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BUFPRATER—

Dean Prater

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Buffalo Bills · DE

Dean Prater recorded 77 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 7 rostered seasons with Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs.

▶Best highlights

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tackles/gm

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playoff games

7

indexed seasons

77

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Dean Prater's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1986
CLEVELANDBROWNS
BUFFALOBILLS
DEC 7, 1986

Cleveland Browns vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Dec 7, 1986

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1988
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
BUFFALOBILLS
SEP 25, 1988

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Sep 25, 1988

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1988
BUFFALOBILLS
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
SEP 18, 1988

Buffalo Bills vs New England Patriots

Regular Season · Sep 18, 1988

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1988
MIAMIDOLPHINS
BUFFALOBILLS
SEP 11, 1988

Miami Dolphins vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Sep 11, 1988

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1988
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
BUFFALOBILLS
SEP 4, 1988

Minnesota Vikings vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Sep 4, 1988

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Dean Prater's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 1 sack

Regular Season
1986
CLEVELANDBROWNS
BUFFALOBILLS
DEC 7, 1986

Cleveland Browns vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Dec 7, 1986

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Dean Prater's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1970–1988

01
KCPRATER—Dean Prater
KCLANIER—Willie Lanier
KCSTILL—Art Still

A proud defense cannot rebuild the champion

Kansas City Chiefs · The long quiet stretch

Kansas City made the playoffs only once in nineteen seasons as the original stars aged and the offense struggled to find direction.

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Franchise era

1966–1984

02
BUFPRATER—Dean Prater
BUFSIMPSON—O.J. Simpson
BUFFERGUSON—Joe Ferguson

Simpson runs into history

Buffalo Bills · The Electric Company and Ground Chuck

An elite line powered Simpson's 2,003-yard season before Chuck Knox later returned Buffalo to the playoffs with a tougher, balanced roster.

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Franchise era

1985–1996

03
BUFPRATER—Dean Prater
BUFKELLY12Jim Kelly
BUFTHOMAS34Thurman Thomas

Four consecutive AFC championships

Buffalo Bills · The K-Gun years

Kelly's no-huddle offense and a defense led by Smith reached four straight Super Bowls, an achievement defined equally by dominance and heartbreak.

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Career accomplishments

7 NFL seasons77 career games1 career sacksJersey: 00 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 12, 1982Most recent: Sep 25, 1988

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history