| Travis Prentice | |
| Position: | Running back |
| Number: | 20, 35, 41 |
| Birth Date: | 27 October 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 11 |
| Weight Lbs: | 221 |
| High School: | Louisville (KY) duPont Manual |
| College: | Miami (OH) |
| Draftyear: | 2000 |
| Draftround: | 3 |
| Draftpick: | 63 |
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| Statlabel1: | Rushing yards |
| Statvalue1: | 525 |
| Statlabel2: | Average |
| Statvalue2: | 2.8 |
| Statlabel3: | Touchdowns |
| Statvalue3: | 10 |
| Pfr: | PrenTr00 |
Travis Jason Prentice (born October 27, 1976) is a former American football running back who played collegiately at Miami of Ohio. Prentice held the NCAA Division I-A record for career rushing touchdowns until it was broken by Wisconsin's Montee Ball in 2012, and again by Keenan Reynolds of Navy in 2015.
Prentice attended duPont Manual High School in Louisville, Kentucky, where he was first team All-District and second team All-State his senior year while running for 1,510 yards and 17 touchdowns.
Prentice was redshirted his freshman year. The next year, Prentice had a very productive season even though he never broke into the starting line-up. In his first game, he ran for 102 yards and two touchdowns; for the season he ran for 601 yards on 123 carries and 12 touchdowns.
In his sophomore year, Prentice earned a spot in Randy Walker's starting line-up and rushed for 1549 yards and 25 touchdowns. He was named first team All-Mid-American Conference and was one of eight semifinalists for the Doak Walker Award.
In Prentice's junior year he ran for 1787 yards and 19 touchdowns while leading the RedHawks to a 10–1 season. Once again he was one of eight semifinalists for the Doak Walker Award. He was edged by Marshall's Chad Pennington in the MAC's Vern Smith Award for player of the year.
His senior year was under a new head coach, Terry Hoeppner, who installed a more open passing attack rather than relying on the running game. Prentice ran for 1659 yards and 17 touchdowns. In the process he broke several Division I-A scoring records and was named third team All-American by the Associated Press.
Prentice ended his career at Miami with 5,596 yards on 1,138 carries and numerous school, conference and NCAA records. At one point he recorded 862 consecutive touches without a fumble.
On September 6, 2014, during halftime of the Eastern Kentucky game, Prentice became the fourth Miami RedHawk to have his football jersey retired. The previous three players were Ben Roethlisberger (#7), Bob Hitchens (#40), and John Pont (#42).
Prentice was the first pick in the third round by the Cleveland Browns in the 2000 NFL draft.[1] As a rookie, he rushed for 512 yards and seven touchdowns, while also catching 37 passes, but was largely considered a bust due to his lowly 3.0 yards per carry average.[2] He was cut by Cleveland after the 2000 season, and had just 14 carries with the Minnesota Vikings the following year. He then signed with the Arizona Cardinals, but did not play a single down with them and left the NFL after that.
| Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | |||
| CLE | 16 | 11 | 173 | 512 | 3.0 | 17 | 7 | 37 | 191 | 5.2 | 13 | 1 | ||
| MIN | 14 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 0.9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 30 | 11 | 187 | 525 | 2.8 | 17 | 9 | 38 | 201 | 5.3 | 13 | 1 | |||