No. 17 – Green Bay Packers | |
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Position: | Quarterback |
Personal information | |
Born: | Boca Raton, Florida, U.S. | September 30, 2001
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight: | 217 lb (98 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Deerfield (Deerfield Beach, Florida) |
College: | Tulane (2020–2023) |
NFL draft: | 2024 / Round: 7 / Pick: 245 |
Career history | |
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Roster status: | Active |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Player stats at PFR |
Michael Wayne Pratt (born September 30, 2001) is an American professional football quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Tulane Green Wave, where he was named the 2023 AAC Offensive Player of the Year. Pratt was selected by the Packers in the seventh round of the 2024 NFL draft.
Pratt grew up in Boca Raton, Florida and was home schooled until the ninth grade. [1] He initially attended Boca Raton High School, where he joined the football team as a freshman after never having played the sport before. [2] As a junior, Pratt passed for 1,208 yards and 12 touchdowns with nine interceptions while also rushing for 447 yards and three touchdowns. [3] He transferred to Deerfield Beach High School prior to his senior year. [4] Pratt was rated a three-star recruit and committed to play college football at Tulane. [5]
Pratt became the starting quarterback for the Tulane Green Wave three games into his freshman season. [6] He finished the year with 1,806 passing yards and 20 touchdown passes and also rushed for 229 yards and eight touchdowns. [7] [8] As a sophomore, Pratt completed 57.6% of his passes for 2,381 yards and 21 touchdowns with eight interceptions. [9] He entered his junior season on the watchlist for the Maxwell Award. [10]
Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
2020 | 10 | 9 | 4–5 | 140 | 254 | 55.1 | 1,806 | 7.1 | 20 | 8 | 134.5 | 115 | 229 | 2.0 | 8 | |
2021 | 12 | 11 | 2–9 | 190 | 329 | 57.8 | 2,390 | 7.3 | 21 | 8 | 135.0 | 105 | 154 | 1.5 | 5 | |
2022 | 13 | 13 | 11–2 | 215 | 338 | 63.6 | 3,009 | 8.9 | 27 | 5 | 161.8 | 129 | 478 | 3.7 | 10 | |
2023 | 11 | 11 | 10–1 | 185 | 283 | 65.4 | 2,406 | 8.5 | 22 | 5 | 158.9 | 98 | 286 | 2.9 | 5 | |
Career | 46 | 44 | 27–17 | 730 | 1,204 | 60.6 | 9,611 | 8.0 | 90 | 26 | 148.0 | 447 | 1,147 | 2.6 | 28 |
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | |||||
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6 ft 2+1⁄2 in (1.89 m) | 217 lb (98 kg) | 30+3⁄4 in (0.78 m) | 9+1⁄4 in (0.23 m) | 4.23 s | 7.20 s | 36.0 in (0.91 m) | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) | |||||
All values from NFL Combine [11] [12] |
Pratt was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the seventh round (245th overall) of the 2024 NFL draft. [13] He signed his rookie contract on May 3, 2024, a 4-year term worth $4.106 million featuring an $86,940 signing bonus. [14] [15]
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