The University of Mississippi Athletics
2024 Football Roster
Prieskorn, Caden
vs
Arkansas
Sep 13 (Sat)
6:00 or 6:45 PM
Jersey Number 86
Caden Prieskorn
- Position:
- TE
- Collegiate Letters Earned:
- 5
- Letters Earned at Ole Miss:
- 2
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-6 / 255
- Hometown:
- Lake Orion, Mich.
- High School:
- Orchard Lake
- Prev. College:
- Memphis
- Major:
- Multi-Disciplinary Studies
Bio
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS |
• 2025 East-West Shrine Bowl Invitee • 2024 All-SEC Honorable Mention (CFN) • 2023 Peach Bowl Offensive MVP • 2023 All-SEC Second-Team (Coaches) • 2023 All-SEC Third-Team (College Football Network) • Mackey Award Watch List (2023, '24) • 2022 Mackey Award Semifinalist (Memphis) • 2022 All-AAC First Team (Phil Steele, PFF - Memphis) • 2022 Burlsworth Trophy Nominee (Memphis) |
CAREER: Caught 57 passes for 850 yards and seven touchdowns in his Ole Miss career, which spanned 23 games with 20 starts … Among Ole Miss tight ends all-time, ended Rebel career ranked third in receiving yards (850), tied for sixth in touchdowns (7) and ranked seventh in receptions (57) … Combined with his time at Memphis, ended career with total receiving line of 112 catches for 1,531 yards and 14 touchdowns in 52 games played and 33 starts.
2024 (SENIOR): All-SEC honorable mention (CFN) … East-West Shrine Bowl Invitee … Played in all 13 games for the Rebels with 10 starts, eight at tight end and two at wide receiver … Fifth on the team in both receptions (27) and yards (401), caught three touchdown passes on the year … vs. Furman (08/31/24): Started at TE, caught three passes for 77 yards and one TD … vs. Middle Tennessee (09/07/24): Started at TE, caught three passes for 48 yards … at Wake Forest (09/14/24): Started at TE, caught one pass for six yards … vs. Georgia Southern (09/21/24): Started at TE, caught two passes for eight yards in 67 snaps … vs. Kentucky (09/28/24): Started at TE, had one reception for 42 yards in 40 snaps … at South Carolina (10/05/24): Started at WR, caught one pass for 13 yards in 51 total snaps … at #10 LSU (10/12/24): Started at WR, caught one pass for nine yards … vs. Oklahoma (10/26/24): Started at TE, led team with five receptions for 71 yards and one TD … at Arkansas (11/02/24): Appeared in three offensive snaps … vs. #2 Georgia (11/09/24): Caught one pass for 26 yards, played 34 total snaps … at Florida (11/23/24): Caught two passes for 22 yards … vs. Mississippi State (11/29/24): Started at TE, caught four passes for 53 yards and one TD … vs. Duke (01/02/25): Started at TE, caught three passes for 26 yards in Ole Miss’ Gator Bowl victory … Mackey Award Preseason Watch List … Preseason All-America fourth-team (Athlon) … Preseason All-SEC first-team (Coaches, Media) … Preseason All-SEC second-team (CFN) … Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List.
2023 (SENIOR*): Peach Bowl Offensive MVP ... Voted All-SEC second-team (Coaches) and third-team (College Football Network) ... Played and started each of the last 10 games after missing the first three contests due to injury ... Led all Ole Miss tight ends, fourth on the team with 30 receptions for 449 yards and four touchdowns ... Led all SEC tight ends with 14.97 yards per reception ... at #12 Alabama (9/23/23): Started in Ole Miss debut, made one catch for 21 yards on the first play of the game ... vs. #12 LSU (9/30/23): Started and caught three passes for 41 yards ... vs. Arkansas (10/7/23): Started and played 72 offensive snaps ... at Auburn (10/21/23): Started at tight end and made two catches for 63 yards ... Hauled longest catch of the year with a 35-yard reception ... vs. Vanderbilt (10/28/23): Started and targeted one time in 56 offensive snaps ... vs. Texas A&M (11/4/23): Hauled in two catches for 33 yards in start at tight end, played 65 offensive snaps ... at #1 Georgia (11/11/23): Started at TE, hauled in two passes for 48 yards, including a long of 33 ... vs. ULM (11/18/23): Started at TE, caught a career-high six passes for 69 yards and his first touchdown as a Rebel ... at Mississippi State (11/23/23): Started and led team with four catches for 38 yards, including a game-sealing 26-yard TD ... vs. Penn State (12/30/23): Named Peach Bowl Offensive MVP, caught an Ole Miss bowl record 10 catches for 136 yards, two touchdowns and a two-point conversion ... Second-most receiving yards in Ole Miss bowl history ... Reese's Senior Bowl Watch List ... Mackey Award Preseason Watch List ... Preseason All-SEC third team (Phil Steele, SEC Coaches) … Transfer who arrived on campus in January and participated in spring drills ... Rated as the No. 5 tight end in the transfer portal by 247Sports.
MEMPHIS: Appeared in 29 games for the Tigers in three seasons after joining the Tigers in 2019 as a walk-on … Recorded 55 career receptions with 681 yards and seven receiving TDs … Was a 2022 first team All-AAC selection by Phil Steele and PFF … A semifinalist for the 2022 John Mackey Award … Was a 2022 Burlsworth Trophy nominee … Led Memphis in receiving yards (602) and was tied for the lead in touchdown receptions (seven) in 2022.
FORK UNION MILITARY ACADEMY: Played quarterback and tight end for the Blue Devils.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played quarterback in high school … Helped Orchard Lake win a state title as a junior in 2016, throwing for 200 yards and two touchdowns.
PERSONAL: Full name is Caden Reed Prieskorn ... Born Sept. 21, 1999 ... Son of Jill and Jerry Prieskorn … Graduated in December 2023 with a bachelor's in multi-disciplinary studies.
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