Karon Prunty: DB · Wake Forest · #3.
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Karon Prunty
Erases the deep middle of the field. The two seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Les Miles and Jake Dickert. The first one came in 2025: All-ACC. On tape: 6 tackles and 1 sack against Mississippi State, Bowl, 2025.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
40 tackles. 8 passes defended. 1 interception. 2 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Wake Forest | 40 | 23 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 8 | 1 |
| 2020 | Kansas | 26 | 22 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 |
| Career | 66 | 45 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 17 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 10-9vs Kennesaw State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-10vs Western Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-34vs NC State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 29-30vs No. 16 Georgia Tech | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | W 30-23@ Virginia Tech | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | W 39-14@ Oregon State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 13-12vs SMU | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-42@ Florida State | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 16-9@ No. 12 Virginia | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-12vs North Carolina | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 52-14vs Delaware | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 32-49@ Duke | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 43-29vs Mississippi State | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | 23 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 8 |
Bowl · 2025
W 43-29
vs Mississippi State · neutral site
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 6 tackles
Edged out Mississippi State at a neutral site in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
20%8 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
40tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%2 TFL40 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack · 8 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Road5g | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jake Dickert
Pass share
48.0%
405 pass / 439 run
Plays / game
64.9
13 games
Team sack rate
3.8%
399 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #76 at the position.
The No. 1,514 recruit in the country is starting in the secondary in the ACC as a senior.
How it ended
Two seasons, at Kansas and Wake Forest, 66 tackles — drafted at #171 overall by the New England Patriots.
Played for three programs.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC
All-ACC mention (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Les Miles and Jake Dickert.
Next stop · NFL
New England Patriots2026 NFL rookie season
New England Patriots2026 NFL rookie season
