James Proche
James Proche II (/ˌproʊˈʃeɪ/ proh-SHAY; born September 21, 1996) is an American football wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the SMU Mustangs.
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No. 11 – Baltimore Ravens | |||||||||||
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||
Born: | Dallas, Texas | September 21, 1996||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 201 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||
High school: | DeSoto High School (DeSoto, Texas) | ||||||||||
College: | SMU | ||||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2020 / Round: 6 / Pick: 201 | ||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of 2020 | |||||||||||
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Early life and high school
Proche grew up in Dallas, Texas and originally attended Red Oak before transferring to DeSoto High School for his senior year due to academic concerns with Prime Prep.[1] He caught 18 passes for 335 yards and a touchdown in his only season with the Eagles, playing in only seven games due to suffering kidney failure during summer training camp.[2][3][4] Rated a three-star recruit, Proche committed to play college football at SMU over offers from Maryland, TCU and Wake Forest going into his senior season.[5]
College career
Proche redshirted his true freshman season. The following season, Proche finished second on the team with 57 receptions, 709 yards and six touchdown catches.[6] As a redshirt sophomore Proche caught 40 passes for 816 yards and six touchdowns and his average of 20.4 yards per catch was 13th-best in the nation.[7][8] He was named first team All-American Athletic Conference (AAC) in his redshirt junior year after leading the team with 93 receptions for 1,199 yards and 12 touchdowns.[9] In his final season, Proche caught 112 passes (leading the nation in receptions) for 1,225 yard and 15 touchdowns and was again named first team All-AAC and a second team All-American by the Football Writers Association of America.[10][11][12]
Professional career
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand size | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Bench press | |||||
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5 ft 10 5⁄8 in (1.79 m) |
201 lb (91 kg) |
29 3⁄4 in (0.76 m) |
9 5⁄8 in (0.24 m) | 4.40 s | 7.27 s | 34.5 in (0.88 m) | 20 reps | |||||
All values from NFL Combine[13] |
At the 2020 NFL Combine, Proche ranked fourth overall in the bench press with 20 repetitions and 14th in the 20-yard shuttle with a time of 4.40 seconds. Proche was selected in the sixth round with the 201st overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens.[14] Proche made his NFL debut on September 13, 2020 in the season opener against the Cleveland Browns, returning two punts for 26 yards.[15] In Week 11, Proche caught his first pass of the season for a 14 yard gain during a 24–30 overtime loss to the Tennessee Titans.[16] He was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list by the team on December 16, 2020,[17] and activated three days later.[18]
References
- McIlwain, Randy (November 17, 2013). "Parents Raise New Complaints at Prime Prep Academy". NBCDFW.com. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
- "SMU freshman wide receiver James Proche ruled ineligible". The Dallas Morning News. August 24, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
- "Not even kidney failure can stop star DeSoto receiver James Proche". The Dallas Morning News. October 21, 2014. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
- Sayles, Damon (December 27, 2019). "Being 'Channel 3': The complicated path to greatness for James Proche". Rivals.com. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
- "Three-star Prime Prep WR James Proche announces commitment to SMU". The Dallas Morning News. June 4, 2014. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
- Francis, Stephen (January 9, 2017). "SMU Mustangs 2016 season review". SportDFW.com. FanSided. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
- "With receiving corps healthier, James Proche should see some much-needed help out wide for SMU". The Dallas Morning News. October 19, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
- Kenyon, David (January 26, 2018). "QB-WR Combos That Will Light Up CFB in 2018". Bleacher Report. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
- McKenna, Henry (January 23, 2020). "Report: Patriots scouts overhead gushing over SMU WR". Patriots Wire. USA Today. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
- Embody, Billy (December 4, 2019). "Headlined by James Proche, SMU lands nine All-AAC selections". 247Sports.com. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
- Embody, Billy (December 28, 2019). "James Proche accepts Senior Bowl invite". 247Sports.com. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
- Embody, Billy (December 19, 2019). "James Proche lands on FWAA All-America Second Team". 247Sports.com. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
- "James Proche Combine Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- Blum, Sam (April 25, 2020). "James Proche, one of the greatest WRs in SMU history, drafted by Ravens with No. 201 pick in Round 6". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- Zrebiec, Jeff (September 14, 2020). "The day after: Ravens' overreactions and observations after their rout of Browns". The Athletic. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- "Tennessee Titans at Baltimore Ravens - November 22nd, 2020". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
- Stevens, Matthew (December 16, 2020). "Ravens place WRs Marquise Brown, Miles Boykin, James Proche on Reserve/COVID-19 list". USAToday.com. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- Stevens, Matthew (December 19, 2020). "Ravens activate Marquise Brown, 2 other receivers from Reserve/COVID-19 list". USAToday.com. Retrieved February 2, 2021.