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Matt Prater

Prater, Matthew Phillip
Position: K
Height: 5-10 Weight: 195
Born: August 10, 1984 Mayfield Heights, OH
High School: Estero (FL)

Year	College	Status
2002	Central Florida	Lettered
2003	Central Florida	Lettered
2004	Central Florida	Lettered
2005	Central Florida	Lettered

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YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP
2007 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)2007 ATL NFL	1	K	2
2007 Denver Broncos (NFL)2007 DEN NFL	5	K	2
2007 Year (NFL)2007 Year NFL			4
2008 Denver Broncos (NFL)2008 DEN NFL	5	K	16
2009 Denver Broncos (NFL)2009 DEN NFL	5	K	16
2010 Denver Broncos (NFL)2010 DEN NFL	5	K	12
2011 Denver Broncos (NFL)2011 DEN NFL	5	K	16
2012 Denver Broncos (NFL)2012 DEN NFL	5	K	16
2013 Denver Broncos (NFL)2013 DEN NFL	5	K	16
2014 Detroit Lions (NFL)2014 DET NFL	5	K	11
2015 Detroit Lions (NFL)2015 DET NFL	5	K	16
2016 Detroit Lions (NFL)2016 DET NFL	5	K	16
2017 Detroit Lions (NFL)2017 DET NFL	5	K	16
2018 Detroit Lions (NFL)2018 DET NFL	5	K	16
2019 Detroit Lions (NFL)2019 DET NFL	5	K	16
2020 Detroit Lions (NFL)2020 DET NFL	5	K	16
2021 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2021 ARI NFL	5	K	17
2022 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2022 ARI NFL	5	K	13
2023 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2023 ARI NFL	5	K	17
2024 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2024 ARI NFL	5	K	4
18 Years (NFL)18 Years NFL			254

Transaction	Date	Team
Signed	5/4/2006	2006 Detroit Lions (NFL)2006 DET NFL
Released	8/28/2006	2006 Detroit Lions (NFL)2006 DET NFL
Signed	1/4/2007	2007 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2007 MIA NFL
Released	8/27/2007	2007 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2007 MIA NFL
Signed	9/1/2007	2007 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)2007 ATL NFL
Practice Squad	11/14/2007	2007 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2007 MIA NFL
Released	9/18/2007	2007 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)2007 ATL NFL
Signed	12/19/2007	2007 Denver Broncos (NFL)2007 DEN NFL
Injured Reserve	12/24/2010	2010 Denver Broncos (NFL)2010 DEN NFL
Restricted Free Agent	7/26/2011	2010 Denver Broncos (NFL)2010 DEN NFL
Signed	7/29/2011	2011 Denver Broncos (NFL)2011 DEN NFL
Free Agent (Franchise Tag)	3/5/2012	2011 Denver Broncos (NFL)2011 DEN NFL
Signed	7/2/2012	2012 Denver Broncos (NFL)2012 DEN NFL
Reserve/Suspended	8/24/2014	2014 Denver Broncos (NFL)2014 DEN NFL
Signed	10/8/2014	2014 Detroit Lions (NFL)2014 DET NFL
Released	10/3/2014	2014 Denver Broncos (NFL)2014 DEN NFL
Unrestricted Free Agent	3/10/2015	2014 Detroit Lions (NFL)2014 DET NFL
Signed	3/11/2015	2015 Detroit Lions (NFL)2015 DET NFL
Unrestricted Free Agent	3/17/2021	2020 Detroit Lions (NFL)2020 DET NFL
Signed	3/20/2021	2021 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2021 ARI NFL
Unrestricted Free Agent	3/15/2023	2022 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2022 ARI NFL
Signed	3/15/2023	2023 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2023 ARI NFL
Injured Reserve	10/15/2024	2024 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2024 ARI NFL
Unrestricted Free Agent	3/12/2025	2024 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2024 ARI NFL
Practice Squad	9/4/2025	2025 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2025 BUF NFL
Practice Squad Elevation	9/6/2025	2025 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2025 BUF NFL
Signed	9/9/2025	2025 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2025 BUF NFL

SNAP COUNTS	TOTAL	OFF	OFF%	DEF%	ST	ST%
2012 Denver Broncos (NFL)2012 DEN NFL	187	1	0.1	0.0	186	39.4
2013 Denver Broncos (NFL)2013 DEN NFL	214	0	0.0	0.0	214	39.8
2014 Detroit Lions (NFL)2014 DET NFL	49	0	0.0	0.0	49	11.6
2015 Detroit Lions (NFL)2015 DET NFL	67	0	0.0	0.0	67	14.6
2016 Detroit Lions (NFL)2016 DET NFL	71	0	0.0	0.0	71	17.1
2017 Detroit Lions (NFL)2017 DET NFL	99	0	0.0	0.0	99	21.1
2018 Detroit Lions (NFL)2018 DET NFL	70	0	0.0	0.0	70	16.2
2019 Detroit Lions (NFL)2019 DET NFL	88	0	0.0	0.0	88	18.6
2020 Detroit Lions (NFL)2020 DET NFL	92	0	0.0	0.0	92	20.8
2021 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2021 ARI NFL	183	0	0.0	0.0	183	41.0
2022 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2022 ARI NFL	92	0	0.0	0.0	92	20.2
2023 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2023 ARI NFL	140	1	0.1	0.0	139	31.3
2024 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2024 ARI NFL	36	0	0.0	0.0	36	8.2
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1388	2			1386

SCORING	X1	X1A	X1%	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	PTS
2007 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)2007 ATL NFL	1	1	100.0	-	1	4	25.0	-	4
2007 Year (NFL)2007 Year NFL	1	1	100.0	-	1	4	25.0	-	4
2008 Denver Broncos (NFL)2008 DEN NFL	39	40	97.5	-	25	34	73.5	-	114
2009 Denver Broncos (NFL)2009 DEN NFL	32	32	100.0	-	30	35	85.7	-	122
2010 Denver Broncos (NFL)2010 DEN NFL	28	29	96.6	-	16	18	88.9	-	76
2011 Denver Broncos (NFL)2011 DEN NFL	30	30	100.0	-	19	25	76.0	-	87
2012 Denver Broncos (NFL)2012 DEN NFL	55	55	100.0	-	26	32	81.3	-	133
2013 Denver Broncos (NFL)2013 DEN NFL	75	75	100.0	-	25	26	96.2	-	150
2014 Detroit Lions (NFL)2014 DET NFL	21	21	100.0	-	21	26	80.8	-	84
2015 Detroit Lions (NFL)2015 DET NFL	36	39	92.3	0	22	24	91.7	-	102
2016 Detroit Lions (NFL)2016 DET NFL	31	33	93.9	0	31	36	86.1	-	124
2017 Detroit Lions (NFL)2017 DET NFL	40	41	97.6	0	30	35	85.7	-	130
2018 Detroit Lions (NFL)2018 DET NFL	30	30	100.0	0	28	32	87.5	-	114
2019 Detroit Lions (NFL)2019 DET NFL	35	36	97.2	0	26	31	83.9	-	113
2020 Detroit Lions (NFL)2020 DET NFL	38	41	92.7	0	21	28	75.0	-	101
2021 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2021 ARI NFL	47	49	95.9	0	30	37	81.1	-	137
2022 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2022 ARI NFL	17	18	94.4	0	22	25	88.0	-	83
2023 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2023 ARI NFL	22	23	95.7	0	28	33	84.8	-	106
2024 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2024 ARI NFL	10	10	100.0	0	6	6	100.0	-	28
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	587	603	97.3	0	407	487	83.6	-	1808

FIELD GOALS	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG
2007 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)2007 ATL NFL	0/0	0/1	0/0	1/3	0/0	1	4	25.0	0	45
2008 Denver Broncos (NFL)2008 DEN NFL	0/0	7/8	8/9	5/11	5/6	25	34	73.5	0	56
2009 Denver Broncos (NFL)2009 DEN NFL	0/0	14/14	6/8	8/10	2/3	30	35	85.7	0	51
2010 Denver Broncos (NFL)2010 DEN NFL	0/0	3/3	7/7	4/5	2/3	16	18	88.9	0	59
2011 Denver Broncos (NFL)2011 DEN NFL	0/0	5/6	8/8	3/7	3/4	19	25	76.0	1	59
2012 Denver Broncos (NFL)2012 DEN NFL	1/1	7/7	10/11	5/9	3/4	26	32	81.3	0	53
2013 Denver Broncos (NFL)2013 DEN NFL	2/2	4/4	5/5	8/8	6/7	25	26	96.2	0	64
2014 Detroit Lions (NFL)2014 DET NFL	0/0	8/8	4/5	6/8	3/5	21	26	80.8	2	52
2015 Detroit Lions (NFL)2015 DET NFL	0/0	3/3	8/9	6/6	5/6	22	24	91.7	0	59
2016 Detroit Lions (NFL)2016 DET NFL	0/0	10/10	4/5	10/14	7/7	31	36	86.1	0	58
2017 Detroit Lions (NFL)2017 DET NFL	2/2	4/4	10/10	7/8	7/11	30	35	85.7	0	58
2018 Detroit Lions (NFL)2018 DET NFL	0/0	8/8	12/12	5/7	3/5	28	32	87.5	0	54
2019 Detroit Lions (NFL)2019 DET NFL	0/0	11/11	2/3	6/9	7/8	26	31	83.9	1	56
2020 Detroit Lions (NFL)2020 DET NFL	0/0	4/4	7/7	4/7	6/10	21	28	75.0	0	59
2021 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2021 ARI NFL	0/0	11/11	9/11	3/5	7/10	30	37	81.1	0	62
2022 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2022 ARI NFL	0/0	1/1	10/10	6/8	5/6	22	25	88.0	0	57
2023 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2023 ARI NFL	0/0	6/6	7/8	6/7	9/12	28	33	84.8	0	62
2024 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2024 ARI NFL	0/0	1/1	1/1	3/3	1/1	6	6	100.0	0	57
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	5/5	107/110	118/129	96/135	81/108	407	487	83.6	4	64

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	FD	RTG
2012 Denver Broncos (NFL)2012 DEN NFL	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	39.6
2018 Detroit Lions (NFL)2018 DET NFL	1	1	100.0	0	8	8.0	8.0	8t	1	100.0	1	139.6
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2	1	50.0	1	8	4.0	8.0	8t	1	50.0	1	100.0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
2017 Detroit Lions (NFL)2017 DET NFL	4	139	34.8	47	0	0	1	0	2	0	139	34.8
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	4	139	34.8	47	0	0	1	0	2	0	139	34.8

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	OB	RET	RETY	TD	OSA	OSR
2007 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)2007 ATL NFL	4	285	71.3	3	0	1	22	0	0	0
2007 Denver Broncos (NFL)2007 DEN NFL	7	471	67.3	2	0	5	132	0	0	0
2007 Year (NFL)2007 Year NFL	11	756	68.7	5	0	6	154	0	0	0
2008 Denver Broncos (NFL)2008 DEN NFL	83	5400	65.1	19	0	63	1554	1	1	0
2009 Denver Broncos (NFL)2009 DEN NFL	78	5332	68.4	28	0	49	1115	1	1	0
2010 Denver Broncos (NFL)2010 DEN NFL	57	3688	64.7	20	0	34	853	1	3	1
2011 Denver Broncos (NFL)2011 DEN NFL	69	4399	63.8	47	1	19	470	0	2	1
2012 Denver Broncos (NFL)2012 DEN NFL	98	6254	63.8	65	0	33	735	0	0	0
2013 Denver Broncos (NFL)2013 DEN NFL	114	7348	64.5	81	1	31	920	1	2	0
2015 Detroit Lions (NFL)2015 DET NFL	4	223	55.8	0	0	3	52	0	0	0
2016 Detroit Lions (NFL)2016 DET NFL	2	116	58.0	1	0	1	32	0	0	0
2017 Detroit Lions (NFL)2017 DET NFL	17	977	57.5	6	0	10	149	0	1	0
2018 Detroit Lions (NFL)2018 DET NFL	6	343	57.2	3	0	3	40	0	0	0
2019 Detroit Lions (NFL)2019 DET NFL	19	1159	61.0	8	0	10	357	1	1	1
2020 Detroit Lions (NFL)2020 DET NFL	18	1065	59.2	7	0	11	198	0	0	0
2021 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2021 ARI NFL	96	5958	62.1	73	0	18	390	0	5	1
2022 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2022 ARI NFL	49	3098	63.2	34	0	14	335	0	1	0
2023 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2023 ARI NFL	79	4843	61.3	66	0	6	133	0	5	1
2024 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2024 ARI NFL	20	1266	63.3	17	1	2	94	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	820	52225	63.7	480	3	313	7581	5	22	5

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
2010 Denver Broncos (NFL)2010 DEN NFL	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	0	0	1	0	1	0	0

DEFENSE	TKL	ST
2008 Denver Broncos (NFL)2008 DEN NFL	3	3
2009 Denver Broncos (NFL)2009 DEN NFL	1	1
2010 Denver Broncos (NFL)2010 DEN NFL	1	1
2011 Denver Broncos (NFL)2011 DEN NFL	1	1
2012 Denver Broncos (NFL)2012 DEN NFL	3	3
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	9	9

PENALTIES	Called	Declined	Accepted	Yards	Nullified Yards	First Downs	Stalled Drives
2024 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2024 ARI NFL	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1	0	1	0	0	0	0

Last Updated: September 17, 2025