| Profile | |
|---|---|
| Position | Wide receiver |
| Personal information | |
| Born | January 12, 1999 Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Providence (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| College | East Carolina (2017–2020) |
| NFL draft | 2021: undrafted |
| Career history | |
| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Christian Blake Proehl (born January 12, 1999) is an American professional football wide receiver. He played college football at East Carolina. He is also a music recording artist.
Proehl was born in Greensboro, North Carolina and grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he attended Providence High School. As a senior, he caught 52 passes for 1,016 yards and 12 touchdowns and was named first-team All-SoMeck 8 Conference. [1]
Proehl was a member of the East Carolina Pirates for four seasons. He used a medical redshirt as a true freshman after suffering a season-ending injury at the beginning of preseason training camp. [2] As a junior, Proehl caught 47 passes for 577 yards and four touchdowns. [3] After his junior season, Proehl announced that he would forgo his final year at East Carolina to enter the 2021 NFL Draft. [4]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 1+7⁄8 in (1.88 m) | 186 lb (84 kg) | 31+1⁄2 in (0.80 m) | 9 in (0.23 m) | 4.47 s | 1.55 s | 2.53 s | 4.20 s | 7.00 s | 36.0 in (0.91 m) | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) | 12 reps | |
| All values from Pro Day [5] | ||||||||||||
Proehl signed with the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent shortly after the conclusion of the 2021 NFL draft. [6] He was waived/injured on August 16 and placed on injured reserve. [7]
On August 23, 2022, Proehl was placed on the reserve/PUP list to start the season. [8] He was activated on October 17, then waived and re-signed to the practice squad. He signed a reserve/future contract on January 16, 2023. [9] He was waived on August 29, 2023. [10]
While rehabilitating his knee injury in 2021, Proehl rediscovered his love for music and posted a video of himself singing for his Grandma which went viral. [11] In March 2022, he announced his first ever single release titled "Falling Into You," released on March 25, 2022, which was written with a small circle of rising songwriters including Rachel Grae, Spencer Hendricks, Kaitlin Stark, and Austin Zudeck and Justin Thunstrom of Parkwild, who also produced the track. [12]
Proehl appeared on the 22nd season of American Idol , and his audition was aired on February 18, 2024, successfully advancing to the Hollywood rounds. [13] He later advanced to the Top 24 on April 1, 2024, performing the song "Anyone" by Justin Bieber. He did not advance to the Top 20. [14]
Proehl's father, Ricky Proehl, played wide receiver in the NFL for 17 seasons. [15] His brother, Austin, played for the New York Giants but was released on August 16, 2022. [16]