2025 Kaden Prather WR Maryland NFL Draft Report CFBALL

• Position Wide Receiver
• Class Senior
• Ht./Wt. 6-3 / 210
• Hometown Montgomery Village, MD.
• Highschool Northwest HS

Player Profile:

Overall Grade: 95

Strengths:

• Sudden breaks at top of stem
• Snap quickness, rapid release from the line of scrimmage
• Immense body control
• Contact balance versus contact and explosion out of a physical jam
• Squeaky clean combo feet
• Light on his feet w/ZERO wasted movement
• Physical runner after the catch
• Subtle hands and rocks to keep his chest clean and avoid physical contact
• Attacks the ball, hands catcher, quick grab and go into space

Weaknesses:

• Limited college production due to inconsistent quarterback play
• Could improve on spatial awareness and tempo into zone coverages

Scouting Report:

Overview: Dynamic, explosive and sudden player at all levels with immense body control, ideal NFL frame, dangerous YAC potential with sudden grab and go, explodes into space. has a super rapid release to deceive and lateral agility to grab space, can combine feet movements while keeping his base square and then turn into instant speed to threaten a cushion or take advantage over top. keeps his pads very clean with subtle hands and rocks side to side or back with great body control not taking away from his speed. never takes plays off and is super smooth combined with the suddenness with all his breaks. will come back to the ball and truly snatch it. true consistent separator just missing production. could develop some more patience/tempo in zones but feel should continue to improve. has the feel of an alpha X WR, flashes of Nico Collins in his game.

CAREER HONORS

• Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List
• 2024 Phil Steele Preseason Second-Team All-Big Ten
• 2024 Athlon Sports Preseason Third-Team All-Big Ten
• 2024 Shrine Bowl 1000 Watchlist
• 2023 Honorable Mention All-Big Ten 

As a Senior (2024):

• Career-day vs. USC (10/19) with nine catches and 111 yards
• Also caught a key two-point conversion in the fourth quarter
• Season-high eight catches for 81 yards vs. Northwestern (10/11)
• Season-high 66 reception yards on five grabs, including 33-yard TD catch at Indiana (9/28)
• Second game in a row with a TD grab vs. Villanova (9/21), 57 receiving yards in the game, giving him 1500+ for his career
• Made great adjustment for first TD of the season on a 26-yard reception at Virginia (9/14)
• Five catches for 38 yards vs. Michigan State (9/7)
• Caught six passes for 60 yards vs. UConn (8/31)

As a Junior (2023):

• Played in all 13 games and started 10 during his first season at Maryland
• Posted 42 receptions for 666 yards and 5 touchdowns
• Led the team and ranked fourth in the Big Ten by averaging 15.9 yards per reception
• Ranked fourth on the team in receptions, third in receiving yards and second in receiving touchdowns 
• Ranked Top 20 in the Big Ten in receptions (19th), receiving yards (12th), receiving touchdowns (t-10th), receptions per game (20th) and receiving yards per game (15th) 
• Had his longest reception of the season, 57 yards, in Maryland’s win over Auburn in the 2023 TransPerfect Music City Bowl (12/30)
• Led the team with 81 receiving yards on three receptions vs. #2 Michigan (11/18)
• Had four receptions for 39 yards at Nebraska (11/11)
• Tallied three receptions for 58 yards vs. #9 Penn State (11/4)
• Recorded 53 receiving yards on three catches at Northwestern (10/28)
• Led the Terps with six receptions for 70 yards and a touchdown vs. Illinois (10/14)
• Tallied fourth touchdown of the season to open the scoring at #4 Ohio State (10/7) as part of three catch, 49-yard performance
• Hauled in third touchdown of season, a 14-yard reception to put the Terps up 44-10 as part of four reception, 45-yard game in win over Indiana (9/30)  
• Led the Terps with six receptions, good for 45 yards in win at Michigan State (9/23)
• Caught two passes for 66 yards, including a career-long 43-yard reception in win over Virginia (9/15)
• Led the Terps with four receptions for 80 yards including a 40-yard touchdown catch, the longest reception of his career to put Maryland up 31-14 in win over Charlotte (9/9)
• Opened Maryland career by catching a touchdown in the back corner of the end zone as part of two reception, 18-yard performance vs. Towson (9/2)

Before Maryland: Played in 20 games for West Virginia from 2021-22 … Totaled 64 receptions for 676 yards and three touchdowns … In 2022, tallied 52 receptions for 501 yards and three touchdowns over 11 games … Had an 100-yard game with a touchdown vs. Baylor … Graduated from Northwest High School … Was a 2019 Washington Post First Team All-Met selection … Consensus four-star prospect … ESPN300 selection out of high school. 

PRATHER’S CAREER-HIGHS
Receiving Yards – 109 (West Virginia vs. Baylor, 10/13/22)
Receptions – 8 (2x, last, West Virginia vs. Baylor, 10/13/22) 
Long Reception – 57 (Auburn, 12/30/23)
Receiving Touchdowns: 1 (11x, last at Indiana, 9/28/24)