Matt Prater

Buffalo Bills
Place Kicker #5
Buffalo Bills
Place Kicker #5

Personal

Age 41
Birthdate August 10, 1984
Height 5'10"
Weight 201 lb

Draft

College Central Florida
Year 2006
Pick UDFA
Team DET

Fantasy Value

Week 1 Projections
Attempts Field Goals Extra Points
2.517 2.072 2.735

You can see where those projections compare to other PKs in our Place Kicker Rankings.

Player News RotoBaller

Matt Prater: Bills Sign Matt Prater to Practice Squad

The Buffalo Bills signed free-agent veteran kicker Matt Prater to their practice squad on Thursday, according to Ari Meirov of The 33rd Team. Fantasy managers that drafted Tyler Bass (hip) as their starting kicker need to pay close attention heading into this weekend. Although Bass was limited in Wednesday's practice, he could be in danger of missing the Week 1 game on Sunday night against the Baltimore Ravens. If Bass is questionable on Friday's final injury report, we'd suggest going in another direction at the position unless you want to get stuck choosing from a kicker from the Monday night game between the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears. Bass has been managing a hip injury since the end of July, although he was able to take part in the preseason finale two weeks ago.

Sep. 4, 2025 1:13 PM EST

Player Stats

YEAR TM GM Kicking
FGM FGA FG% EPM EPA EP%
2009 DEN 16 30 35 85.7 32 32 100.0
2010 DEN 14 16 18 88.9 28 28 100.0
2011 DEN 16 19 25 76.0 30 30 100.0
2012 DEN 16 26 32 81.2 55 55 100.0
2013 DEN 16 25 26 96.2 75 75 100.0
2014 DET 11 21 26 80.8 21 21 100.0
2015 DET 16 22 24 91.7 36 39 92.3
2016 DET 16 31 36 86.1 31 33 93.9
2017 DET 16 30 35 85.7 40 41 97.6
2018 DET 16 28 32 87.5 30 30 100.0
2019 DET 16 26 31 83.9 35 36 97.2
2020 DET 16 21 28 75.0 38 41 92.7
2021 ARI 16 27 34 79.4 44 46 95.7
2022 ARI 16 22 25 88.0 16 16 100.0
2023 ARI 16 26 29 89.7 20 21 95.2
2024 ARI 6 6 6 100.0 10 10 100.0

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