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Kaden Prather

#1Kaden Prather

Kaden Prather is a Versatile WR for Maryland. Kaden's 2024 season ranks in the 100th percentile nationally by opponent-adjusted EPA per play across 57 plays — a elite rate for the WR.

What projects, and what doesn't · WRs · held out 2019-2025

How well one season predicts the next, measured on seasons the model never trained on. 1.00 would be perfectly predictable; 0.00 means last year told us nothing.

  • Usage share (volume)0.47
    Beats guessing the WR average by 16%. n=6,302 WR seasons
  • EPA per play (efficiency)0.09
    Not projectable — we do not forecast this. n=5,767 WR seasons
  • Total EPA (value)0.45
    Beats guessing the WR average by 12%. n=5,767 WR seasons

Across all positions, usage carries year to year at 0.47 and efficiency at 0.07. So Kaden Prather's projection is a projection of opportunity — how much of the offense he runs through. How well he converts it is something this model does not claim to know a year in advance, and the number above is why.

2024 Production

Receiving
56 Receptions624 Rec yards4 Rec TD11.1 Yards/rec

Performance Analysis · 2024 · vs WR peers

  • Efficiency100
  • Volume20
  • Explosiveness28
  • Consistency75
  • Pass-Down100
Player type
Versatile WR

Balanced profile without a single dominant trait — contributes across multiple dimensions.

Balanced usageMulti-role
Peer percentiles
Opponent-adjusted EPA (WEPA/play)100th %ile · elite
Game-to-game consistency75th %ile · above avg
Key findings
  • Top-10% efficiency among WRs — elite opponent-adjusted EPA rate.
  • Limited usage share suggests a rotational or specialist role.
  • High game-to-game consistency — reliable floor each week.
  • 9 high-impact games (EPA/play > 0.4) this season — elite ceiling.
  • Particularly dangerous on passing downs — efficiency spikes in obvious pass situations.
  • Strong second-half surge — EPA/play improved 0.47 from the first to second half of the season.
  • Peak game: 2.70 EPA/play in Wk 14 vs Penn State (SP+ 25).

NIL Market Tier· 2024

On3 valuation ↗
Elite

Top-3 player at position nationally. Collective + national brand deals.

Tier is a model estimate based on position, school brand, performance rank, and usage — not a reported deal. NIL deals are private. For a real market valuation, see On3's NIL profile, which factors in social following and actual deal tracking.

Historical Comparables · WR · efficiency + volume + value

Players from 2013–2025 matched on EPA efficiency, play volume, and adjusted value tier — not just one metric.

PlayerTeamWEPA/playLine valTotal EPA
Quadree HendersonPittsburgh0.5301.633.4
DeAndre HughesAir Force0.4701.328.2
Keytaon ThompsonMississippi State0.4601.232.2
Savion WilliamsTCU0.4501.125.2
Bert Emanuel Jr.Central Michigan0.4601.624.4

Comps are statistical — efficiency, volume, and value tier all factor in. Style and conference context differ.

Game Log · box score + EPA, week by week

+2.7002.70Wk 1 vs UConn: +0.97 EPA/play1Wk 2 vs Michigan State: +0.37 EPA/play2Wk 3 vs Virginia: +0.79 EPA/play3Wk 4 vs Villanova: +0.44 EPA/play4Wk 5 vs Indiana: +0.74 EPA/play5Wk 7 vs Northwestern: +0.81 EPA/play7Wk 8 vs USC: +1.10 EPA/play8Wk 9 vs Minnesota: +1.06 EPA/play9Wk 11 vs Oregon: -0.30 EPA/play11Wk 12 vs Rutgers: +2.07 EPA/play12Wk 13 vs Iowa: +0.31 EPA/play13Wk 14 vs Penn State: +2.70 EPA/play14
EPA per play · x-axis: weekabove 0 = added points · below = lost
WkOpponentResultOpp SP+RecRec YdsAvgRec TDLongEPA/play
1vsUConnW50-71.566010.00150.97
2vsMichigan StateL24-27-4.65387.60110.37
3@VirginiaW27-13-5.144812.01260.79
4vsVillanovaW38-206579.51180.44
5@IndianaL28-4220.156613.21330.74
7vsNorthwesternL10-37-8.288110.10210.81
8vsUSCW29-2811.9911112.30331.10
9@MinnesotaL23-4810.422613.00151.06
11@OregonL18-3926.02168.0010-0.30
12vsRutgersL17-316.457615.20282.07
13vsIowaL13-2915.83206.70100.31
14@Penn StateL7-4424.612525.01252.70

Usage & Situational · Pro

Snap-share proxy
Overall
7.1%
Passing plays
11.7%
Rushing plays
0.3%
Standard downs
6.4%
Passing downs
8.7%
EPA by down type
Standard downs
0.55
Passing downs
1.03
Pass / Rush EPA
0.77 / -0.80

Usage = share of team plays (CFBD has no true snap counts).

EPA = expected points added (opponent-adjusted). NIL estimates are model-based ranges, not reported deals. Data: CollegeFootballData. Not betting advice.