Tickets2019: Joined the Bearcats in the summer of 2019 after two seasons at Ohio State ... battled preseason injuries and did not see any game action ... named to the 2019 AAC All-Academic Team.
PRIOR TO UC: Was an OSU scholar-athlete during his time in Columbus ... caught 54 passes for 1,093 yards and 16 touchdowns as a senior for head coach Aaron Hancock at Wyoming High School … averaged a team-best 20.2 yards per catch … was all-conference, all-district and all-city in two sports: football and basketball … Ohio High School Football Coaches Association Academic All-Ohio … led Wyoming to a 12-1 record in 2016 and the Cincinnati Hills League title … part of a Wyoming offense that scored 40 or more points eight times … set a school record with four TD catches in a 40-10 win over McNicholas … had five 100-yard receiving games in 2016 … on the basketball court, averaged 16.8 points and 6.2 rebounds per game as a senior … was third leading scorer in the CHL … son of Gary and Lori Prater … has a brother, Evan, a December 2019 UC signee … father played football at Tennessee and South Carolina.