Darrell Prater
Illinois Fighting Illini
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Darrell Prater

Illinois Fighting IlliniAverage
NTDefenseGoodTRANSFER · Jacksonville State
Projected Starter

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Darrell Prater is the projected starter at NT for Illinois Fighting Illini.

Redshirt senior · #96 · 6'3", 305 lbs

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Depth at NT · Illinois Fighting Illini

  1. 19683Darrell PraterStarter
  2. 29068Carter Janki
  3. 39254Deon Williams
  4. 45650Guillermo Gallardo
  5. 59550Isaiah White

Illinois Starting Lineup

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The Story

The Edge Threat

This season: 21 tackles, 4 TFL, 3.5 sacks. That's 5% of the team's production at his spot and 83th-percentile production nationally — good for a 83 overall (Good tier).

Team Share5%Percentile83th
Fort Payne, AL
Jersey
#96
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'3"
Weight
305 lbs
Transfer
Jacksonville State

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—2143.5

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

High School
Ft Payne HS
Hometown
Fort Payne, AL

Why this rating?

On a 75-rated defense; 83th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.83 for competition level) put them +8 vs unit starters → 83.

Team defense (SP+)
75
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 83% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 29% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.83)
Depth-chart adjustment
+8 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10WMSUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 38-37 OT

Sep 26LOSUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 42-19

Sep 19WSIUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 48-10

Sep 12LDUKETKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-27

Sep 4WUABTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 42-23

Darrell Prater's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

Edge Threat
21 tkl · 4 TFL · 3.5 sacks
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