Prather Selected By Buffalo In Seventh Round Of NFL Draft

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GREEN BAY, Wis. – University of Maryland wide receiver Kaden Prather was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the seventh round of the 2025 NFL Draft on Saturday.

Prather is the fifth Maryland player to be selected in the 2025 NFL Draft. Five Terrapins were also drafted in 2023. Maryland has had 12 players drafted over the last three years.  

Prather joins Tai Felton as Terp wide receivers selected this year. It’s the first time since 1988 (Aziz Abdur-Ra'off and James Milling) that Maryland has had multiple wide receivers taken in the same draft. 

In two seasons with the Terps since transferring from West Virginia, Prather corralled 98 passes for 1,290 yards and nine touchdowns. He showcased his big-play ability in 2023, finishing third in the Big Ten with an average of 15.9 yards per catch. 

This past season, the Montgomery Village native led the conference in snaps out wide (484). Pro Football Focus gave Prather an 89.4 drop rating among Big Ten wide receivers with at least 50 targets. The rating, grading player’s hands, ranked fourth highest in the conference. Prather participated in the NFL Scouting Combine and East-West Shrine Bowl.

Prather earned his Sociology degree from the University of Maryland.