Kobe Prentice

#16 · WR · Sr. · Baylor5′11″ · 190 lb · Calera, AL

Kobe Prentice is a wide receiver who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Baylor.

Prentice moves the chains on third down. Played for three head coaches at two programs in four seasons: Nick Saban, Kalen DeBoer and Dave Aranda. One game to point at: 96 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Houston — Week 14, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Barion BrownKentucky · 2024 · 85% season match
Tyler MorrisMichigan · 2024 · 85% season match
Cedric Patterson IIIRice · 2021 · 71% season match
Michael Jackson IIIUSC · 2022 · 70% season match
Josh VannSouth Carolina · 2022 · 68% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Baylor	26	380	14.6	6	73
2024	Alabama	11	129	11.7	1	20
2023	Alabama	18	314	17.4	2	79
2022	Alabama	31	337	10.9	2	47
Career		86	1,160	13.5	11	79

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 24-38vs Auburn	2	38	19.0	1	33
Wk 2	W 48-45@ No. 17 SMU	4	63	15.8	2	28	2 TD catches
Wk 3	W 42-7vs Samford	4	16	4.0	1	12
Wk 4	L 24-27vs Arizona State	5	45	9.0	0	15
Wk 5	W 45-27@ Oklahoma State	1	73	73.0	1	73
Wk 6	W 35-34vs Kansas State	1	30	30.0	1	30
Wk 8	L 36-42@ TCU	2	9	4.5	0	6
Wk 9	L 20-41@ No. 21 Cincinnati	2	8	4.0	0	5
Wk 13	L 17-41@ Arizona	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 14	L 24-31vs Houston	4	96	24.0	0	48	Season-high 96 yds
Total		26	380	14.6	6	73

Signature game

Week 2 · 2025

W 48-45

at SMU

4 rec · 63 yds · 2 TD

Edged out SMU on the road in a shootout.

With S. Robertson — 440 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.9 · 20 rush yds (6 car) · J. Cameron — 9 rec · 151 yds · 2 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 5 · Oklahoma State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +5.93Robertson to Prentice: a 73-yard touchdown pass.
Week 1 · Auburn · 4th and 8 · Q2 · EPA +5.18Sawyer Robertson pass complete to Kobe Prentice for 33 yds for a TD (Connor Hawkins KICK)
Week 14 · Houston · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.37Robertson to Prentice: a 34-yard pass.
Week 14 · Houston · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.34Robertson to Prentice: a 48-yard pass.
Week 2 · SMU · 3rd and 1 · Q2 · EPA +3.04Robertson to Prentice: a 28-yard touchdown pass.
Week 6 · Kansas State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.81Sawyer Robertson pass complete to Kobe Prentice for 30 yds for a TD (Connor Hawkins KICK)

4 more plays

Week 3 · Samford · 2nd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.51Sawyer Robertson pass complete to Kobe Prentice for 12 yds for a TD (Connor Hawkins KICK)
Week 3 · Samford · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.95Sawyer Robertson pass complete to Kobe Prentice for 57 yds Baylor Penalty, Offensive Holding (Louis Brown IV) to the BAY 37
Week 4 · Arizona State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.38Sawyer Robertson pass complete to Kobe Prentice for 9 yds to the BAY 44
Week 4 · Arizona State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.12Sawyer Robertson pass complete to Kobe Prentice for 13 yds to the BAY 38 for a

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

26 rec · 380 yds · 6 TD

23 of 26 receptions matched to play-by-play

9 of 32 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

327% of team targets

Catch rate

72%23 of 32 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

56% of targets (5)

100%catch rate

Air -2.8 · YAC 12.6 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

22% of targets (2)

50%catch rate

Air 6.5 · YAC 5.0 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

11% of targets (1)

0%catch rate

Air 11.0 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

11% of targets (1)

100%catch rate

Air 45.0 · YAC 3.0 avg

72% catch rate on 32 targets · 7% of the team's targets.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

12%4 of his 32 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Teams and coaches

2022Alabama11-2HC: Nick Saban · Balanced

2023Alabama12-2HC: Nick Saban · Run-heavy

2024Alabama9-4HC: Kalen DeBoer · Run-leaning

2025Baylor5-7HC: Dave Aranda · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 43 (#273 of 485). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

43Rotational starter #273 of 485 · 2025?

Ascending10 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: td rate (97th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (82nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#28 / 798 · 97th pct

9.4%

Explosive rate#145 / 798 · 82nd pct

15.6%

EPA / target#206 / 798 · 74th pct

0.57

Yards / catch#212 / 798 · 73rd pct

13.7

Catch rate#279 / 798 · 65th pct

71.9%

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#69 / 558 · 87th pct

Rec TDs#56 / 558 · 87th pct

Yards / catch#154 / 558 · 72nd pct

14.6

Rec yards#304 / 558 · 46th pct

380

Receptions#335 / 558 · 39th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.2	45.0	17.2	0.6
Road5g	2.0	31.0	19.9	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.8	44.2	25.1	1.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.2	28.8	8.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Dave Aranda

Pass share

55.5%

510 pass / 409 run

Plays / game

76.6

12 games

Team sack rate

3.7%

565 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

26 catches in 10 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

43 · #273 of 485 WRs · 2025

Former four-star. Now #273 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #32 of 55 Big 12 WRs

How the All-Big 12 base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).