Kaden Prather

Former wide receiver at Maryland. 2024: 56 catches, 624 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Maryland · Sr. · #1

6′3″ · 210 lb · Montgomery Village, MD

CFB Index 60 · #138 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceBuffalo — drafted 2025, Rd 7, Pick 24, #240 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 245 nationally · Signed with West Virginia

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Maryland. 2024: 56 catches, 624 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to West Virginia in 2021.
Transferred from West Virginia to Maryland in 2023.
Drafted round 7 by the Buffalo in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Maryland, 1,966 receiving yards — drafted at #240 overall by Buffalo.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 111 yds vs USC.USC · W 29-282024

20215 games

Signed with West Virginia4-star out of Northwest

202313 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

2025

Drafted by Buffaloround 7, pick 240

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#245 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #240

Buffalo · 2025

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Mike Locksley

Maryland

Played his entire career under Mike Locksley.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

BuffaloEntering 2nd NFL season

#240Rd 7 · Pick 24

BuffaloEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021West Virginia6-7HC: Neal Brown · Balanced

2022West Virginia5-7HC: Neal Brown · Balanced

2023Maryland8-5HC: Mike Locksley · Pass-leaning

2024Maryland4-8HC: Mike Locksley · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

60Quality starter #138 of 466?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (85th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (27th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#257 / 610 · 58th pct

91.7%

TD rate#279 / 610 · 54th pct

6.7%

EPA / target#366 / 610 · 40th pct

0.80

Yards / catch#385 / 610 · 37th pct

11.1

Explosive rate#440 / 610 · 27th pct

10.0%

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#77 / 541 · 85th pct

Rec yards#146 / 541 · 73rd pct

624

Rec TDs#140 / 541 · 69th pct

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Yards / catch#416 / 541 · 23rd pct

11.1

Long catch#447 / 541 · 16th pct

Rush yards#268 / 299 · 10th pct

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Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

90th → 40th percentile

Explosive rate

89th → 27th percentile

Catch rate

64th → 58th percentile

TD rate

86th → 54th percentile

Yards / catch

79th → 37th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	6.0	63.3	10.2	0.1
Road5g	2.8	36.2	14.2	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.7	58.3	10.4	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	3.7	45.7	13.4	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Locksley

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

60 · #138 of 466 WRs

Former four-star. Now #138 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Maryland	56	624	11.1	4	--
2023	Maryland	42	666	15.9	5	--
2022	West Virginia	52	501	9.6	3	--
2021	West Virginia	12	175	14.6	0	--
Career		162	1,966	12.1	12	--

Season	Team
2024	Maryland	1	-1	--	--	--
2023	Maryland	1	36	--	--	--
2022	West Virginia	--	--	--	--	--
2021	West Virginia	--	--	--	--	--
Career		2	35	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2024

W 29–28

vs USC

9 rec · 111 yds

Edged out USC at home in a shootout.

With B. Edwards — 373 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 68.9 · B. McFerson — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 53 AVG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · USC · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.83Billy Edwards Jr. pass complete to Kaden Prather for 33 yds to the USC 41 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Rutgers · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +3.49Billy Edwards Jr. pass complete to Kaden Prather for 28 yds to the RUTG 43 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Indiana · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.90Billy Edwards Jr. pass complete to Kaden Prather for 33 yds for a TD (Jack Howes KICK)
Week 3 · Virginia · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.72Billy Edwards Jr. pass complete to Kaden Prather for 26 yds for a TD (Jack Howes KICK)
Week 14 · Penn State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.70MJ Morris pass complete to Kaden Prather for 25 yds for a TD (Jack Howes KICK)
Week 12 · Rutgers · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.70Billy Edwards Jr. pass complete to Kaden Prather for 16 yds to the RUTG 30 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · UConn · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.59Billy Edwards Jr. pass complete to Kaden Prather for 15 yds to the CONN 44 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Villanova · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.59Billy Edwards Jr. pass complete to Kaden Prather for 18 yds for a TD (Jack Howes KICK)
Week 12 · Rutgers · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.57Billy Edwards Jr. pass complete to Kaden Prather for 16 yds to the MD 45 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Northwestern · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.11Billy Edwards Jr. pass complete to Kaden Prather for 21 yds to the NU 1 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 50-7vs UConn	6	60	10.0	0	15
Wk 2	L 24-27vs Michigan State	5	38	7.6	0	11
Wk 3	W 27-13@ Virginia	4	48	12.0	1	26
Wk 4	W 38-20vs Villanova	6	57	9.5	1	18
Wk 5	L 28-42@ Indiana	5	66	13.2	1	33
Wk 7	L 10-37vs Northwestern	8	81	10.1	0	21
Wk 8	W 29-28vs USC	9	111	12.3	0	33	Season-high 111 yds
Wk 9	L 23-48@ Minnesota	2	26	13.0	0	15
Wk 11	L 18-39@ Oregon	2	16	8.0	0	10
Wk 12	L 17-31vs Rutgers	5	76	15.2	0	28
Wk 13	L 13-29vs Iowa	3	20	6.7	0	10
Wk 14	L 7-44@ Penn State	1	25	25.0	1	25
Total		56	624	11.9	4	33

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology