Kyle Prater
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Prater during 2011 Spring Practice. | |
| Northwestern Wildcats No. 21 | |
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| Position | Wide receiver |
| Class |
 Senior |
| Major | Communication |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Hillside (IL) Proviso West |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | June 21, 1992 |
| Place of birth | Hillside, Illinois |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Kyle Prater (born June 21, 1992) is an American football wide receiver who currently plays for Northwestern University. Prior to this, Prater attended Proviso West High School of Hillside, Illinois, and played for the University of Southern California.
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[1] and Scout.com rated him as the #4 overall prospect.[2] 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.[3] He played in the 2010 U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas for his final high school game where he had 3 receptions for 32 yards.[4]
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,[5] but decided to wait on enrolling after he found out that Pete Carroll was going to become the Seattle Seahawks 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.[6] He red shirted his freshman year due to injury.[7] 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 has since decided that he will be transferring to Northwestern.[8]
References
- ↑ "Rivals Class of 2010 football rankings". Rivals100.rivals.com. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
- ↑ "Scout.com Class of 2010 football rankings". Recruiting.scout.com. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
- ↑ "Season Stats from Scout.com". Recruiting.scout.com. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
- ↑ Army Bowl Stats
- ↑ Prater info on USC
- ↑ "Kiffin's departure already affecting USC and Vols recruiting classes". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
- ↑ "Conversations: Touted WR Kyle Prater likely to redshirt". Myespn.go.com. 2010-08-30. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
- ↑ "Kyle Prater considers Big Ten schools".
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