Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2010-2014Northwestern
Kyle Prater
WR • 6'5" • Maywood, IL, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Kyle Prater reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
51
Solid production for a receiver
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Reliability
45
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
69
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Northwestern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- USC • Northwestern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Player Story
Kyle Prater built his college career from 2010 through 2014 as a wide receiver from Maywood, IL wearing No. 21, spending time with Northwestern and USC. The clearest part of Kyle Prater's career was his receiving...
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- Committed To
- USC
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2010
Kyle Prater, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Northwestern. Kyle Prater reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 654
- Receptions
- 71
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Kyle Prater quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northwestern · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 654
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 25 games
- Best season
- 2014 Regular Season · Northwestern
- Top game
- Purdue
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Proviso West · USC
- High school pipeline
- Proviso West · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 21 · Class 2014
- 2014 Receiving yards rank
- 535 receiving yards · WR 184th (top 20%) · Big Ten 19th (top 10%) · National 196th (top 11%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | USC | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2011 Regular Season | USC | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 25.8 |
| 2012 Postseason | Northwestern | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 29.5 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Northwestern | 6 | 8 | 47 | 0 | 29.5 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Northwestern | 6 | 9 | 59 | 0 | 32.2 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Northwestern | 11 | 51 | 535 | 2 | 75.9 |
Related Context
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Kyle Prater played WR for USC and Northwestern. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kyle Prater recorded 654 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Northwestern.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season
Northwestern paired 535 primary output with 66.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2014 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 66.8 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2014 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across USC, Northwestern.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 81.8th percentile of the selected season.
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2014 Regular Season · Northwestern
Games
11
Receiving Yards / G
48.6
Efficiency
66.8
Usage
21.9
Consistency
64
Best Game by takeover score
Purdue
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. California: 15. Northern Illinois: 87. Western Illinois: 15. Penn State: 13. Wisconsin: 55. Minnesota: 58. Nebraska: 21. Iowa: 22. Michigan: 86. Notre Dame: 81. Purdue: 82
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. California: 2 by 50. Northern Illinois: 7 by 82.9. Western Illinois: 1 by 100. Penn State: 2 by 43.3. Wisconsin: 5 by 73.3. Minnesota: 6 by 64.4. Nebraska: 3 by 46.7. Iowa: 3 by 48.9. Michigan: 8 by 71.7. Notre Dame: 10 by 54. Purdue: 4 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins49.2 · Games = 5 · +1.0 vs Losses
Losses48.2 · Games = 6 · -1.0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Purdue
Best efficiency game
100 vs Purdue
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/22 | @ Purdue | W 38-14 | — | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 20.50 | 0 | 26 |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Notre DameHigh volume | W 43-40 | — | 10 | 81 | 8.1 | 8.10 | 1 | 29 |
| Sat 11/8 | vs MichiganHigh volume | L 9-10 | — | 8 | 86 | 10.8 | 10.80 | 0 | 19 |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Iowa | L 7-48 | — | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 7.30 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Nebraska | L 17-38 | — | 3 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Minnesota | L 17-24 | — | 6 | 58 | 9.7 | 9.70 | 0 | 19 |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Wisconsin | W 20-14 | — | 5 | 55 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 20 |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Penn State | W 29-6 | — | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Western Illinois | W 24-7 | — | 1 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Northern Illinois | L 15-23 | — | 7 | 87 | 12.4 | 12.40 | 1 | 22 |
| Sat 8/30 | vs California | L 24-31 | — | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 7.50 | 0 | 8 |
Player Story
Kyle Prater story
Kyle Prater built his college career from 2010 through 2014 as a wide receiver from Maywood, IL wearing No. 21, spending time with Northwestern and USC. The clearest part of Kyle Prater's career was his receiving role: 71 catches, 654 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns across 25 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2014 with Northwestern. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. With 25 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northwestern and USC.
The arc is straightforward: Kyle Prater 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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- 1
USC
2010-2011
Opening stop
- 2
Northwestern
2012-2014
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | USC | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2011 Regular Season | USC | 6 | 40 | 3.6 | 6 |
| 2012 Postseason | Northwestern | 54 | 32.2 | 10.3 | 48 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Northwestern | 54 | 32.2 | 10.3 | 0 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Northwestern | 59 | 40.4 | 7.7 | 5 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Northwestern | 535 | 66.8 | 21.9 | 476 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Purdue
Week 13 · W 38-14 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
82
Receiving Yards
98.1 takeover
82 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Northern Illinois
Week 2 · L 15-23
87
Receiving Yards
88.7 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
87 receiving yards with a 82.9 efficiency score.
#3
vs Michigan
Week 11 · L 9-10 · Conference game
86
Receiving Yards
84.6 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
86 receiving yards with a 71.7 efficiency score.
#4
@ Notre Dame
Week 12 · W 43-40
81
Receiving Yards
82.4 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
81 receiving yards with a 54 efficiency score.
#5
vs Wisconsin
Week 6 · W 20-14 · Conference game
55
Receiving Yards
78.8 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
55 receiving yards with a 73.3 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2014 Regular Season · Northwestern
535 primary output · 66.8 efficiency · 21.9 usage
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#2
2013 Regular Season · Northwestern
32.2
59 primary · 40.4 efficiency · 7.7 usage
#3
2012 Postseason · Northwestern
29.5
54 primary · 32.2 efficiency · 10.3 usage
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
2
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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