Adam Prentice

Adam M. Prentice is an American football fullback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the South Carolina Gamecocks and Colorado State Rams.

Adam Prentice
No. 46 – New Orleans Saints
Position:Fullback
Personal information
Born: (1997-01-16) January 16, 1997
Fresno, California
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
College:South Carolina
Undrafted:2021
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status:Active
Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2021
Receptions:2
Receiving yards:14
Receiving touchdowns:0
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Early Years

Prentice was born in Fresno on January 16, 1997 to Renae and Gary Prentice. He graduated from Clovis High in 2015 receiving the Bnai Brith award from Fresno County for his outstanding community service, excelling academically, in Track, Wrestling, and Football. Prentice would place 5th in the Valley in the shot put, 2nd in the state in wrestling, and was the Fresno Bee defensive player of the year.[1] Prentice would lose his father Gary suddenly to cancer his senior year at Clovis High. The memory of his father would inspire Prentice throughout college.[2]

College career

Prentice began his collegiate career at Colorado State. He join the team as a walk-on and redshirted his true freshman season. Prentice was named the Rams' starting fullback and awarded a scholarship before suffering a season-ending injury shortly before the start of his redshirt freshman season.[3] Prentice served as Colorado State's primary fullback for the next three seasons before transferring to South Carolina as a graduate transfer.[4] At South Carolina Prentice was named Offensive Player of the game in their historic victory vs Auburn. Prentice finished his masters in structural engineering at South Carolina.[5]

Professional career

Denver Broncos

Prentice was signed by the Denver Broncos as an undrafted free agent on May 3, 2021.[6] He was waived on August 31, 2021.[7]

New Orleans Saints

Prentice was claimed off of waivers by the New Orleans Saints on September 1, 2021.[8] He was waived on September 14, 2021, and re-signed to the practice squad. Prentice was elevated to the active roster on November 25, 2021, for the team's Week 12 game against the Buffalo Bills and made his NFL debut in the game, starting at fullback and catching a pass from Trevor Siemian for ten yards for his first career reception.[9] He was signed to the active roster on December 2.[10]

References
  1. https://www.fresnobee.com/sports/high-school/article21354240.html
  2. Mellon, Brianna (November 28, 2020). "Good Sports: Former Clovis Cougar Adam Prentice playing his 6th year of college football at South Carolina". ABC30 Fresno.
  3. Lyell, Kelly. "CSU loses starting fullback to season-ending injury". The Coloradoan. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  4. https://www.thestate.com/sports/college/university-of-south-carolina/usc-football/article238837453.html
  5. Kendall, Josh. "South Carolina's unlikely offensive star: Adam Prentice excels in the dirty work". The Athletic.
  6. Trickel, Erick. "Broncos' 11 Undrafted Free Agents: What Fans Need to Know". Sports Illustrated Mile High Huddle: Denver Broncos News, Analysis and More. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  7. DiLalla, Aric (August 31, 2021). "Broncos make series of roster transactions to reach 53-man limit". DenverBroncos.com.
  8. "Saints claim fullback Adam Prentice off waivers from Denver". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  9. "Saints re-sign Will Clapp, elevate 2 players from practice squad". NOLA.com. November 25, 2021. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
  10. "New Orleans Saints announce roster moves ahead of Dallas Cowboys game | NFL Week 13". NewOrleansSaints.com. December 2, 2021.
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