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Jersey Number 66
Niki Prongos
- Position:
- Offensive Line
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 285
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Novato, Calif.
- High School:
- Marin Catholic HS
Bio
Career Highlights
• 6-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Fall 2024)
Career Summary
Prongos has appeared in 10 games and made eight starts through three seasons … has made five starts at left tackle, two starts at right guard and one game at right tackle.
2024
Played in nine games and made the first eight starts of his career … started five games at left tackle, two games at right guard and one game at right tackle … made his first-career start at right tackle in the season opener at Hawai’i (Aug. 31) … started at right guard against LSU (Sept. 21) and Oregon (Sept. 28) … entered the starting rotation offensive line rotation at left tackle in Week 5 at Penn State, where he made five consecutive starts (Oct. 5) … saw success in the O-Line configuration of Prongos-Holstege-Yoon-Carlin-DiGiorgio, which started a span of five straight games from Week 5-9 … in that configuration, UCLA averaged over 100 yards more of total offense from its previous four games (367 yards per game) … against Iowa, helped UCLA to a season-high 211 rushing yards while not allowing a sack for the first time in 2024 (Nov. 8) … missed the last three games of the season due to injury ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2024.
2023
Played in one game against North Carolina Central (Sept. 16) … earned Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the winter and spring quarters … earned Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll for the fall quarter.
2022
Did not see game action … earned Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for fall, winter, and spring quarters … enrolled at UCLA in Summer 2022.
High School
Prepped at Marin Catholic High School (Kentfield, Calif.) … transferred to Marin Catholic for his senior year … also attended Branson High School (Ross, Calif.) … first started playing football as a senior at Marin Catholic, appearing at tight end, defensive end and offensive tackle … only played three games his senior season before missing the rest of the year due to injury … Marin Catholic won the CIF Division 4-AA State Championship his senior season … also played basketball and baseball … his basketball team at Branson High School was CIF North Coast Section Division 3 runner-up in 2019-20 and state champion in 2018-10 … played on the Lithuanian national baseball team for the 2021 European Championship Qualifier, losing in the final to Greece … recorded two hits and two RBI in 14 at-bats.
Personal
Son of Lefty and Renata Prongos … has two brothers … lists his biggest thrill as playing in his first varsity football game.
• 6-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Fall 2024)
Career Summary
Prongos has appeared in 10 games and made eight starts through three seasons … has made five starts at left tackle, two starts at right guard and one game at right tackle.
2024
Played in nine games and made the first eight starts of his career … started five games at left tackle, two games at right guard and one game at right tackle … made his first-career start at right tackle in the season opener at Hawai’i (Aug. 31) … started at right guard against LSU (Sept. 21) and Oregon (Sept. 28) … entered the starting rotation offensive line rotation at left tackle in Week 5 at Penn State, where he made five consecutive starts (Oct. 5) … saw success in the O-Line configuration of Prongos-Holstege-Yoon-Carlin-DiGiorgio, which started a span of five straight games from Week 5-9 … in that configuration, UCLA averaged over 100 yards more of total offense from its previous four games (367 yards per game) … against Iowa, helped UCLA to a season-high 211 rushing yards while not allowing a sack for the first time in 2024 (Nov. 8) … missed the last three games of the season due to injury ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2024.
2023
Played in one game against North Carolina Central (Sept. 16) … earned Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the winter and spring quarters … earned Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll for the fall quarter.
2022
Did not see game action … earned Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for fall, winter, and spring quarters … enrolled at UCLA in Summer 2022.
High School
Prepped at Marin Catholic High School (Kentfield, Calif.) … transferred to Marin Catholic for his senior year … also attended Branson High School (Ross, Calif.) … first started playing football as a senior at Marin Catholic, appearing at tight end, defensive end and offensive tackle … only played three games his senior season before missing the rest of the year due to injury … Marin Catholic won the CIF Division 4-AA State Championship his senior season … also played basketball and baseball … his basketball team at Branson High School was CIF North Coast Section Division 3 runner-up in 2019-20 and state champion in 2018-10 … played on the Lithuanian national baseball team for the 2021 European Championship Qualifier, losing in the final to Greece … recorded two hits and two RBI in 14 at-bats.
Personal
Son of Lefty and Renata Prongos … has two brothers … lists his biggest thrill as playing in his first varsity football game.
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