Minnesota State University - Mankato Athletics

2015: Started in all 12 games for the Mavericks and finished his career making 27 starts in 40 games played…Helped the Mavericks rush for 2,672 yards and 36 touchdowns…Received All-NSIC First Team Offense honors…Named a CCA, D2Football.com and Don Hansen All-American.

2014: Started in all 15 games for the Mavericks... Recorded one solo tackle on the season at Winona State on Oct. 9... Helped the Mvericks rush for 3,625 yards and pass for 3,079 totalling 82 touchdowns... Selected to the NSIC South Division All-Conference Second Team Offense.

2013: Played in seven games for Minnesota State on the offensive line…As a member of the offensive line, he helped his team rush for 3,536 rushing yards, the second most rushing yards in a single season at Minnesota State…Helped the Mavericks pass for 2,262 yards and 20 touchdown passes.

2012: Played in six games this season, most recently against Missouri Western State (12/1)... For the season, he was a member of a Maverick offensive line that saw their backs rush 668 times for 3,300 yards (4.9 ypc; 235.7 ypg) and 38 touchdowns and protected their quarterbacks who have completed 166-of-291 passes for 2,370 yards and 19 touchdowns, averaging 169.3 yards per game...The 3,330 yards of rushing, 668 carries, and 38 rushing touchdowns are all the second-highest marks on the school's single-season charts, while the 2,370 yards of passing was the tenth-best tally in school history.

2011: Redshirted.

High School: Was a two-year starter at McLuer South-Berkeley and a three-year letterwinner...Also participated in wrestling and track...Started ten games at offensive tackle and five at defensive tackle as a senior...Was a unanimous First-Team All-Suburban East Conference pick and was named the league’s Offensive Lineman of the Year...Was named to the Missouri Associated Press First-Team All-State.

Personal: Son of Herschel Prater (Sr.) and Sherry Townsend...Born Nov. 12, 1992...Proposed major in engineering.