#1 Kujuan Pryor, Wide Receiver
School: Catawba College
Class: Sophomore
Measurables: 5-6/160 pounds
Hometown: Cherryville, NC
High School: Burns HS
Notes: An electric kick-returner for Catawba a year ago, earning first-team All-Piedmont Division in the South Atlantic Conference as a return specialist and second-team as a wide receiver …
Returned 18 kicks for 600 yards, a stellar average of 33.3 yards per return, which ranked third in the nation for Division II (only 0.6 yards away from tops in D2). He brought two kicks back for touchdowns. Only four other D2 players did that last season. No one had more than two return TDs …
His season-long return covered 95 yards against Tusculum on Sept. 24, part of a 178-yard return day … Also had an 88-yard TD return against Shorter two weeks earlier …
On the receiving front, made 35 catches for 273 yards and two touchdowns. Made seven catches against Wingate and had 64 receiving yards against Emory & Henry … Versatile player also completed 10 of 22 passes for 106 yards and a touchdown. He had a 71-yard throwing day against Limestone. Forced a fumble and had a tackle during the 2021 campaign.
Appeared in eight games as a redshirt freshman in ’21. He made 32 catches for 327 yards and three touchdowns that season … Torched Tusculum on an 81-yard touchdown play … Started getting noticed for his return prowess, returning 13 kicks for 276 yards.
Mike London, Salisbury Post writer, in a late-September column on Catawba’s young team: “Even after four games, it’s still a mostly unfamiliar Catawba roster, although everyone — including opposing coaches — has figured out who Kujuan Pryor is by now.”
