Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Wake Forest
Karon Prunty
DB • 6'2" • 192 lbs • Portsmouth, VA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Karon Prunty shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
90
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Kansas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Kansas • Wake Forest
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech
Player Story
Karon Prunty built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive back from Portsmouth, VA wearing No. 3, spending time with Kansas and Wake Forest. The clearest part of Karon Prunty's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Kansas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 31
- Overall
- No. 171
- NFL Team
- New England Patriots
Karon Prunty, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Kansas. Karon Prunty shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 66
- TFL
- 3
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 17
Quick Answers
Karon Prunty quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Wake Forest · DB
- Career Tackles
- 66
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 25 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Kansas
- Top game
- Virginia Tech
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · I.C. Norcom · Kansas
- High school pipeline
- I.C. Norcom · 5 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 5 · Pick 31 · New England Patriots
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 40 tackles · DB 218th (top 23%) · ACC 124th (top 16%) · National 929th (top 15%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Kansas | 9 | 26 | 1 | 0 | - | 9 | 0 | 53.1 |
| 2025 Postseason | Wake Forest | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 53 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 13 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 53 |
Related Context
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Karon Prunty played DB for Kansas and Wake Forest. Across 2 tracked seasons, Karon Prunty recorded 66 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Wake Forest.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Kansas paired 11 primary output with 24.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 22.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Kansas, Wake Forest.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Wake Forest
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
22.8
Usage
3.4
Consistency
60.5
Best Game by takeover score
Virginia Tech
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Mississippi State: 2. Kennesaw State: 1. Western Carolina: 0. NC State: 0. Georgia Tech: 2. Virginia Tech: 3. Oregon State: 0. SMU: 1. Florida State: 1. Virginia: 0. North Carolina: 1. Delaware: 1. Duke: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Mississippi State: 6 by 45. Kennesaw State: 2 by 18.3. Western Carolina: 1 by 4.2. NC State: 1 by 4.2. Georgia Tech: 3 by 32.5. Virginia Tech: 5 by 50.8. Oregon State: 2 by 8.3. SMU: 3 by 22.5. Florida State: 5 by 30.8. Virginia: 3 by 12.5. North Carolina: 3 by 22.5. Delaware: 3 by 22.5. Duke: 3 by 22.5
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 9 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Virginia Tech
Best efficiency game
50.8 vs Virginia Tech
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1/3 | @ Mississippi StateSplash game | W 43-29 | 6 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | @ Duke | L 32-49 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Delaware | W 52-14 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs North Carolina | W 28-12 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | @ Virginia | W 16-9 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Florida State | L 7-42 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs SMU | W 13-12 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Oregon State | W 39-14 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Virginia TechSplash game | W 30-23 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Georgia TechSplash game | L 29-30 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Thu 9/11 | vs NC State | L 24-34 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Western Carolina | W 42-10 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/29 | vs Kennesaw State | W 10-9 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Karon Prunty story
Karon Prunty built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive back from Portsmouth, VA wearing No. 3, spending time with Kansas and Wake Forest. The clearest part of Karon Prunty's career was his defensive production: 66 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 2 interceptions across 25 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Wake Forest. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Karon Prunty's production has multiple signals. With 25 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kansas and Wake Forest.
The arc is straightforward: Karon Prunty moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Kansas
2020
Opening stop
- 2
Wake Forest
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202020252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Kansas | 11 | 24.2 | 5 | — |
| 2025 Postseason | Wake Forest | 13 | 22.8 | 3.4 | 2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 13 | 22.8 | 3.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 105 Virginia Tech
Week 6 · W 30-23 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
69.7 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 69.7 takeover score.
#2
@ Oklahoma
Week 10 · L 9-62 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
68 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 68 takeover score.
#3
@ Texas Tech
Week 14 · L 13-16 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
67.8 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 58 Mississippi State
Week 1 · W 43-29 · Postseason
2
Havoc Plays
65.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.
#5
@ Wake Forest
Week 1
1
Havoc Plays
59.2 takeover
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Kansas
11 primary output · 24.2 efficiency · 5 usage
53.1
#2
2025 Postseason · Wake Forest
53
13 primary · 22.8 efficiency · 3.4 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Wake Forest
53
13 primary · 22.8 efficiency · 3.4 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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