 He was a Western Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week in 2005 and first-team All-WAC pick in 2006.Prather majored in kinesiology in San Jose State University and was a middle school student teacher in the spring of 2007 Prather graduated from San Jose State with a Bachelor of Science degree in kinesiology in May 2008.Prather was signed by the Saints as an undrafted free agent on May 5, 2008, but was waived by the team on August 25.