Big Ten his likely destination. Prater decided that he will be transferring to Northwestern.
Professional career
New Orleans Saints
Prater was signed by the
New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent in the 2015 offseason. On August 17, 2015, he was released by the Saints. On August 18, 2016, he was reclaimed and placed on injured reserve by the Saints.
References
External links
Northwestern Wildcats bioRivals.com ProfileScout.com Profile
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1992 births
Living people
Players of American football from Illinois
American football wide receivers
USC Trojans football players
New Orleans Saints players
Northwestern Wildcats football players
Sportspeople from Cook County, Illinois
Sportspeople from Maywood, Illinois