Kyle Prater (born June 21, 1992) is an

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wide receiver who is currently a free agent. Prater attended

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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

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. Prater committed to play for the

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in September 2009. After two seasons at USC, he transferred to

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. After going undrafted in the 2015 NFL Draft, he was signed as an undrafted free agent by the

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High school career

Prater graduated early from Proviso West High School.

rated Prater as the #3 overall prospect in the class of 2010 and

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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 in

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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

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was going to become the Seattle Seahawks new

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. Prater decided to go through with his plans to enroll early at USC when

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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

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his likely destination. Prater decided that he will be transferring to Northwestern.

Professional career

New Orleans Saints

Prater was signed by the

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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Prater, Kyle 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