Caleb Pratt

Height:
6-3
Weight:
197
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Roanoke Rapids
High School:
Roanoke Rapids
Major:
Public Health Studies

A booming record-setting left-footed kickoff specialist who will now also have an opportunity to compete for the top punting job as a senior … Provides exemplary leg strength for distance and offers plenty of accuracy … Exactly 131 of 162 kickoffs have traveled 60-plus yards (surpassed 65 yards on 98 occasions) … Has at least one touchback in 28 of 32 career contests (multiple TBs 20 times) … Initially joined ECU program as an invited walk-on prior to fall drills in 2015 … Was one-of-one on PATs and drilled 38-yard field goal in first scrimmage on March 17 … Successfully converted both PAT tries during the Purple-Gold Game (March 24).

2017: Delivered another stellar performance as the Pirates’ top kickoff specialist … Played in all 12 games and delivered 61 kickoffs for 3,938 yards – an average of 64.6 per attempt … Reached the endzone on 40 occasions for touchbacks, which shattered his own record of 31 established in 2015 … Suffered only one out-of-bounds penalty (season finale at Memphis) … Selected as the program’s “Top Gun” Special Teams Player-of-the-Year as a junior … Averaged over 60.0 yards per kickoff in every game, with a high of 65.0 on six occasions (West Virginia, Virginia Tech, Temple, UCF, BYU and Houston) … Matched or set new personal highs in kickoffs (9) and kickoff yardage (577) during home finale vs. Cincinnati … Contributed multiple touchback efforts in nine of 12 outings, which included season-highs of six each vs. Connecticut and Houston … Also had four TBs in contests against USF, UCF, BYU, Tulane and Cincinnati … In addition to career-best nine launches against the Bearcats, also had a pair of eight kickoff efforts vs. the Huskies and BYU Cougars … Surpassed the 500-yard mark three times (577/Cincinnati, 520/BYU, 517/Connecticut) … Produced three “perfect” outings, matching kickoff and touchback numbers against Temple (3/3), UCF (4/4) and Houston (6/6) … Lowest clip of the season was a 60.7 mark (and only one TB) against the Tigers at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium to close out the campaign.

2016: Handled all kickoff duties for the first eight games before missing remaining four contests because of illness and injury … Covered 2,390 yards in 41 kickoffs as a sophomore – an average of 58.3 yards per boot … Produced 13 touchbacks and was flagged just twice for out-of-bounds deliveries … Logged four touchbacks in opener vs. Western Carolina and two each vs. South Carolina, Virginia Tech and USF … Set personal-highs in kickoffs (nine) and kickoff yardage (573) vs. Catamounts … Reached 60.0 kickoff average four times (Virginia Tech/64.8, Cincinnati/64.0, Western Carolina/63.7, NC State/62.1) … Tallied three solo tackles as member of special teams unit, all at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium … Booked two stops vs. Catamounts and one against Huskies.

2015: Experienced action in all 12 games as a true freshman … Served as the Pirates’ primary kickoff specialist with 60 boots for 3,694 yards – an average of 61.6 yards per kick … Established a then-single-season school record by delivering 31 touchbacks (51.7 percent of all kickoffs) … Averaged 60 or more yards on kickoffs in eight contests, including a season-best 64.8 clip on two occasions (Florida, SMU) … Recorded multiple touchbacks seven times … Had a personal-best seven TBs at SMU, six vs. BYU, four vs. Virginia Tech, three vs. Florida, Tulsa and Cincinnati, and two against Navy … Kicked off a season-high eight times for 581 yards against Mustangs before following with seven-boot efforts the following two weeks (452/BYU, 442/Tulsa) … Flagged only three times for out-of-bounds deliveries (Virginia Tech, Connecticut, UCF) … Credited with one special teams tackle against Towson during collegiate debut.

High School: A two-year varsity letterwinner at Roanoke Rapids High School for coach Eric McDaniels … Played in 25 games during prep career and recorded 117 kickoffs for 1,487 yards … Tallied 64 touchbacks (54.7 percent) … Was 70-of-79 on PATs and successfully converted 11-of-20 field goal attempts with a long of 47 … Scored 103 points in a pair of seasons … Also served as a punter, averaging 36.9 yards per boot (71 for 2,620 yards) … Earned all-conference honors as a senior in 2014 and was the recipient of RRHS’s Specialty Award.

Personal: Full name is Jonathan Caleb Pratt … A public health studies major who has earned ECU Honor Roll (2016 fall semester) and Dean’s List (2017 spring & fall semesters) selection for excellence in the classroom.