Karon Prunty

Height:
6-2
Weight:
192
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Portsmouth, VA
High School:
I.C. Norcom

Award and Honors

2024 Third Team All-CAA
2024 Preseason All-CAA
2024 Urban Edge Network HBCU + FCS National Player of the Year Watchlist
2024 Preseason All-American by BlueBloods
2024 Preseason HBCU All-American by BoxToRow
2023 Third Team All-CAA
2023 Preseason All-CAA
2022 BoxToRow All-American Honorable Mention
2022 First Team All-Big South
2020 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
2020 247Sports True Freshman All-American

Prior to Wake Forest
2024 (Redshirt Season)
Started in all 12 games during the 2024 season for the Aggies…Came into his redshirt senior named to the inaugural Urban Edge Network HBCU + FCS Player of the Year Watchlist…Also named Preseason All-American by BlueBloods, Preseason HBCU All-American by BoxToRow, and Preseason All-CAA…Finished the season with 27 tackles with 23 solo tackles and a sack, four pass defenses, and an interception to earn Third Team All-CAA honors…Totaled a season-high five tackles with four solo efforts against N.C. Central…Recorded his lone interception of the season against South Carolina State…Added three tackles, including a sack, against Hampton.

2023 (Redshirt Junior)
Started 11 games during the 2024 season for the Aggies…Entered the season as a Preseason All-CAA selection…Recorded 43 tackles with 33 solo tackles, 3.5 tackles-for-loss, and a sack, as well as five pass breakups en route to a Third Team All-CAA selection…Totaled five tackles with one solo effort and 0.5 tackles-for-loss against UAB…Recorded a career-high seven solo tackles with a tackle-for-loss against Elon…Added three tackles, including his first career sack, against Villanova…Matched a season-high with seven tackles, including six solo efforts, as well as a pass breakup against Richmond…Recorded six solo tackles with a tackle-for-loss in the season finale against Campbell.

2022 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Started all 12 games during the 2022 season for the Aggies…Earned First Team All-Big South and BoxToRow All-American Honorable Mention honors…Recorded 30 tackles with 21 solo tackles…Led the Big South with four interceptions while also adding three pass breakups and 10 pass defenses…Notched a career-high eight tackles with three solo tackles in his NC A&T debut against N.C. Central in the Duke’s Mayo Classic at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte…Added six solo tackles and a pass breakup in the victory over South Carolina State…Earned Big South Player of the Week honors after recording two interceptions in 24-13 win over Bryant…Recorded an interception in back-to-back games against Norfolk State and Charleston Southern.

Prior to North Carolina A&T
2021 (Sophomore)
Did not see any action during the 2021 season for the Jayhawks…Redshirted.

2020 (Freshman)
Appeared in and started in nine games during the 2020 season for the Jayhawks…Named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention in his first season with Kansas…Earned 247Sports True Freshman All-American honors…Recorded 26 tackles with 22 solo tackles and a tackle-for-loss, 10 pass breakups, a forced fumble, and an interception…Allowed a 38.5 completion percentage while not giving up a single touchdown throughout the season…Led all freshman in the country with 10 pass breakups…Made his collegiate debut and first career start against Coastal Carolina, recording four solo tackles and a pass breakup…Posted a career-high three pass breakups at Oklahoma…Added a season-best six tackles against Iowa State…Recorded his first interception of his career against Texas Tech, also adding four solo tackles against the Red Raiders.

High School
Rated as a three-star prospect coming out of I.C. Norcom High School…Listed as the No. 30 recruit from Virginia by ESPN, and the No. 98 cornerback by 247Sports.

Personal
Son of Ronald and Suzette Prunty…Born on December 24, 2001.