2025 Football Roster
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Jersey Number 96
Darrell Prater
- Position:
- Defensive Lineman
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 300
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Fort Payne, Ala.
- High School:
- Fort Payne HS
JAX STATE CAREER:
2024: Appeared in 13 of 14 games with four starts at defensive tackle...Amassed 26 total stops with 1.5 for loss...Made six tackles with one for loss at Eastern Michigan (9/14)...Had three total tackles, including two solos in Homecoming win over Southern Miss (9/21)...Had four tackles in win at Liberty (10/30)...Made three tackles and assisted on a tackle for loss in StaffDNA Cure Bowl against Ohio (12/20).
2023: Saw action in every game as a redshirt freshman for Jax State, mostly as a reserve on the defensive line … credited with 14 tackles, including one sack and 1.5 tackles for a loss … notched a season-high four tackles with a sack against Eastern Michigan.
2022: Redshirted and did not play as a true freshman.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Chris Elmore at Fort Payne High School in Fort Payne, Ala…helped the Wildcats to the AHSAA Class 6A State Playoffs in each season…played both defensive end and defensive tackle, while also playing tight end and fullback…a 2020 6A Second Team All-Region selection.
2024: Appeared in 13 of 14 games with four starts at defensive tackle...Amassed 26 total stops with 1.5 for loss...Made six tackles with one for loss at Eastern Michigan (9/14)...Had three total tackles, including two solos in Homecoming win over Southern Miss (9/21)...Had four tackles in win at Liberty (10/30)...Made three tackles and assisted on a tackle for loss in StaffDNA Cure Bowl against Ohio (12/20).
2023: Saw action in every game as a redshirt freshman for Jax State, mostly as a reserve on the defensive line … credited with 14 tackles, including one sack and 1.5 tackles for a loss … notched a season-high four tackles with a sack against Eastern Michigan.
2022: Redshirted and did not play as a true freshman.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Chris Elmore at Fort Payne High School in Fort Payne, Ala…helped the Wildcats to the AHSAA Class 6A State Playoffs in each season…played both defensive end and defensive tackle, while also playing tight end and fullback…a 2020 6A Second Team All-Region selection.
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